Unemployed 35 year old Sakurai aspired to become an actor, but failed miserably. He decides to end his own life, but first he goes to purify himself at a public bathhouse. Read More »
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Nude (2010) Yûichi Onuma, Naoko Watanabe, Ken Mitsuishi, Aimi Satsukawa, Biography, Drama
After graduating from high school, young Hiromi moves from Niigata to Tokyo to pursue her dreams of becoming an actress. Read More »
Amaya / Hong Kong Confidential (2010) Maris Martinsons, Kaori Momoi, Andrius Mamontovas, Dan Lau, Comedy, Drama, Romance
One week in one of the most exotic and picturesque cities of the world. The day of changes comes when Amaya meets a charming Englishman Read More »
Bôhachi bushidô: Poruno jidaigeki / Boachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (1973) Teruo Ishii, Tetsurô Tamba, Gorô Ibuki, Tatsuo Endô, Action, Drama, Thriller, Erotic
Japanese cult movie guru Teruo Ishii directs this deranged, over-the-top adaptation from the original manga by Kazuo Koike about a privileged samurai gang in charge of recruiting women for prostitution in old Edo’s pleasure quarter. Read More »
Mikkai / The Assignation (1959) Kô Nakahira, Takao Ito, Yôko Katsuragi, Seiji Miyaguchi, Drama
Young Kikuko (Yoko Katsuragi) is married to an older university professor and because of the age difference as well as several other factors Read More »
Chi to suna no kettô / Duel Of Blood And Sand (1963) Sadatsugu Matsuda, Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Jûshirô Konoe, Satomi Oka, Action, Drama
Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him into a small town besieged by a violent group of brigands. Read More »
Ningen / Human (1962) Kaneto Shindô, Taiji Tonoyama, Nobuko Otowa, Kei Satô, Drama
The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people on the ship are becoming increasingly desperate as food and water run out.
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S&M Hunter (1986) Shûji Kataoka, Shirô Shimomoto, Hiromi Saotome, Yutaka Ikejima, Comedy, Erotic
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. Read More »
Kitsutsuki to ame / The Woodsman and the Rain (2011) Shûichi Okita, Kôji Yakusho, Shun Oguri, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Comedy
Rookie movie director Koichi and his crew travels to the mountain village of Yamamura to film his next movie. Read More »
Miss Lady Professor (2006) Norihiro Takeuchi, Akari Hoshino, Drama, Erotic
Reiko Mizukami (Akari Hoshino) has finally become the teacher that she always dreamed of. Read More »
Bijitâ Q / Visitor Q (2001) Takashi Miike, Ken’ichi Endô, Shungiku Uchida, Kazushi Watanabe, Comedy, Drama, Horror
A father, who is a failed former television reporter tries to mount a documentary about violence and sex among youths. Read More »
Excitement Class: Love Techniques (1972) Noboru Tanaka, Mari Tanaka, Nobutaka Masutomi, Moeko Ezawa, Drama, Erotic
Tormented by his first sexual stirrings, the teenager Isao dreams every night of his gym teacher Ikuko. Read More »
Koroshi no rakuin / Branded to Kill (1967) Seijun Suzuki, Jô Shishido, Kôji Nanbara, Isao Tamagawa, Action, Crime, Drama
The number-three-ranked hit-man, with a fetish for sniffing boiling rice, fumbles his latest job, which puts him into conflict with a mysterious woman Read More »
Meoto zenzai / Marital Relations (1955) Shirô Toyoda, Hisaya Morishige, Chikage Awashima, Yôko Tsukasa, Drama
Ryukichi, the young master of a cosmetic wholesale dealer, leaves his wife and child to live with Choko, a popular geisha, with whom he has fallen in love. Read More »
Operetta tanuki goten / Princess Raccoon (2005) Seijun Suzuki, Ziyi Zhang, Joe Odagiri, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Amechiyo is being hunted by his father for being too beautiful and as he tries to escape he runs into Princess Raccoon, a raccoon in human form. Read More »