Akiko returns to her home village in Japan after seven years in South America, where she contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion. The town, thick with paranoia, is quick to ostracize the ailing Akiko. With only her best friend and her mom in her corner, Akiko suffers awful discrimination at school and at home.
Yuji and Kosaku become involved with a brother and sister who want to drive a local yakuza gang member out of their neighborhood.
Morio Mononobe
The best must be the freshest. The best sake also follows the same principle to brew in which it needs the best and freshest raw materials, and also the freshest virgin to make it? Visiting one of a Japanese pub that seems to offer the best warm sake, Mononobe tries to follow the steps to reproduce the same flavor. However, he suddenly found out that those flavors are actually a combination of sake, sweat, and other bodily secretions of a virgin. As his only daughter is not a virgin anymore, the only way to make the best sake without a pure virgin is...
Professor Saito
«Ты счастлива с ним, мама? Отец умер, ничего не сказав» - это письмо, победившее на конкурсе самых коротких писем матери в стране. Маки написала эти строки после смерти отца и адресовала матери, бросившей её в детстве. Брат Хироси, случайно увидев письмо, отправил его на конкурс, где оно победило. После смерти отца Хироси нашел мать Таэ, которая заведует баром в Токио. Она очень хочет увидеть Маки...
Movie adaptation of a novel by Rampo Edogawa.
Straight-laced, honest Japanese travel agent Misuzu gets a job as a tour guide so that she can the world. On her first assignment in Bangkok, Thailand she does her best for her ungrateful charges, but gets fired when the hotel (through no fault of her own) misplaces all their passports. She also finds herself the victim of a scam by two Japanese con-artists (innocent-looking Tondabayashi and half-Thai Thuy) living in Bangkok. When the hotel finds the passports, she decides to buck the system and sell them on the black market. She teams up with the two con-artists to scam, rip off and rob all the Japanese tourists in Bangkok. They keep trying to pull off bigger and bigger jobs, and end up in trouble with two dumb, sightseeing yakuza, among others. Also, a love triangle forms as Tondabayashi falls for Misuzu, and Misuzu falls for the older Thuy.
В апреле 1895 года молодой талантливый Рэнтаро Таки приезжает в Токио, чтобы поступить в Национальную Академию музыки. Его мечта – стать пианистом. Он усиленно занимается, но заболевает туберкулёзом и для лечения отправляется домой на Кюсю. Когда он опять возвращается в столицу, то переломным моментом для него становится выступление Кода Нобу, чей концерт он посетил. Пораженный её исполнением, Рэнтаро пишет ряд произведений для ансамбля, организованного его сокурсницей. Все его друзья понимают, что Рэнтаро обладает серьёзным талантом…
Vice Principal
The story of an unconventional teacher facing up to his unruly and apathetic class.
This coming-of-age drama comically depicts two young men who yearn to become members of the yakuza underworld, focusing on the apprenticeship of a rookie yakuza
A directionless young man, recently released from prison, tries to make a new start in life as a boxer...
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When a gun belonging to a police officer is stolen, it ends up in the hands of a student, who decides to use it on a yakuza who beat him recently. Now the police officer is hot on the student’s trail, and he’s determined to prevent the gun from going off.
An unemployed young man who has just broken up with his girlfriend meets a woman at a bicycle race. They start dating but then strange things then begin to happen to him, including a beating from the local yakuza. - Wikipedia
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Heartbroken Ukiko takes refuge with a relative after a devastating breakup. While away, she makes a dangerous match with the husband of her frigid cousin.
Man with Toothache
Лихой водитель грузовика в ковбойской шляпе помогает симпатичной вдове превратить её скромную лапшичную в заведение, куда люди стали приходить из других кварталов. Он и его товарищи помогли ей узнать рецепты блюд, научиться мастерски их готовить, изменить интерьер заведения.
Narumi Rokuheita and his wife Noriko spend their lives separated. Soon they start looking for love elsewhere.
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In Okinawa, a Japanese-Filipino gangster named Joe kills an Okinawan mobster. Joe temporarily escapes the pursuing mob by fleeing to the Philippines, hoping to find there safety and perhaps to link up with his father. He meets Yoko, a saloon girl, who looks after him, but soon Joe's enemies show up, determined to make Joe pay.
