Based on four of the six short stories compiled in Murakami Haruki's anthology, After the Quake explores the complex aftermath of Japan’s earthquakes and other global crises. (Movie version of the TV drama).
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
A former mistress, an unhappy wife and a frisky female college student meet in a bar. It turns out that they all have developed an interest an eligible doctor.
In the notorious soapland district of Ogoto—Alice, a seasoned sex worker scarred by abuse and betrayal, is ready for a new start as she marries Honjo, a driver she once served. Despite her painful past, which includes being exploited by her stepfather and betrayed by her mother, Alice has found a semblance of family among her peers in the industry. She’s particularly close to Maya, a top earner in their shared apartment building, and maintains a complicated relationship with Dera, an intellectual companion of Maya’s. When Alice and Maya are mugged, they discover that the assailant is Tamae—Alice’s own younger sister. As the web of relationships further entangles with characters like the man Ikuno who originally introduced Alice to this harsh world, and others whose lives spiral out of control, the story builds to a series of shocking events. These include violent confrontations, explosive accidents, and tragic mishaps that leave the characters emotionally and physically shattered.
A shop girl is sold to a military officer as a mistress. She endures his cruelty until she meets an aspiring writer.
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
BDSM-themed pink film distributed by Shintoho.
Women who have lost their husbands and are saddled with debts due to a corrupt loan shark offer their bodies to the man as collateral, and are continuously tortured by him in perverted sex acts. However, one woman among them accepts the pleasure with the man and accepts it as fate..
Pink film distributed by Toei New Porno.
Chikan yokochô joshi ryô mae
A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.
A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.
Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.
Siblings Aru, age 3, and Kino, age 1, have 3 parents: father Fumino, who is transgender; mother Honoyo, Fumino's partner who gave birth to the children; and father Gon, a close gay friend who donated his sperm. The 3 are now raising their children together, struggling repeatedly to find their own way of being a family. This program covers their first 3 years of parenting. And it asks an important question: What does it take to be a family?
A mysterious night of yellow and white skin in exotic Yokohama. Jiro, a university student who dreams of war, volunteers for the Foreign Legion. One day, he meets Edward, a US Marine, by chance at the port and helps him search for someone. However, during this time, Edward is captured and raped by a thug. He is released, but loses consciousness and goes to Jiro's house. However, he disappears again...
A young executive has a really bad night after an encounter with a crazed bisexual wannabe yakuza and his horny girlfriend.
Mio lives alone in a villa in the woods near a lake. Her ex-husband Muraoka comes to visit her and demands that they get back together. However, Mio enters her room and locks the door. After a while, she hears moaning from inside the room. She goes around to the balcony and peeks in, and finds Mio leaning her body out and engrossed in masturbating...The next day, students Mako and Toru come by car. Toru has been told that he has a part-time job, but he is not told what it entails. That night, Muraoka, who is still there, is shocked to see Mio and Mako entangled. He then tries to get Toru, a virgin, to embrace Mako and break up with Mio, but..
BDSM-themed pink film distributed by Toei.