
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 »
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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 »
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 »