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In Okinawa, a Japanese-Filipino gangster named Joe kills an Okinawan mobster. Joe temporarily escapes the pursuing mob by fleeing to the Philippines, hoping to find there safety and perhaps to link up with his father. He meets Yoko, a saloon girl, who looks after him, but soon Joe's enemies show up, determined to make Joe pay.
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Kato is a small time TV producer. He has a wife Masako, and a young son Taro. Kato also has a friend Yamazaki who he knew since college. Yamazaki has a girl friend Riko who lives with her younger sister Yuko who's an actress. Yamazaki is a lyric writer/womanizer and he starts to have an affair with Masako, but he's still going out with Riko.
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A college student has an affair with a married, middle-aged teacher.
Les clients
A girl named O loves a rich, and much older man. She is subjected to a variety of humiliating experiences to prove her unconditional obedience to him in a chinese brothel. A poor boy sees her and falls in love with her. To get the money needed to sleep with her, he takes part in rebellious acts.
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A runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in high school. The film follows their subsequent chaotic relationships.
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A young woman breaks off her long-term relationship with her boyfriend to move to Tokyo in search of new experiences.
Toyojiro Aochi
Отдыхая в небольшом приморском поселке, Аочи, профессор немецкого языка, вызволяет Накасаго, своего бывшего коллегу. Того преследует разъяренная толпа, обвиняя в соблазнении и убийстве жены рыбака. В дело вмешивается полиция, но Аочи ручается за друга, предотвращая его арест. По поводу встречи устраивается ужин, во время которого им танцует гейша О-Инэ, только что похоронившая брата. Полгода спустя Аочи посещает друга и потрясен, обнаружив, что его жена, родом из приличной семьи, как две капли воды похожа на гейшу О-Инэ…
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A story of the everyday life of a couple living together, ordinary but full of warmth and love. Starring Miura and Yamaguchi's first movie since making public of their romance--their real-life story on the screen.
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A story of the everyday life of a couple living together, ordinary but full of warmth and love. Starring Miura and Yamaguchi's first movie since making public of their romance--their real-life story on the screen.
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Kei and Atsuo were both enrolled in summer school. Kei was an honor student, and Atsuo was the polar opposite - but opposites attract. After school, the two head to the beach, where they find another student from their school competing against a local gang member, to see who is able to hold his breath longer under water. Overwhelmed by the excitement, Kei and Atsuo decide to try themselves.
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Kobasashi was learning Spanish so that she could go to Spain to look for her father who had left the family. She fell in love with her language teacher Ken. Finally she found her father in Madrid and she also met Ken's ex-girl friend Taeko there. Ken came to Madrid and learned of their meeting. He wanted her to help to look for Taeko. Ken was caught in between the past and the present.
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Yuichi prides himself on the fact that he is a family man but contrary to his conception of an ideal family life, at age 24, his wife has already run out on him. In utter confusion, he tries to reason out where he had gone amiss that such a thing should happen out of the clear blue sky. About this time, Yuichi helps Ayako, a young girl, embroiled in trouble. She returns Yuichi's kindness by making off with his precious camera. Then she returns and since his wife has washed her hands of him, he forces himself on Ayako who acts as if she had been waiting for him to enter her. Suddenly, Yuichi's wife returns...
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The story of a high school boy (Toshiyuki Nagashima) in Tokyo returning to his home town of Nagano upon the death of his father.
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The story of a high school boy (Toshiyuki Nagashima) in Tokyo returning to his home town of Nagano upon the death of his father.
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Roman Porno from 1978. Director Toshiya Fujita and screenwriter Kaneto Shindo adapted Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 18th-century epistolary novel 'Les Liaisons dangereuses' to a contemporary setting. An abominable and burning jealousy and an evil relationship between a man and a woman unfold in the nature of a game. Eventually, jealousy's ripples deeply hurt the true love of a chaste married woman.
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Komori Tiaki is a budding tennis student, however one day in training her coach hits the ball into her eye accidentally. She is taken to hospital but it advised that she will never regain the sight in her eye. Her coach knows of a mysterious doctor 'Blackjack' who lives in a secluded house, who might be able to help. 'Blackjack' agrees to do the operation, but for a 'substantial reward'! Her sight is regained, but now she starts to see a mysterious man that is invisible to those around her....
