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- DirectorMomoko AndôStarsSakura AndôMiyoko AsadaBengalSawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family of an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him.
- DirectorKon IchikawaStarsEtsushi ToyokawaYûko AsanoYu Ji Chin YeIn a remake of a well-known Japanese mystery, a man in Kobe does not have a family. He receives a visitor who is a researcher one day who has noticed that the man has a well-off family in Okayama. This village is called Yatsuhakamura. This family has been there for four hundred years. The man decides to visit his new-found family only for a series of murders to coincide with his arrival. This family's lawyer hires a private investigator who begins working on the crimes.
- DirectorToshiaki ToyodaStarsYoshio HaradaRyûhei MatsudaMichio AkiyamaNine convicts escape from prison; most are convicted murderers. They commandeer a van from a strip club.
- DirectorYoshishige YoshidaStarsTamotsu HayakawaYoshiko KayamaTaiji TonoyamaA shipyard worker gets an offer of free lodging in the company seaside rest house. Upon arriving there, he finds out that he also has to take care of a flock of undisciplined youngsters.
- DirectorKazushi WatanabeStarsDaijirô KawaokaKazushi WatanabeTakeo NoroStylish road movie in which a kidnapped youth becomes friends with his abductors.
- DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsNagisa ÔshimaWilliam B. WhiteNagisa Oshima explores the first century of Japanese cinema.
- DirectorMasaharu TakeStarsSakura AndôHirofumi AraiYôzaburô ItôA 32-year-old woman living with her parents meets a boxer and finally starts a life.
- DirectorToshio MasudaStarsTatsuya NakadaiTeruhiko AoiToshirô MifuneThe lives and battles of soldiers leading up to the 1904 siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.aka 'Hill 203'
- DirectorTatsuya MoriStarsHiroshi ArakiAum Shinrikyo, the Buddhist sect led by Shoko Asahara and responsible for the 1995 Sarin gas attack on a Tokyo subway, becomes the subject of this documentary.
- DirectorTatsuya MoriStarsShoko AsaharaFollows the dissolution of the cult in the absence of their leader, Shoko Asahara.
- DirectorYôji YamadaStarsSayuri YoshinagaTsurube ShôfukuteiYû AoiGinko seems to be living the good life: She's the respectable owner of a neighborhood drug store in Tokyo, and her daughter Koharu is about to get married to a doctor. However, Koharu's wedding day also brings homes Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed actor and a hard drinker who shows up causing trouble. Having covered for him all her life, Ginko is ready to disown her burdensome younger brother, but some things are easier said than done...
- DirectorKeiichi KobayashiStarsAi IkedaEna KoshinoReiko FujiwaraIzumi finds a wallet full of money and loans the cash to an older fishing buddy.
- DirectorMasahiro MakinoStarsChikage AwashimaShinobu ChiharaNizaemon KataokaYukinojô, a traditional impersonator of females in a kabuki troupe (onnagata), courts and takes revenge from the three nobles who twenty years ago forced his parents to commit suicide.
- DirectorYoshishige YoshidaStarsMariko OkadaIsao KimuraYukio NinagawaIn an isolated mountain resort, a woman gets involved in a love triangle between herself, her volatile lover, and her ex-boyfriend, who she had platonic feelings for.
- DirectorYasuzô MasumuraStarsYukio MishimaAyako WakaoEiji FunakoshiTakeo is a young yakuza who renounces his former criminal activities after being released from prison. But sometimes escaping the past is not so easy.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsArata IuraErika OdaSusumu TerajimaAfter death, people have a week to choose only one memory to keep for eternity.
- DirectorKenji NakanishiStarsKeiko KitagawaMasahiro KômotoShuntarô MiyaoIto is a young woman, but is not just a pretty face. She wields a sword better than a samurai; better than any man. That is until one day she finally finds someone who is her match on the sword. She is smitten, but is not available any longer. She can, however, become involved in investigating an ensuing crime. Her talent will come in handy.
- DirectorKazuo MoriStarsShintarô KatsuTamao NakamuraMieko KondôBefore he portrayed the legendary blind swordsman, Zatoichi, Shintaro Katsu played Suganoichi, a blind court masseur with a dark side. An outcast since birth, he learned from a young age that the only way to get ahead was to take advantage of others. Now an expert con-artist with a heart of coal, Suganoichi is on a vile quest for power, and everyone else will suffer along the way!
- DirectorMitsuo YanagimachiStarsAsuka OkasakaHiroshi FujiokaQian PoLooks at the lives of Chinese people in Japan.aka 'About Love, Tokyo'
- DirectorChûsei SoneStarsMegumi SakiFujio TakahashiYuri YamashinaThe film follows the rock band "Devils" on stage and off, including the various amorous adventures of the members.aka 'Red Violation'
- DirectorMansaku ItamiStarsChiezô KataokaShôsaku SugiyamaSôjin KamiyamaAkanishi Kakita moved from the countryside to a big city. Although he comes from the samurai class, he now lives in poverty among the common people in times of rebellion, but the failed Kakita is not skilled in martial arts.aka 'Capricious Young Man'
- DirectorSadatsugu MatsudaStarsKusuo AbeKyôko AoyamaChiyonosuke AzumaA famous story of the 47 loyal samurai. When Lord Asano is unjustly executed, his loyal retainers strike back for revenge.aka 'Warriors of Ako'
- DirectorYasuzô MasumuraStarsShintarô KatsuJôji AiHiroko IsayamaA man, Asakichi, becomes the target of the yakuza when he relates to a geisha.aka 'Akumyo: Notorious Dragon'
- DirectorAkio JissôjiStarsRenji IshibashiSeiran LiKôji ShimizuA decadent Count in 1920's Japan becomes obsessed with the works of the Marquis de Sade. He creates a theatre to show plays adapted from his novels, and recruits thieves, prostitutes and low lives to act out his fantasies.aka 'Marquis de Sade's Prosperities of Vice'
- DirectorTakashi IshiiStarsYui NatsukawaJinpachi NezuToshiyuki NagashimaNami, the widow of a disgraced narcotics officer seeks to clear his name by going undercover.