Miho Nikaido

New Year's Eve takes on new meaning when the Devil, Jesus Christ, and Christ's assistant Magdalena discuss and debate the End of the World.

A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.

The lives of diverse characters in each of New York City's five boroughs overlap.

A hot summer day on a country road. A young woman in her bridal dress gets kicked out of a car. Lost and frustrated, she wanders off across a sea of grass into a dark wood - and discovers an abandoned house. Tired and worn out, she lies down on a bed. When she is awakened from her nap by a clap of thunder, she sees a cup of steaming hot tea and a package on the floor. She opens it - and finds a kimono. The bride knows she no longer is alone ... but should she put on the kimono?

Meanwhile concerns Joe Fulton, a man who can do anything from fixing your sink to arranging international financing for a construction project. He produces online advertising and he’s written a big fat novel. He’s also a pretty good drummer. But success eludes him. For Joe can’t keep himself from fixing other people’s problems. His own ambitions are constantly interrupted by his willingness and ability to go out of his way for others.

Mariko, a sexy mature woman, is a former actress, but now she's retired and works as an importer of fashion magazines. She is still single and two years ago she adopted Yuri, an aspiring model. Mariko trains her girlfriend Yuri to become her top model, and fearing that sex will ruin her figure, she trains her to be a lesbian. Yuri, who did not know her man, surrendered to Mariko's caress, and she drowned in lesbian ecstasy. One day, when Mariko came to work, she received a phone call from Yoshida. Mariko is trapped by her and becomes this man's mistress. No matter how strong Mariko tried to be now, when she was held, she turned into a bitch...

Hartley and his wife, Miho Nikaido, travel to Japan to see her parents and reflect on 12 years of marriage, her career ambitions, and the adventures of growing older.

Sayoko had a hidden side. Sayoko was assaulted by her boss, Kamijou, and she continued their relationship, and Kamijou's sexual play turned her into a woman. Later, when Kamijo decided to marry the officer's daughter, he forced Sayoko onto her subordinates. However, even after their marriage, Kamijou and Sayoko continued their relationship. Another subordinate, Kimura, was jealous of this and wanted to hold Sayoko someday. Later, Sayoko's husband died in an accident while on a business trip. Kimura, who was invited to her memorial service, can't hold back Sayoko, who is wearing mourning clothes, and pushes her down, and when he gropes her private parts, Sayoko is already wet...

Pinku distributed by Xces.

A series of serial murders occurred in a historic ruins where a TV crew is shooting a documentary.

This film is the visual component of the multi-media collaboration between the composer Louis Andriessen and Hal Hartley.

A minimalist, atmospheric, meditation on the theme of "Love" or "Amour" that focuses on reconciliation and forgiveness.

A young doctor believes that the spirit of his late wife has possessed a troubled patient in his hospital.

The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Tokyo). A lover has to choose whether to commit to a partner who is returning home. In each case there are other people involved, an ex-partner and someone else in a "permanent" relationship, what do they choose to do?

An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.

In Chain, actual malls, theme parks, hotels and corporate centers worldwide are joined into a monolithic superlandscape that shapes and circumscribes the lives of two women. One is a businesswoman researching the international theme park industry for her company. The other is a young drifter, illegally living and occasionally working in a shopping mall.

A young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature who longs to die.

Many years after her notorious husband, Henry Fool, fled after killing a neighbor, Fay Grim receives a visit from CIA agent Fulbright, who tells her that Henry is dead, but that some of his journals have been unearthed in France. She sets forth on a globe-trotting odyssey that soon leads to the discovery that he is alive, and his journals are more than they appear to be.