Eclair 2011

A film about an orphan kid in Japan in 1943

Beauty 2008

Set in a small Nagano village in the 1930s, the film follows Hanji, a young boy captivated by a local kabuki performance. Inspired by Yukio, Hanji learns kabuki with Utako. As they grow, they become skilled actors, performing in a final kabuki before World War II. After the war, Hanji returns to revive kabuki and restore the community’s spirit. In the 1980s, as he nears death, the villagers organise a final performance in his honour, where he performs “Tenryu Koishibuki” for Yukio.

Hard Labor 2011 ( 6.293)

After her husband loses his job, Helena opens her own grocery store. Soon, increasingly strange events begin to plague her store, making her question her sanity.

Toll 2023 ( 7.6)

Suellen is a toll booth attendant who starts using her job to help a gang of thieves steal watches from people driving to the coast. But only for a noble cause: to send her son to an expensive gay conversion workshop.

A Happy Family 2024 ( 7.2)

In a happy family perfectly protected in a gated community, a mother is harshly accused of hurting her twin daughters and newborn baby. However, the truth behind the high walls may reveal unexpected cruelty.

Love Letter 1953 ( 6.771)

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

Dispersed Clouds 1951 ( 6.5)

Five women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when one of them, Masako, falls ill at a railway station. Osen, a middle-aged maid from a nearby inn, takes her in and nurses her, assisted by Dr. Minami, a young physician who diagnoses her illness as a mild case of pneumonia. With Masako in good hands and needing a few days to recuperate, her classmates continue their tour. Masako’s recovery, however, is hampered by her spoiled and immature nature and her determination to punish the world for the loss of her mother.

No Man, No Cry 1998 ( 2)

A sensual drama that depicts the fates of a man and a woman who are entangled in a negative chain of events that begins with a certain incident. This is an absurdist drama written by Takahisa Zeze, a leading director in the film industry, and shows the fate of men who are at the mercy of two women, played by a new actress with an outstanding presence. They attack a cash transport vehicle, but Taichi (Takeshi Ito) and Kazumi (Yuji Sawayama) are caught, while Hideji (Hironori Okajima) steals the money and escapes. Five years later, after being released from prison, Taichi visits a coffee shop run by Hideji with Noah (Harumi Kashima), who is suffering from an incurable disease, but an unexpected situation arises when his wife Reiko (Mayuko Sasaki) and Kazumi's love interests become involved.

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree 1955

Cursed Spirit Black Cat's Curse 2000

2000 horror original video.

Broken Blossoms 1959 ( 5)

War drama about army nurses.

Flesh Pier 1958 ( 5)

Director Teruo Ishii's crime action follows the investigative adventures of an undercover cop working with a prostitution ring. It's done in an unique documentary style.

Yellow Line 1960 ( 7)

The murder of the chief official of Kobe city's Customs triggers an investigation of a prostitution ring called the 'Yellow Line' that sells Japanese women. A hired assassin is betrayed by his organization, and kidnaps a woman who happens to be the girlfriend of a newspaper reporter.

Resistance at Tule Lake 2017

The long-suppressed story of 12,000 Japanese Americans who dared to resist the U.S. government's program of mass incarceration during World War II. Branded as 'disloyals' and re-imprisoned at Tule Lake Segregation Center, they continued to protest in the face of militarized violence, and thousands renounced their U.S. citizenship. Giving voice to experiences that have been marginalized for over 70 years, this documentary challenges the nationalist, one-sided ideal of wartime 'loyalty.'

Poruno da yo! Zen'in shûgô: Maruhi waisetsu shûdan 1974

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Bed manner: Otoko ibiri 1973

Pinku distributed by Million

VR Workplace 2019

Set in the near future, a game “VR Workplace” where persons can virtually experience the ideal work environment is gaining attraction. It promises to support the NEET (persons not employed or in school) population in assimilating them into the workforce. However, one day, a bug within the game emerges in the form of a character named “Manager Iwaki” who harasses other players.

昼下がり 1998

He feels suffocated and bothered by the small community, be it the local area or the relationships, but he also knows that there is a part of him that can be spoilt somewhere, and he cannot get out of it. This is the situation that most people today find themselves in, but this film depicts the tragedy that is caused by people who are eighteen there, in many different ways. There, victims can also become perpetrators, and perpetrators can instantly become victims, and this is clearly conveyed in the film, which is probably one of the main reasons for the use of middle-aged and older people as heavily weighted performers, which is unusual for an independently produced film.

The Romantic Club 2022

Mishima, who aspires to become a film director, is no longer able to endure his life of uncertainty. On the other hand, Watanabe, who is the only person who has a close relationship with his girlfriend Kay, is sincerely facing reality and living day by day. Mishima feels pressured by Kay's support. Gradually, he begins to wish to escape from reality. Then Mishima meets a woman named Mary Lou, who takes her to a club called THE ROMANTIC CLUB. It is a secret club where one can escape from the suffering of reality. Where will Mishima, who has turned away from his time of surrender and run away without fighting reality, go? Is this reality or delusion? Involving reality and delusion, this is the first, last, and greatest escape of youth.

Awamori-kun kanpai! 1961

Second of the three Awamori-kun movies.

Dragnet Girl 1933 ( 6.7)

A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealous girlfriend will do anything to keep him.

Namba 2022

NAMBA tells the American story of May Namba, born in 1922 to Japanese immigrants. During WWII, 125,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated, including the Namba family. May’s granddaughter, Miyako, narrates and guides us through her grandmother’s experiences living at Minidoka. Miyako packs a suitcase heart-wrenchingly contemplating the most important belongings to bring to the prison camp. She makes a mattress out of hay and lays down in a horse stall to use as a bed, just as her grandmother did. Throughout the film May and Miyako share this complex history—the injustice and love of country—that’s rarely discussed in history books.

Bar imperial 2001

Chikan densha: Ecchi ga ippai 1988 ( 2)

Haruki Michikawa is a female lolicon manga artist who is currently gaining popularity under the pen name Minamino Vibe. She is popular not only among readers, but also liked, or even targeted, by editorial production staff. This is because while Haruki draws extreme erotic manga, she is still rumored to be a virgin. Then Haruki receives a request from her editor, Kitayama, to create a manga covering her molester experience. The ending of the molestation experience coverage on a crowded train... A lecherous editor also appears among the perverted staff, and what will happen to Minamino Vibrator's virginity?

Void 2017

A closed society, and idols created as numerical expressions of their own existence. Endless replications of the original data results in the loss of individuality, but emotional impulses begin to emerge.

Children of God - Shinji and Rinka - 2019

Shinji and his daughter Shizuku are attacked. The crazy yakuza Jizo takes Shizuku hostage and forces her father to demand 100 million yen back from the thief Rinka. Desperate, Shinji sets off, but he is not the only one hot on Rinka's heels.

A Little Dangerous Mermaid 1990

1990 Original Video.