Haruhiko Arai

A speculative reconstruction of a never fully explained incident from 1973: the five-day disappearance in Japan of Kim Dae-Jung. Kim (codenamed 'KT') was on a secret fund-raising visit to Tokyo when he was snatched from a hotel room; the film says the kidnappers were Korean CIA men abetted by Japan's army-in-all-but-name, the Jieitai, both working with the tacit approval of the USA. (asianwiki.com)

At his working place, Kozo and his colleague gangrape the boss' teenage daughter. Then, on the highway, he picks up a red-haired woman walking on the road back to his home. She ends up staying the night. Later, the woman reveals that she has left her husband and son, but refuses to divulge her name. On the other hand, the boss' daughter informs Kozo's colleague that she is pregnant. They decide to elope but, before that, he demands Kozo to let him have sex with the red-haired woman... (imdb)

Cathartic road movie concerning the transformative journey of an emotionally-unstable writer (amazon.ca)

Yuko is 35 years old, single, out of work, and on medication from her psychiatrist to combat her manic depression. Living in Kamata Town, Yuko divides her time between a variety of men friends, each with his own peculiarities. (imdb)

A young couple, an aspiring writer and actress, run into trouble when money problems lead Mimi to a life of prostitution.

19-year-old freeter Tsuyoshi Osanai enters a school for guide dog trainers after the suicide of a close friend. After 2 years of training, Tsuyoshi becomes an assistant trainer. His first dog to train is Chie.

In less tasteful hands, this film based an a gekiga (adult manga) by Michio Hisauchi would've been a dirty movie with no commercial value. But director Kumashiro once again show's why he's the King of Erotica. This is a combination of stories dealing with the ecstatic adventures of high school student Sachiko from Weisser's book.

The main character gets no respect from his wife, kids, boss, and sexy coworkers. Inspired by superman he decides to don a cape and mask and go out to dole out justice to his sexually deviant boss. Things start to go awry when a cross-dressing coworker steals his costume, begins abusing his superhero powers, and eventually captures the main character's family.

A Japanese schoolgirl witnesses the suicide of her close friend and the indifference of her classmates to the bloody spectacle. Later, she walks in on a gang of thugs raping her mother and is summarily given the same treatment before being forced into prostitution. (imdb)

Junior High School Student Yudo spends his nights hanging out at the disco; his parents are more interested in dealing with their swapping partners than taking care of their son. One evening, while he's shoplifting, a young woman gives him a hand and helps him pull off the snatch. Yudo, mesmerized by the woman, follows her to find out where she lives. Then he attacks and rapes her...

Set in 1989 in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, 17-year-old Toma (Masaki Suda) lives with his father and his father's lover. Toma witnesses his father's sadistic behavior towards his lover and, soon, Tooma finds himself following in his father's footsteps. (asianwiki.com)

This ATG film from director Chûsei Sone is a courtroom murder mystery based on a novel by Ango Sakaguchi.

Zen is the town crank, local kabuki star and proprietor of a venison restaurant in a rural mountain village. When his wife & best friend return to town after having eloped together years earlier, the ties between kabuki and real life are made evident.

Yuichi Koga is an upper-class business executive, running his own adult video company, and living a successful life with his wife and daughter. Outwardly, his family seems really happy, but in reality Yuichi enjoys sex with everyone but his wife Chikako. One day, he gets a phone call from a woman named Sanae, an old elementary school classmate of his. Yuichi and Sanae immediately hit it off again and begin seeing each other, and Yuichi eventually discovers that they click in a sexual way.

High school student Emiko meets an older student named Yo in the high school newspaper club. One day, Emiko is kissed by Yo and they have sex impulsively. Since that time, whenever Emiko, who does not know love, sees Yo, she asks him to have sex. As time goes by, Yo movies away to attend college in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Emiko works at a flower shop just because she wants to be close to Yo. Emiko is hurt by Yo's rejection, but whenever she meets him she has sex with him.

A black comedy about a former Rock'n'Roll singer, who becomes the mayor of Tokyo. (The Movie Database)

Mitsuo Wada (Toshiyuki Nagashima) works at raising tomatoes in a greenhouse, next to a big public housing complex. Because his father has moved out to go live with his girlfriend, Mitsuo lives alone with his mother and grandmother, a situation that does not particularly curb his romantic life. (Eleanor Mannikka)

A washed-up middle-aged rocker, divorcing his wife and living with his girlfriend, a soap massage parlor worker. (imdb)

A 40-year old man sees his life change when his wife gets pregnant. He already has a daughter from his first marriage whom he rarely sees and two step-daughters, from his wife's first marriage. The youngest of his step-daughters is looking forward to a baby brother or sister, but the oldest doesn't welcome the news and suddenly decides that she wants to live with her father. (imdb)

When she wins a small supporting role in a play, a young actress is disappointed, but fate tempts her with another shot at stardom.

When it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there in order to attend her wedding. Naoko surprises him by proposing that they have sex again. The one night stand is the new beginning.

Kayo, who is famous for her beauty, own a bar in a port town. The establishment is always crowded with customers infatuated with her. For the past three years, Kayo has been in a relationship with Murakami, a city councilman. One day, a young man and woman, Jun and Yoko, come to town. They are planning to stow away somewhere, but no one will take them in. Exhausted, they happen to come to Kayo’s bar. (tmdb)

A suicidal woman and a disillusioned political couple meet on a beach.

A brothel headhunter named Miura brings young runaway Choma to a bathhouse/brothel and begins her prostitution career. Miura also falls in love with Choma, which causes problems when she falls for a dangerous yakuza gangster.

Mika Hino is a sharp-shooting investigator that belongs to the infamous "Gator Branch." When an executive board member of a trading company is accused of being involved in a bribery, Mika is assigned to keep watch over him.

Sayoko is desperate to have a child, but her boyfriend Shinsaku is horrified. One day, a six-year-old boy is left outside the door claiming Shinsaku to be its father. (imdb)

With summer vacation, Chiaki, a high school girl, is just passing each day without getting along well with her boyfriend, Masahiko, and her first experience.

Awaji, the president of a famous food company, is found murdered in a locked bathroom. with mummified human hands found all over the body. Taki, a Young bonze, begins to privately investigate.

In a rural town, ex-members of a motorcycle gang become sporadic victims of a vigilante attack. A group of high school boys are responsible for the various assaults because they're upset that the motorcycle gang had disbanded. Seemingly, these kids idolized the rebel gang and harbored dreams of joining them after graduation. Female student Miku (Megumi Saki) happens to see one of the vengeance assaults, and is threat-ened by the high school thugs.

The story is about a film director, Kutani, who lives in the dying pink film industry, and an aspiring screenwriter, Iseki, and their loved one, Shoko, whose dream of a film she has clung to begins to crumble, and their lives intersect.

A serial cop-killer is running rampant in Tokyo's Shinjuku ward and only one man has the connections and the courage to find and stop him -- The Shark.

In Tokyo's Golden Gai district, Kasumi runs a bar called "Redemption", living upstairs with her lover Gunji. One night, a woman named Toko visits the bar. Drinking too much, Toko ends up hooking up with a mysterious barfly. But she has a secret past with Kasumi's boyfriend Gunji. The hidden lives of four people gradually unfold.