Masanori Machida

On the 25th of November 1988, four youths abducted and held Furuta Junko in the house of one of the captors. Subjected to rape, torture, and humiliation, Junko had no hope of escape as the manhunt was stalled by the captors forcing her to tell her parents that she was ok. For 41 harrowing days, Junko had to endure unimaginable suffering at the hands of these four individuals. Finally, after losing in a game of mahjong solitaire, they beat her with an iron dumbbell and set on fire with lighter fluid. She died later that day from shock. In an attempt to hide their crime they buried her in cement and thus the name 'Concrete Encased High School Murder Case' was born as Japan had to confront the horrors of this crime. The perpetrators disposed the drum in a tract of reclaimed land in Koto, Tokyo.

A mysterious female spy is recruited to infiltrate the Japanese underworld and gather evidence for a clandestine secretive branch of the Tokyo Police Department.

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After a gruelling final tour, Aurélien decides to settle in Japan with his wife Nanako, who is pregnant with their first child. As the young couple move into a traditional house in the Japanese countryside, Aurélien discovers an ancient suit of armour in a well, which is about to awaken strange creatures known as Yokaïs.

Sequel to Welcome to Maison de Eros: The Yakuza Apartment.

Ikuo and Tojiro both trained in hypnosis under the same master, Manryu. Now, however, Tojiro is a popular hypnotist who appears on television, while Ikuo can only look on with envy at his success. This is because Ikuo had used hypnosis to serve his own desires; after losing the battle to become the master's successor, he was expelled by Manryu. Consequently, Ikuo plots to use hypnosis to seduce Tojiro's wife, Narumi Anzai.

Hayato comes back to his home village after father breaks his legs and cannot walk anymore. He brings his wife Ami along with him, who had a miscarriage and has been dysfunctional and depressed ever since. Hayato hangs with his old friends and enjoys the life of the village, but Ami is a city girl and is growing lonelier. She finds comfort in the arms of Hayato's father. It's not long before everybody in the small village is aware of their relationship... except Hayato... A drama about betrayal and the illogical nature of love and happiness.

Teruo had reached retirement age, his children were grown up and independent, and his wife, Shizuko, was infatuated with a Korean actor and paid him no attention, leaving him to live a lonely life. His only pleasure was indulging in self-gratification while imagining a lewd affair with his former subordinate, Kumi. Just then, Kumi contacted him, wanting to meet. She invited him to join a flower arrangement class she was running with Yoshimi, a senior from her student days...

Shortly before retiring, Shoji lost his wife and moved in with his daughter and her husband, yet he spent his days feeling unfulfilled in both body and spirit. His secret pleasure was using his pension to pay for "hotel-call" sex services; a woman named Erika provided him with exquisite pleasure that sent him into ecstasy. One morning, Shoji’s eye was caught by a newspaper advertisement seeking senior volunteers to care for elderly people with dementia...

When a four-man terrorist group known as Team Phantom begins raising havoc in downtown Tokyo, the city is in desperate need of a hero. An unexpected champion appears in the form of Lady Battle Cop, a former female tennis champion who has been transformed into a seemingly unstoppable cyborg.

Yoshiko, a housewife who has lived in the past since losing her only son in a traffic accident, left home after becoming disillusioned by her husband bringing his mistress into their house. Wandering aimlessly, she arrives in a town and meets a middle-aged man named Koji Hirata at an *izakaya* (pub).

Two years ago, Yukako married Koichi, a man with a child, through an arranged marriage. Her stepson, Yosuke, is dating a high school girl named Kana. Unbeknownst to him, Kana engages in compensated dating via a matchmaking site to earn spending money. One day, Yukako runs into Kana in town, walking with a man named Otaki who looks like an office worker. Kana tells Yukako that Yosuke is the person she cares about most and that she only does compensated dating for extra cash; she then suggests that Yukako try it too...

Haruno, a soapland worker with ten years of experience, repeatedly found herself penniless after being swindled by men, eventually drifting from high-end establishments to seedy, low-rent parlors. Although she received a marriage proposal from a man who would track her down and frequent whichever shop she moved to, she found herself increasingly drawn to Yamashita—the manager who always put the well-being of the women working there first. She eventually became an indispensable part of the shop, but...

Katsuma, a truck driver, is involved in a collision with a car driven by Hiroko, the daughter of a ranch owner...

Yuichi, the caretaker of a seaside guesthouse, lived burdened by a dark past. One morning, he rescued a woman who had lost her memory on the beach; although she regained consciousness, she had no recollection of her past. Around the same time, a man and a woman—each seemingly harboring a complicated secret—checked into the guesthouse. Something about them stirred Yuichi’s intuition...

While attending the funeral of her special effects artist grandfather, Akari and her classmate Takuya, a tokusatsu fanatic, come across a film prop that sucks them into the world of fearsome giant monsters. To find their way home, they must unlock the secrets of this fantasy world.

Taeko, a married woman who wants to get out of the housing complex as soon as possible, meets Aono, the leader of a motorcycle gang, and sees his youthful body and feels something lewd burn inside her. Aono took his then girlfriend Taeko to a snack bar where her friends Ken and Rumi hang out. That night was a game day, and Rumi was surrounded by a crowd of men... Depicts a woman who will give up everything for her long-awaited home.

Third (and last ?) film in the series Gokudo Apartment/The Yakuza Apartment.

Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to use non-violence and set a good example, or violence and set the boy on the wrong path in life.

A crossover between Wakayama's Gokudo and Sugawara Mamushi series. Gokudo runs a restaurant and makes Takuzo Kawatani his kitchen bitch. He tries to do the same for the Mamushi bros. but the boys don't play along, which pisses Gokudo off. Things get worse when he starts helping a young teacher and Bunta has a crush on a pretty girl... and unbeknownst to them it's the same woman! Yes, the film has not one but two romantic subplots! Of course it all ends in bloodshed.

On the rooftop of the building, Urata, who has a large debt, was trying to get over the fence with a determined attitude. Then, a dazzling light of a line runs. Urata also forgot that he was trying to commit suicide, and when he headed for the direction where the light disappeared, Sora (Abeno Miku), a naked woman, fell in the suspicious light. Urata takes Sora home and takes care of her in the room, but when she wakes up, she has a power that is unworldly. On the other hand, Kiriyama, a debt collector who pursues Urata, suddenly sees a naked woman, Riri ( Yukine Sakuragi), who has fallen with the light, and is suddenly thrown away.

One day, Kyosuke, a former athlete and lover, appears before spending time as an Olympic athlete and now as a chaste wife of Akio, a politician. Love burns again with him who lives as a gunman in a corner of the underworld, but Kyosuke is brutally killed. I feel sorry for chasing the mystery of his death with his left handgun, but behind it, the darkness of the huge underworld and the secret of my husband's black relationship were hidden

Misaki is a popular bar hostess whose policy is to 'live on presents'. She is haughty and wants nothing but the most expensive and exclusive. One night, she finds a rabbit and takes it home, setting off the story of an unimaginable tragedy. It is an 'animal panic horror' film with a new edge presenting an allegory of the worst in the modern materialistic world. This is the first full-length feature film for Yuichi Kanemaru, who has worked as assistant director to Kaneto Shindo, Yasuo Furuhata and Takashi Miike. And Tomoko Tabata's dynamic performance in her first horror movie is a definite highlight.

A former detective vows revenge on those who caused his daughter's suicide