Bunmei Tobayama

Set in a spa town, Akira Takasu (Masatoshi Nagase) is a carver and a mailman. He keeps in touch with poet Penguin (Masataka Kubota). Penguin has a female fan with the name of Moonlit Night's Star (Sakurako Konishi). She sends letters to Penguin. One day, the female fan appears in front of Akira Takasu and Penguin. These three somehow get involved in a battle between the yakuza.

The story is set in Japan several years from now. The government has decided to experimentally establish "euthanasia special zones." The protagonists are rapper Shotaro Sako, who has been diagnosed with an incurable disease with no hope of recovery and only six months to live, and his partner, journalist Ayumi Fujioka. Opposed to the euthanasia law, the couple decide to move into the national strategic special zone, the "euthanasia special zone," with the aim of exposing the state of the special zones from the inside. There, they witness the love and suffering of people who have decided to end their lives. Through their conversations with the doctors, a subtle change occurs in their hearts, but...

A young man wanders and makes calls to elders who live alone. Saying “Granny, it’s me,” he lies to them that he is their grandson. An old lady, who runs a music shop in the declining shopping area in Amakusa, answers his call and warmly accepts him. Pretending as her grandson, he settles down in the town. He gets used to his friendship with young villagers, the sound and landscape of Amakusa, and the old lady’s everyday life.

Lucius Modestus, ancient Roman bath architect, has lost his job. The one way he can win it back is by creating a bath that nobody has seen before, and, by pure chance, ends up slipping through time to Japan in 2012. There, he discovers the wonders of Japanese bath technology, incorporating it into his own designs, but must face the challenges of the succession of the emperor, his home life, and his new hot spring-based friends, including manga artist meet-cute Mami.

A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed to return to his clan after only one year of imprisonment. Following his return, Kanemi is faced with the death of his wife, Mutsue. Thereafter, Kanemi lives with and cares for his wife's niece, Satoo, who has secret affections for Kanemi and expresses them by helping change his bleak outlook on life. Meanwhile, Kanemi's develops his unique "bird-catching" sword technique which he will soon put to test in battle for the first time against the fearsome swordsman, Hayatonosho Obiya.

The lives and loves of several people all intersect in the Golden Gai, a labyrinth of alleys and bars located in central Tokyo.

Naomi (Makoto Nishiyama), who returned to a small town because her adoptive father was about to die, met her brother-in-law, Hiroyuki (Hideyuki Kamada), again. Both of them have a history of becoming a man and woman, and Naomi feels an uncontrollable feeling for Hiroyuki. After that, she reunited with her childhood friend Yoshio (Yuya Matsuura) who also returned to the town....

A hit man looks to protect the daughter of one of his victims against CIA assassins.

Director Jun Ichikawa spins this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa, a bohemian corner of Tokyo filled with small theater companies and smoky coffeehouses.

The film tells the story of a Drive-In worker and a young tramp who has been left alone by her boyfriend somewhere in Hokkaido. Things seem to work out at the beginning but as time goes by the newly formed relationship between the tramp and the Drive-In worker starts to show the workers harmful will of possession, which finally leads to the somehow sad but also optimistically interpretable ending.

The movie revolves around Mitsuba, who studies traditional art of rakugo. Rakugo is a form of comical story telling, sometimes referred to as sit-down comedy. Even though Mitsuba is mediocre at best, he ends up teaching three students.

The second installment (the first one is エリ -従姉弟関係- (Eri: Cousin Relationship) 2003) in an erotic film series adapting popular "gals comics" known for their stylish flair. It follows Michiru, a woman with a sex addiction, as she pursues men wherever her desires lead her. Based on "ero*mala" by popular manga artist Naito Yamada.

A child suddenly disappears in a small village and his mother desperately searches for clues.

Seiji (played by Battle Royale’s Tatsuya Fujiwara) struggles to look after his younger brother Michio, who suffers from Xeroderma Pigmentosum – a rare disease that is fatal if exposed to sunlight. Matters are even more complicated due to Michio’s state of mind, which is equivalent to that of a six year old child. In order to support his younger brother, Seiji is forced to join the local Yakuza and work through the ranks to become a respected member. One night, Seiji saves a woman named Keiko (Aya Okamoto) from a drunken pervert. By sheer coincidence, she is also Michio’s nurse and falls in love with Seiji thanks to his courageous act. Whilst Seiji continues to see his new girlfriend, the activities of the Yakuza begin to affect their lives…

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Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attempt to regain their honor by defending a brothel from a hostile militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.

