Tomori Abe

Wakamatsu here tells the story of the Asama-Sanso hostage drama, which riveted Japan for ten days in 1972, and remains as evocative there as the words "Patty Hearst" or "Munich '72" are in the west. The Asama-Sanso incident brought a bloody end to not just a small group of radical extremists, but also to the idealism of the 1960's, as the romance of rebellion gave way to the darker sides of human nature, from Altamont to the Japanese mountainside. (Kosmorama.no)

The blood of the Nakamoto's family is cursed, so their members are handsome but condemned to violently die young. Oryu, a midwife, has watched some of them growing up, living and dying. Now she's old and, talking with the animated photograph of her dead husband (a monk), she recollects the story of their tragic existence.

A timid young woman who lives with her domineering mother accepts an Adult Video scout's offer to "become somebody else" by performing in porn videos. As she rises in popularity, the boundaries between her two lives begin to disintegrate. (imdb)

Transfer student Mizuki is bullied mercilessly by her classmate. Nevertheless, she is always able to maintain her composure. Kirie, who is also bullied, becomes interested in Mizuki and longs for her. The two become close. (imdb)

A long-awaited sequel to the internationally acclaimed full-throttle splatter sci-fi action horror "Meatball Machine". (imdb)

The true story of Isha Sensei, the only doctor in her hometown Oisawa Village (now Oisawa, Nishikawa Town) in Yamagata Prefecture, a remote area at the time, where there was no doctor.

Masao (Kokone Sasaki) was once famous for having supernatural powers, but she now lives as a prostitute. Her special power is to know when a person will die by touching them. Masao has sex with men about to die. One day, a man named Tachibana (Shima Ohnishi) appears in front of her and expresses his wish to film her. In reality, Tachibana wants to take revenge on her. His wife killed herself after learning from Masao that she would die. Tachibana though becomes attracted to Masao.