Two former design school classmates, 21-year-old office worker Kyoko and illustrator Jiro, run into each other on the street and soon begin living together. With great care for their feelings, the two embark on a genuine love affair, expressed through their taboo and tension-filled cohabitation. Whilst hurting each other, they continue to explore the boundaries of their relationship in this boldly controversial film.Read More »
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Tetsu Kazama, a senior member of the Nishio clan (Yakuza clan) kills Yoshie, the head of the hostile yakuza clan. When Tetsu is released from prison, he learns that Nishio clan has dissolved and Nishio clan’s old territory is now controlled by the Hirata clan.Read More »
With the same visual flair used in his distinctive yakuza films, director Kinji Fukasaku (The Yakuza Papers) tells the riveting story of five kids who come to Tokyo for work in If You Were Young: Rage.
In the 1960s, Japanese teens were often sent from rural areas to Tokyo and other major cities, helping to fuel Japan’s rapid economic development. Fukasaku shows the shocking consequences for idealistic youths whose dreams are soon torn apart in a chaos of class turmoil and youthful indiscretion.Read More »
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In the 19th century, a Japanese prostitute is about to move to America with her lover when he dies. Saddened, she moves to America alone and becomes a succesful prostitute. However, her dead lover reappears on her knee as a mole, which she kisses. Her customers, feeling that this is weird, abandon her; she asks her husband to return to the spirit world, on the condition that she would never marry again. He returns, but a few months later she marries an American millionaire. On the night of their honeymoon, the prostitute’s vagina is possessed by the vengeful spirit of the dead lover, which causes the millionaire’s penis great pain…Read More »
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Hiroshi, a timid high school student with dreams of escaping his home town for University, sees his life changed forever after he is lured by his bullies into assaulting another student.Read More »
Original title: 不倫
A wife, bored with her husband, meets one of his old friends at a party. He manages a strip club. Intrigued, she goes with him to visit one of his clubs. One of the strippers is upset and the manager has to pleasure her to calm her down. The wife is aroused by the sight of this and later invites him to her house. There they begin a passionate affair behind her husband’s back.Read More »
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Naoto Ogata plays Sadajiro, a young farmer fighting out the battle of the riot through to the end. Sadajiro’s wife is played by Hiromi Iwasaki, his father is played by Go Kato and Ryuzo Hayashi plays a leader of the Riot. The Riot in Gujo is called one of the biggest three riots in the Edo Period as it took almost 5 years to settle and also involved the Edo government. This movie is a period film about the riot and Gujo farmers fighting for their tenacity of purpose. The farmers had suffered enough from heavy taxes and decided to rise up in riot when the domain lord, Yorikane, issued a new act, which practically forced tax increases. Asking the lord to retract the act, they pour down to the Hachiman Castle. Read More »
Synopsis: Sensual drama depicting a married woman attracted by a former lover Chiharu was looking for a job after her husband Ryoji was restructured. When she went to an interview with a company, she reunited with a senior design company. The man, Yoshimura, asks, “Would you like to work again at our company?Read More »
Toshiko does not have long to live. She wants to make the most of her time while she can and takes a sojourn to where her true hometown for which she has so much nostalgia and admiration. With her husband on her side she remains can-do and keeps her chin up, but can only lament the passing of time and what will happen next to everyone and everything she loves. Will she be satisfied when she looks back for the last time? (summary from IMDB)Read More »