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At the clinic where her boyfriend Katayama, a young genius doctor, is the director, Yoko, a young girl who continues to suffer from eerie nightmares every day, is not getting better despite the care of her sister Sakurako and Katayama's treatment. Sakurako, the sister, is suspicious of Yoko's condition and confronts Katayama, who tells her that she suffers from a serious mental disorder and that the only way to cure it is to have brain surgery. Yoko, despite being persuaded by her sister and Katayama, agrees to the surgery, although she is skeptical...
Seventeen year old Tetsuya kills the boss of a rival gang with the promise of being made. After seven years of prison, he discovers that he is all but forgotten by his Family. The two rival Families have reconciled and Tetsuya was been discarded to keep the peace. Wanted what he was promised, Tetsuya becomes a one-man path of destruction, only to be betrayed once again…
Film about a pirate radio station.
Sawako, working in a bank, tired of the usual everyday life, once she met the chef of French cuisine Yukio Goto and spent the night with him. Sawako pretends to be the daughter of an upscale hotel owner and has an affair with Yukio.
A heated argument between middle school thugs leads to a fierce war between two rival high schools when Toru's girlfriend, Shoko, gets involved.
Anthology horror film.
After seeing her husband off to work, the young author identified only as Yoshiko sets off to read the large collection of letters she received from other young authors. These are often letters containing samples of their work for critique. One large envelope contains a letter. The letter-writer does not provide his name. The letter is a confession of crimes. The letter-writer has no family or friends, and claims to be "ugly beyond description". He is a chair maker and loves his work and all the chairs he creates, even going so far as to claim some sort of intangible connection to his work.
An anthology of strange horror tales featuring yokai. It begins with astronauts finding a katana on the moon.
A formidable assassin is charged by a warden to infiltrate a women's prison to kill the one that took his eye with a knife carved from a spoon: a woman known within the prison walls as The Scorpion.
Early days of the Japanese television broadcasting, through the eyes of an ingenue who is trained as a contract actress.
Based on the comic written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane
This coming-of-age drama comically depicts two young men who yearn to become members of the yakuza underworld, focusing on the apprenticeship of a rookie yakuza
Adapted from a manga and anime of the same name.
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Riki Takeuchi stars as the likeable but obnoxious punk bus driver who comes to the aid of a beautiful woman in possession of stolen diamonds. She's being pursued by the man she ripped off and he drives a huge armored bus.. Based on the manga by Hiroyuki Murata.
A fatal skin disease forces a beautiful actress to retire from the screen. She puts a sinister plan into motion to transplant her brain into her own daughter Sakura. She hears her mother's unbelievable confession of her past, tries to escape in vain. After the horrible operation, she starts a new life as a normal little girl. And she seduces the piano teacher, tries to inherit her mother's properties.... Then a police detective who is suspicious of her mother's sudden disappearance starts sniffing around her...
Yoshiro Yazaki (Toshihiko Sakakibara), who is loved by Misato (Chikako Aoyama), the daughter of Iwami (Akira Nakao), a director of the Kanto Ichienkai, was forced into a difficult position between the Sumida River Association and Iwami. Hitoshi Kamibayashi (Riki Takeuchi), acting leader of the sand group, is approached by Iwami and is ordered to push Iwami in the next presidential election. However, Iwami is demoted by the presidential election due to the strategy of Sunagawa, the parent of Hitoshi. The furious Iwami immediately awakened the Iwami group and declared a full-scale war to the Kanto Ichienkai.
The fourth head of the Masashimizu group suddenly died. It was good until his adopted son Haruhiko Ayanokoji, a lawyer, succeeded him, but the gang consisted of only three odd people. Depicts the struggle of Haruhiko, who wears two pairs of straw sandals, a boss and a lawyer. A unique court yakuza story starring Masao Kusakari.
Tells the story of an up-and-coming Yakuza, who makes a name for himself alongside his two friends just before 1992, when the enforcement of the new gang law came in place.
A Yakuza comedy.
Trying to demonstrate his gigolo skills to some rookies, Jin gets shot down by the beautiful and feisty Mao. His next attempt, Ami, turns out even worse, because she steals his money and vanishes. Discouraged and considering retirement, Jin wanders into a bar called “Life Counseling”, where the bartender moonlights as a fortune-teller. The reading is grim: Mao, the beloved sister of a friendly yakuza, is destined to be defiled by a gigolo. When Jin finds Ami again, he uncovers the truth: she's not only a virgin but is being blackmailed by a gang that forces her to seduce and rob men. Now Jin must dive into the criminal underworld to save Ami… and maybe find redemption along the way.