A former Self-Defense Force officer who returns to his hometown with his comrades to fight for his life. A woman who comes to trace the trail of her husband, who has been missing for seven years. A woman who wants something stimulating in her boring village. A man and his daughter who left his wife without giving a reason and drifted to a fishing village in the north to live in seclusion. The lives of these five people intersect for a moment and are eventually dismantled again.

Set in a metropolis in the 21st century, this unique erotic drama depicts youth colored by sex, drugs, and violence with a touch of science fiction.

"Atlanta Boogie" centers around a mock track meet between the "normal" and "good" citizens of Yokohama and those they want to expel from the neighborhood: the illegal foreign workers, the deadbeats, the juvenile delinquents, and elderly.

The cop Himuro is picked as scapegoat by his superiors because of their own involvement in sokaiya gangster practices.

A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lover.

A black clad woman murders a man that she had just met by chance through a phone sex club.

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A woman quits her job and seeks work from. Meanwhile, her friend gets stalked by a mysterious groper. How are these circumstances connected?

The story is about Nagatoshi, a handsome and sexy monk played by Kazuhiro Sano, who is struggling for the widow he loves. Foreshadowing the prophecy of the Great Kanto Earthquake, the film is a highly entertaining theatrical spectacle that depicts the human condition of a downtown area undergoing development and the efforts of men and women who rebel against it.

The film depicts Nagatoshi, a monk, who is mistaken for the reincarnation of a hero in a small mountain village who looks exactly like him, and who rebels against the government together with the farmers. Unlike its predecessor, which was a period drama in style, this film is more contemporary, incorporating issues such as corruption at a general contractor. The dynamism of the farmers' revolt, with its mass mobilization of extras, is also a highlight of the film.

The true story of a pair of college students who attempted a double suicide to end their doomed romance becomes fare for legendary pinku-eiga director Hisayasu Sato in this feature. Fatalistic and sad, this is one of the more depressing Japanese softcore films, and Sato makes it even worse by including footage from the lovers’ actual 8 mm experimental film throughout the story

A man with a briefcase is being pursued by a small yakuza gang. After abandoning his vehicle, the man boards a train where he and the other passengers watch a woman being assaulted by three thugs. Intimidated, the commuters do nothing to help. Later, the victim reports the incident to the police and a witness finally comes forward. When the man hears about rape on the news he takes steps to protect his identity and begins to track the victim.

1615. Ninja Sarutobi Sasuke is assigned the task of finding a hidden treasure that will restore his clan to their full power. However, sexy ninja warrior Kagero stands in Sasuke's way. Complications ensue when a sudden time warp occurs and both Sasuke and Kagero find themselves thrust hundreds of years into the future to Tokyo, Japan in 1984.

A woman is raped on a crowded subway but no one reports it to the police. A TV studio exploits the incident to boost ratings. Even the reporter sent to interview the gang members who committed the crime is victimized.

A writer fantasies about his sister Masaki, an aspiring actress, and writes a screenplay about it. After several rides on the train to acting class, she reads the script.

The story centers on the steadfast eldest son, the caring and alluring nurse eldest daughter, the ambitious, fast-rising second son, and the vivacious, free-spirited youngest daughter. United by the heavy burden of an enormous debt inherited from their late parents a decade ago, their fragile stability is upended when the irresistibly beautiful and enigmatic Rinko appears on the scene as a marriage prospect for the eldest son. Her seductive allure triggers a chain reaction that sends shockwaves through the family, igniting passions and secrets in a swirl of scandalous incestuous desire.

The chairman of a yakuza gang is murdered, and it is thought to be the work of a rival organization, but it is actually the work of a subordinate gang leader. The gang leader, who was addicted to S&M, was driven to his liking to drink the urine of the chairman's daughter, "Rinko," and drove the inconvenient father to his death. When the executives found out, they were at a loss and consulted their sworn brother, Nozawa. In order to fulfill the wish of the gang leader, who is hovering between life and death from a stroke, they decide to kidnap the chairman's daughter and train her to become a sex slave.

