Mamoru Sasaki

A Korean man is sentenced to death by hanging, but he survives the execution. For the following two hours, his executioners try to work out how to handle the situation in this black farce. (imdb)

Oshima's most overtly political film, The Ceremony uses the backdrop of Japanese rituals (several weddings and more than one funeral) to mount a scathing attack on Japanese politics. Depicting the story of one family over 30 years, its promotion of a more tolerant society and the freedom that comes with it occasionally makes way for some genuinely moving depiction of everyday family life... (Channel 4)

Shinjuku Thief is the story of a bookstore thief named Birdey who is led through various adventures in Tokyo's Shinjuku district by salesgirl Umeko. (imdb)

The plot of the Man Who Left His Will on Film follows a young college student who plummets off a rooftop to his death with only his camera and spare film in hand. His friend in his film club recovers the film testament after the police handle it. This young college student is inspired by the film and sets off with the deceased's ex-girlfriend to locate and re-create the places where he shot. (imdb)

A group of provincial high school students, in Tokyo for their university entrance examinations, are thoroughly disillusioned with the older generation and see no hope for the future. They respond by going around singing dirty songs. A Korean prostitute teaches them that these songs are not only funny - they can be sad as well. Their fantasies have been centering around a rich girl they have seen. Now, still in fantasy, they set about killing her. (asian wiki)

In this reworking of the traditional Japanese tale of double suicide, a paranoid young man on the run from local crime bosses falls into a torturous relationship with a woman who just wants someone to make love to her, no strings attached. (cinema.wisc.edu)

The director takes a very serious subject - the return of Okinawa to Japan from American control - and gives it a pop, almost parodic feel, with a floating camera and free-form narrative.

Three students spend their holidays at the seaside where they are mistaken for Koreans, a minority which is looked down on in Japan (imdb)

This animation consists in still cartoon-drawings with voice-over and sound effects, very unique...

Heidi after becomming an orphan is forced to live with her grandfather Öhi who lives in the mountain Alps. However he is a very bitter man who only accepts to take her in by force. Heidi's kindness may be able to open Öhi's heart. Along with Peter the goat carer and the crippled Klara, Heidi has a lot of adventures. (ANN)

The Shiranui Clan have planned for 2000 years to conquer Japan in retaliation for their nomadic ancestors being banished from the country by the Yamato Clan. Each armored ninja-like member of the clan controls a gigantic robot warrior in order to overthrow the "Yamato Government," as they call it. In response to this terrorist threat, Japan's National Security Organization send agent Gentaro Shizuka, disguised as what can best described as a Spaghetti Western version of a singing cowboy... (wikipedia)

A human member of a defense force is given the life and ability to change into a giant super-hero to battle the monsters he encounters. (imdb)

Eros Eterna tells the story of a legendary immortal nun who wanders around encountering several people of various conditions.