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After having dropped out of school and given birth at age 16, Mako has little choice but to move in with the baby's deadbeat father. Struggling to make ends meet by working at a bar and in constant conflict with her conservative parents, Mako has to find her way in a harsh world.
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After having dropped out of school and given birth at age 16, Mako has little choice but to move in with the baby's deadbeat father. Struggling to make ends meet by working at a bar and in constant conflict with her conservative parents, Mako has to find her way in a harsh world.
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Two high school friends. One witnesses the breakup of her family after a brutal home invasion. The other loses her virginity to an African-American soldier. Together they make a vital discovery and exact violent revenge.
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Two high school friends. One witnesses the breakup of her family after a brutal home invasion. The other loses her virginity to an African-American soldier. Together they make a vital discovery and exact violent revenge.
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Drama about young people in the Japanese rock scene starring the lead singer of Japanese rock band The Tigers (1966-1971, 1981-1983).
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Мами и Тиаки живут в женском общежитии и готовятся к вступительным экзаменам в университет. В свободное время девушки с подругами совершают мелкие кражи в магазинах и однажды попадаются охранникам. Мами и Тиаки удается сбежать, а остальных арестовывает полиция. В общежитие теперь не вернешься и девушки бродят по городу, не зная, что им делать. Случайная встреча с незнакомым мужчиной дает надежду, тот обещает помочь им вернуться домой. Но и в родном городе незадачливых преступниц ждет полиция и ситуация становится совсем критической.
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Akio's sister, Neri has separated from her boyfriend. They lived in Kamakura. She moves in with her brother. Her ex-boyfriend's sister, Eiko comes to see Neri. She wonders if the separation occurred due to her because the three of them used to live together. Eiko's brother has disappeared in the meantime.
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Приговорённая к смерти Юки получает помилование от секретного агента правительственной полиции Кикуи. Взамен он хочет, чтобы Юки убила анархиста Рансуи и нашла секретный документ, который тот скрывает. Выполняя приказ, Юки обнаруживает, что данный документ — письмо, обличающее Кикуи. Всегда находясь на стороне правосудия, она присоединяется к Рансуи, чтобы изобличить и уничтожить агента.
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A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfamiliar relationships with their surroundings.
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Действие картины разворачивается в Японии в конце 19-го века. Четверо бандитов убивают мужа и маленького сына женщины по имени Саё Кашима. Женщину заберет себе один из бандитов, который будет использовать ее для своих любовных утех. Однажды она убьет его и отправится в путь, чтобы разыскать и отмстить оставшимся трем, но, к сожалению, ее арестуют и дадут пожизненный срок. Теперь она не сможет отомстить, поэтому решает завести ребенка и для этого ложится под всех тюремных надзирателей без разбора. Вскоре она забеременеет и у нее родится девочка, которую она назовет Юки — ребенок, рожденный для мести. После родов Саё умрет, а девочку заберет, выходящая на волю, сокамерница. Девочка попадает в руки к учителю-монаху, который сделает из нее профессионального убийцу. И вот спустя годы Юки выходит на тропу мести.
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Yukie, Koichi and Akira are rogues looking for a place to crash. They move into a house which Etsuko (Kaori Momoi) inherited from her parents. Soon after getting settled, the hippies slip into a communal lifestyle. They eat, have sex, and generally share everything together.
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Yukie, Koichi and Akira are rogues looking for a place to crash. They move into a house which Etsuko (Kaori Momoi) inherited from her parents. Soon after getting settled, the hippies slip into a communal lifestyle. They eat, have sex, and generally share everything together.
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A young outlaw can’t escape his rebellious past despite connections to a well to do family.
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A young outlaw can’t escape his rebellious past despite connections to a well to do family.
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Tane, a female clerk of a rubber company in a corner of an industrial area facing Tokyo Bay is a quirky woman, also living on the second floor of the company warehouse.
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A department store girl is robbed of her cash register by a boy, but for some reason she cannot forget the boy's mysterious eyes, and time passes. One day, she discovers the eyes by chance, and relentlessly pursues the boy.
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A department store girl is robbed of her cash register by a boy, but for some reason she cannot forget the boy's mysterious eyes, and time passes. One day, she discovers the eyes by chance, and relentlessly pursues the boy.
