Cast: Kaoru Mizuki

Direction Takashi Shimizu · Keisuke Toyoshima

Cast Keisuke Horibe · Ken'ichi Kobayashi · Haruna Kondô · Shôichirô Masumoto

Direction Kôji Shiraishi

Cast Yûko Ôshima · Mami Yamasaki · Mai Nishida · Ikkei

Synopsis Teketeke (2009) follows the chilling tale of a vengeful spirit, born from an urban legend, who haunts the streets, seeking retribution. This ghostly figure, a woman lacking a lower body, prowls the night, her eerie presence marked by the sound...

Direction Masayuki Asao

Cast Shihori Nagasaka · Mai Hayami · Kaoru Mizuki · Kenji Kodama

Synopsis Flower and Snake 5: Rope Magic (1987) follows the harrowing tale of a gambler who, in a desperate bid to secure funds, pledges his wife and daughter as security for a loan. When he finds himself unable to repay the...

Direction Teruo Ishii

Cast Tadanobu Asano · Miki Fujitani · Yûko Fujimori · Kazuhiko Kanayama

Synopsis Screwed (1998) follows the story of Tsube, a struggling cartoonist who has been living with Kuniko in a modest apartment for two years. Their financial struggles have reached a critical point, leading to their eviction. Kuniko secures a live-in position...

Direction Teruo Ishii

Cast Shiro Sano · Mayo Kawasaki · Kitaro · Kaoru Mizuki

Synopsis Gensen-Kan Inn (The Master of the Gensenkan Inn) (1993) is an anthology film inspired by the works of renowned manga artist Yoshiharu Tsuge. The central figure across all four segments is Tsube, an aspiring cartoonist. In the opening segment, Tsube...

Direction Tetsuo Shinohara

Cast Shin'ichi Tsutsumi · Aya Okamoto · Min Tanaka · Takashi Sasano

Synopsis Riding on the Metro (2006) follows Shinji Hasebe as he disembarks from a subway and inexplicably finds himself in 1964, on the fateful day his brother met his end. Trapped in a temporal loop, Shinji oscillates between the present and...

Direction Masahiro Okano · Naoki Kusumoto · Shigehito Kawada · Toshikatsu Kubo

Cast Hijiri Kojima · Fumina Hara · Mari Nogata · Makoto Onami

Direction Tetsuo Shinohara

Cast Ryuhei Matsuda · Kayoko Kishimoto · Hiroyuki Ikeuchi · Yoichiro Saito

Synopsis Karaoke Terror (2003) follows a group of middle-aged women who share a passion for karaoke. Their world is turned upside down when one of their own is brutally murdered by a young man. Driven by grief and a desire for...

Direction Yasuo Furuhata

Cast Ken Takakura · Reiko Ohara · Tokiko Katô · Kunie Tanaka

Synopsis Izakaya Chôji (1983) follows the journey of Eiji, affectionately called Choji, who leaves his job at a shipyard to embark on a new venture. Alongside his wife Shigeko, he opens an izakaya, a traditional Japanese snack bar, on the outskirts...

Direction Toru Yamamoto

Cast Toru Baba · Yuta Furukawa · Ryûnosuke Kawai · Katsuya Kobayashi

Direction Tetsuo Shinohara

Cast Yuka Itaya · Jun Murakami · Saki Takaoka · Gô Rijû

Synopsis Desire (2005) is a captivating film directed by Tetsuo Shinohara, inspired by the acclaimed love story penned by Mariko Koike. The narrative revolves around a young man who is on a quest for physical satisfaction and fleeting pleasures, and a...

Direction Ryûichi Honda

Cast Kanade · Takuya Kusakawa · Yūri Ōta · Hirocho Nishimura

Direction Hideo Nakata

Cast Sakura Ando · Harutomo Koyama · Asami Usuda · Toshie Negishi