Rinko and Shinpei are reporters for a rival weekly magazine. Rinko was investigating the love affair between popular stars Masahiko and Mingdai, but was caught by Shinpei in a scoop. So she concocts a scandal involving the earnest rakugo performer Manchou, but when Representative Karasawa proposes protecting the privacy of celebrities in the Diet, she and Shinpei begin a battle for coverage that will expose Karasawa's private life.

Eiji, a teenager eager to follow in his late father's scientific footsteps perfects one of his old experiments to diminish the barrier between pain and pleasure.

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Eto receives a call from the police, informing her about the death of her twin sister, who was killed by a wolf near a small town. She travels there seeking revenge, completely unaware of the truth behind her sister's death, which she is about to uncover.

When the all-girl gang, The Bombers, kidnap a man to use as their personal sex slave, S&M Hunter accepts the mission to infiltrate The Bombers' hideout and show them the ropes.

Pale skin writhes in the back seat! A new kind of erotic business where a single wet moment envelops the car!

Pink film distributed by Toei Central Film.

One of legendary "pink" director Hisayasu Sato's first of over 50 examinations of love and sex among the dregs of society, this downbeat picture deals with a sleazy rapist (Taketoshi Watari) who starts a doomed romance with a sullen teenage reject.

A film adaptation (funded by Ken Togo) based on an expose book by a person involved in the Japanese entertainment industry of the time. The book describes among other things the drug-fueled parties, orgies of the entertainment business and what some celebrities like Johnny Kitagawa among others were allegedly up to in their free time. Basically giving an open-book about the secrets of the entertainment-world. The film adapts and portrays some of the shocking scenes of this book, focussing more on the gay-aspect of the expose.

Pink film by Satoru Kobayashi.

Who is it that sends a threatening letter demanding 100 million yen in exchange for distributing "poisoned rice" to boost sales of a famous brand of rice? As instructed, the bag of rice stuffed with money is thrown from the railway bridge into the riverbank. A street performer gets caught up in an incident through an unexpected incident and contacts a woman who is thought to be an accomplice in an attempt to clear his name, but the incident eventually escalates into murder...

The owner of a love hotel takes us inside the rooms of three couples, a gambler and his mistress, a photographer and a model and a teacher with a female student.

Tsukimi Police Station, a hotbed of failed police officers, is being forced to relocate by the female land grabber Kanoko. Mirai, a rookie policewoman assigned to the traffic division of Tsukimi Police Station, is astounded by the station's unconventional misfits, including the chief Kumahachi. While on patrol, Mirai and Hitomi are hit by a mini-patrol car when a half-naked man jumps out in front of them. The man is Daihito, the landlord of the police station, and takes advantage of the opportunity to escape after being captured by Kanoko's gang.

"Groper Train" pink film distributed by Shintoho.

A white coat brutally defiled! A woman's relentless drive for revenge against a trap of bestial lust!!

Pink film by Satoru Kobayashi.

To this man who opened my bowl...

Naomi is sent to prison in place of her brother, who is involved with a violent gang. There, she experiences various forms of vigilante justice at the hands of the sexually frustrated female inmates. From being tortured with leftover food to being stripped naked and forced to crawl around and lick the genitals of other female inmates, she endures insidious sexual abuse. To make matters worse, the female guard is a lesbian. Then, a virgin woman whom her brother had saved arrives in the communal cell, now a depraved prostitute. When Naomi learns that her brother was killed by a gang leader, she seeks revenge upon her parole...

Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), the imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and prepared the way for the Meiji Restoration (1868).

Rikiya Shoda is an engineer working for the Atomic Agency in Japan. One day, his wife Nanako returns home with a lost teenager called Ayu. A man, pretending to be the father, comes to get her back; Ayu keeps telling him that Rikiya and Nanako are her parents. Through this disruption, Rikiya suddenly starts remembering his youth as a revolutionary.

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. Eventually, Kayo's past and the man she used to be with are revealed, and Jun and Yoko's desperate actions lead to the story's conclusion...

The fear of rape suddenly befalls women who live peacefully in Shinjuku, as the perspective of the film alternates between the point of view of a rapist who calls himself a "shark" and the women who are raped.

Pink film by Kinya Ogawa.

A traveling troupe of strippers do their stuff at various venues. One of the women has a sleazy boyfriend who leaves her to recruit his own group of strippers.

The thrill of an affair. A married woman's resistance proves fleeting. A weak woman's intense desire...