Cast: Makiko Kuno

Direction Katsuhiro Ōtomo

Cast Jô Odagiri · Makiko Kuno · Reia Moriyama · Yû Aoi

Synopsis Since the nineteenth century, Japanese artists have experimented with forms of the graphic novel (or manga), transcending the literal and entering the realm of speculation and metaphor. Adapted from Yuki Urushibara's widely celebrated manga, Bugmaster transports us into a visually...

Direction Yoshinari Nishikôri

Cast Jun Yoshinaga · Shiro Sano · Inowaki Kai · Takashi Sasano

Direction Hiroaki Hirakata · Hiroshi Ikezoe · Tadafumi Tomioka · Naoto Yamakawa

Cast Youko Akitani · Risa Goto · Junji Inagawa · Yuko Yamazaki

Synopsis The video is a compilation of six short stories based on Japanese folklore legends. Each story is approximately 15 minutes long and are briefly introduced by a host. "Peony Lamp" is a story of love, death and ghosts. "She Bear"...

Direction Takashi Miike

Cast Jôji Abe · Mickey Curtis · Junji Inagawa · Makiko Kuno

Synopsis They return to their old ways the four friends from the first part, they do their particular crime fighting. This time is Chu who after helping a woman receives a gift of a pair of shoes, which is located inside...

Direction Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Cast Makiko Kuno · Yutaka Matsushige · Hatsunori Hasegawa · Ren Osugi

Synopsis Sumo wrestler takes job as a security guard. Sumo wrestler kills people. Not actually as cool as it sounds, but this is early horror work by Kurosawa and is clearly indicative of his style. Doesn't quite express the genius of...

Direction Hiroaki Hirakata · Hiroshi Ikezoe · Taichi Noumoto · Tadafumi Tomioka

Cast Junji Inagawa · Risa Goto · Chiaki Nakajima · Kae Onuki

Direction Masaru Konuma

Cast Makiko Kuno · Johnny Okura · Katsuo Tokashi · Maiko Kazama

Synopsis Shion is the most merciless assassin of the Magnificat crime group. However, when her hand and heart hesitate to murder the man she loves, her superior marks her for death. Torn from the crime lords who were her only family,...

Direction Mitsunori Hattori · Akio Jissoji · Shusuke Kaneko · Tsugumi Kitaura

Cast Yoshihiko Hakamada · Kumiko Endô · Masao Kusakari · Kazuyuki Aijima

Direction Hisashi Saito

Cast Masahiro Higashide · Nao · Shunsuke Daitô · Gô Rijû

Synopsis Kazuo Kudo returns to his hometown of Hakodate with his wife because of his autonomic ataxia. Kazuo, who is not able to work and has to attend the psychiatry regularly, continues to run in the city of Hakodate for mental...

Direction Takashi Miike

Cast Jôji Abe · Junji Inagawa · Makiko Kuno · Saki Kurihara

Synopsis Former Yakuza Jo recently released from prison, is hoping to start a normal life again. I tried with Kenta, an old friend who after undergoing an operation is now a woman, and two others ex thief Chu and Eri. Together...

Direction Shiori Kazama

Cast Akiko Itô · Cho Bang-ho · Seiichi Tanabe · Rijin Wakuta

Synopsis Three brothers, their father missing and tensions boiling, gather at their rural summer house; soon enough, they’re unexpectedly joined by a female cousin.

Direction Takashi Miike

Cast Tôma Ikuta · Tao Tsuchiya · Osamu Mukai · Yukiyoshi Ozawa

Synopsis Daiba Jin, also known as "Daimajin", is a hot-blooded ace in the First Criminal Investigation Division who rushes to crime scenes before anyone else. However, Daiba has a secret - he has killed a criminal with his own hands. After...

Direction Shiori Kazama

Cast Masaki Suda · Miwako Ichikawa · Jun Murakami · Atsuo Nakamura

Synopsis At the age of 5, girl's mother dies in a car accident. Ever since then, the girl closes herself within. In high school, she borrows a famous Film from a boy, a graduate of the movie study club. The film...

Direction Shiori Kazama

Cast Makiko Kuno · Fumiyo Kohinata · Mami Nakamura · Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Synopsis A look at the problems two couples, Kohei and Kinuko, and Manabe and Hijiri, have in their relationships, and the solutions they try to devise as a way out. Kohei and Kinuko, despite their age difference, seem like a happy...

Direction Shiori Kazama

Cast Nozomi Andô · Yôko Chôsokabe · Shion Hatakeyama · Fumiyo Kohinata

Synopsis Shinnosuke and Misawa are joint managers of a Bonsai shop. Suddenly Shinnosuke's childhood friend Haruko turns up. She has split up with her boyfriend and finds herself out on the streets. Shinnosuke starts to like Haruko and really wants to...