Japanese

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Hikaru, an ordinary man, discovers a way to unleash the supernatural powers hidden inside his soul, allowing him to cure others with his newfound “ki” healing power.Read More »

In a room with only one bed, Shizumi’s left hand was somehow fixed to the bed by handcuffs and chains. “Who is this man?”, “Why am I sleeping like this?” Shizumi, who woke up with a terrible headache, started to recall the memory from last light …Read More »

The story follow Japan’s surrendering in WWII. On August 14-15 the surrendering declaration had already been prepared for broadcasting; however, a group of rebel soldiers attempted a coup d’état by invading the emperor’s palace.Read More »

Young woman Yoshiko (Reiko Nakamura) gets a call from a man, Fuji (Johnny Okura) claiming to be from her husband’s company. He tells her that he will come to pick her up on behalf of her husband, Hiroyuki (Masami Horiuchi) who is the scion of a hotel magnate. The kidnapper is Hiroyuki’s father’s secret love-child. He takes her to a hotel, and proceeds to rape her. He calls her husband but doesn’t request a ransom. He’s just bent on humiliating her to submission to be his sex slave, but she begins to fall in love with him even as Hiroyuki is finally deciding to pay the ransom to free her.Read More »

About Soviet and Japanese volley-ball players who are both rivals and friends. The events cover the period from the 1976 Montreal Olympics to the eve of XXII Olympics in Moscow.Read More »

The daily life of young people at the dawn of the 1980s. One of them murdered passers-by in a park, shooting at random with a gun. One day, she meets a burglar who poisons her victims and confides in him.Read More »

Based on a novel by Tomiko Miyao (Kai, Kura, Midwinter Camellia). A woman’s love is tested as she faces betrayal.Read More »

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The film opens with kidnappers of a corporate executive making an unusual ransom demand: that a wizened executive from another company haul large bags of money through downtown Tokyo as the media documents his every move. When the first old man almost dies from exhaustion, a second, and eventually a third elderly corporate fat cat is ordered to do the same. The police detective assigned to the case (Tetsuya Watari) and his younger partner (Masatoshi Nagase) are livid with indignation at this sorry spectacle. They learn that these four men were involved in a massive industrial spill that poisoned an entire rural hamlet 20 years previous. Suddenly, the detective – who studied in the States and apparently absorbed some John Wayne-like mannerisms in the process – isn’t sure who are the victims and who are the villains.Read More »

Jin Kawada (Tasuku Emoto) is a doctor, who provides home medical care. He is very busy with his work and has little time left to spend with his family.Read More »