Machiko Watanabe

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. Itakura and Gondo soon find themselves engaged in a complicated, satirical battle of wits.

Third installment of the "Gakko No Kaidan" series follows the trek of several elementary school students as they wander into an alternate world that exists on the opposite side of a school mirror. Nishida Naomi (the hapless teacher in "Gakko No Kaidan 2") returns as the teacher who accompanies the children on their journey into the surreal universe.

Working on a documentary about infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro, a TV crew filming at his old home come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife.

A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love.

Ikuko, a teacher at a part-time high school, is tied up by three men in the physical education club's equipment storage area in the basement. Her husband, Ichiro, works as a private tutor, but he continues to have an affair with her former student Toshiko. Ikuko was informed of her husband's affair by her student Inoue, and she was also told that she was one of the people Inoue had sex with. She was then invited to the basement of the school, where she was asked to listen to her concerns. Two of Inoue's friends are also waiting in the basement, but Ikuko is secretly planning something...

Conceived as an epic cyberpunk film bringing together the underground stars of Nagoya’s punk scene, small-theatre groups, and butoh dancers, Crazy Dolls is an unfinished Japanese underground film directed by Hirohisa Kawaragi. The original premise involved punks being lobotomised by the government, but director Kawaragi kept expanding the story to include other groups of people. Production began in November 1982, bringing together local theatre actors, members of punk bands including The Star Club, OXYDOLL, Sodom, and Continental Kids, alongside performers from the butoh dance group Byakko-sha. Filming took place at E.L.L., Nanatsudera Cooperative Studio, and the Nagoya docklands. Although conceived as an epic production, the expanded version was not ready for its planned premiere, and a shorter trailer version was screened instead. Planned filming in Africa never took place. Starring Machiko Watanabe and Takuya Nakamura. What is this power, condensed into just 13 minutes!