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Several high-school friends spend their final summer together indulging in sex and leisure; their halcyon days are soon coming to an end.
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Several high-school friends spend their final summer together indulging in sex and leisure; their halcyon days are soon coming to an end.
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The series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's father and with the help of some hippies she strives to be re-united.
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Yūji, fresh out of prison on parole, meets a stranger named Nao that asks for his assistance...
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Yūji, fresh out of prison on parole, meets a stranger named Nao that asks for his assistance...
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Wild young people kidnap a wealthy woman and she becomes attracted to one of them. When she tells the man that she is the mistress of a religious leader, he and his posse make plans to rob her partner.
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Wild young people kidnap a wealthy woman and she becomes attracted to one of them. When she tells the man that she is the mistress of a religious leader, he and his posse make plans to rob her partner.
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Documentary filmed by young directors in Japan that was shaken by the US-Japan security pact struggles and student disputes. An illusionary image comes back to life for the first time in 34 years.
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A film about a juvenile delinquent who swears, yet fails, to rehabilitate.
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A film about a juvenile delinquent who swears, yet fails, to rehabilitate.
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Молодая красивая вдова Эцуко после смерти мужа от тифа сожительствует со своим свёкром. Они живут в большом родовом поместье в сельской местности. Как бы ни была отвратительна ситуация в которой оказалась эта красивая женщина, тем не менее её вполне устраивает подобный расклад. Другие члены семьи являются рабами хозяина дома, Эцуко же повелевает им. Но жажда любви влечёт её к молодому садовнику Сабуро. Он же держит с ней дистанцию. Как с купленными ей для него носками, которые он выбросил. Они для него слишком хороши. И хозяйка также — не для него. Сабуро встречается со служанкой Миэ, которая от него забеременела. Разгневанная от ревности Эцуко приложила все усилия, чтобы их разлучить. Одержимость молодым человеком становится всё более разрушительной и неустойчивой, всё более затягивая Эцуко в водоворот внутренней борьбы с её отчаянными попытками привлечь к себе молодого человека.
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Молодая красивая вдова Эцуко после смерти мужа от тифа сожительствует со своим свёкром. Они живут в большом родовом поместье в сельской местности. Как бы ни была отвратительна ситуация в которой оказалась эта красивая женщина, тем не менее её вполне устраивает подобный расклад. Другие члены семьи являются рабами хозяина дома, Эцуко же повелевает им. Но жажда любви влечёт её к молодому садовнику Сабуро. Он же держит с ней дистанцию. Как с купленными ей для него носками, которые он выбросил. Они для него слишком хороши. И хозяйка также — не для него. Сабуро встречается со служанкой Миэ, которая от него забеременела. Разгневанная от ревности Эцуко приложила все усилия, чтобы их разлучить. Одержимость молодым человеком становится всё более разрушительной и неустойчивой, всё более затягивая Эцуко в водоворот внутренней борьбы с её отчаянными попытками привлечь к себе молодого человека.
Assistant Director
Japanese drama film.
Assistant Director
One summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing about his brother's death and requests for a grand funeral. He had been unwilling to take over the family business and had chosen a life as a middle school teacher far away from home, but considering the circumstances, he changes his mind. As the new chief of Hojuin, Harumichi scrambles around day after day for donations. He has kept strictly to the straight and narrow, until he passes a bicycle race track where the sounds of cheering fans induce him into a new way of life...
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Joe Shishido is an ambitious bike racetrack tout who becomes inadvertently involved in a triangle with a vulnerable prostitute (Izumi Ashikawa) and her brutal yakuza pimp (George Ai).
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Популярный участник телевизионных шоу Дайсаку Кита известен по всей стране. Его окружают толпы поклонников. Они заключили с его менеджером Норико странное соглашение: чтобы сберечь свежесть чувств, они не будут заниматься сексом и даже не будут целовать друг друга. Однако такие отношения им только в тягость, Дайсаку постепенно перестаёт понимать, ради чего он живёт. В этот момент он встречает в Токио девушку, которая полюбила врача, живущего в далёкой деревне на Кюсю. Ради любви девушка купила для возлюбленного старенький джип, но не знает, как переправить его на другой конец страны.
