A man named Suneo appears in front of Yoshiro, claiming to expose the past of his lover Nishimura. Yoshiro is curious about Suneo, and approaches him... A drama with a touch of suspense, where friendship and love swirl around.
Haru works at a part-time job for a bookstore. Her dream is to become an illustrator and she also loves cats. One day, after a cat named Chibutomu disappears from the bookstore Haru canvasses the neighbourhood in search of Chibutomu.
After class, first-year junior high school student Katsuhisa Okuda always wishes to go home quickly. One day, however, chasing a mysterious rabbit leads him to join the school’s brass band club. The brass band had the longest practice hours of any club, but Katsuhisa gradually becomes absorbed in music. Having devoted himself to practice for the regular concert, the long-awaited day finally arrives.
A sexual tale of an erotic film depicting the love, lust and sex of a traumatized new young nurse. Akemi is a nurse who drags her leg due to a past injury and hates sex due to rape. One night, she passes by a sound engineer, Ikuo, working hard on a recording on a bridge. One day, she meets Ikuo when he's hospitalized with a broken leg, Akemi become attracted to him, but is troubled by her feud and affairs with doctor Kubo. Will her hidden past secrets stop her from pursuing love, lust and sex?
In the winter of 1922 (Taisho 11), a poet and social activist Nakahama Tetsu returned from a wandering journey to reunite with Furuta Daijiro and other comrades. They organized an anarchist organization “Guillotine Society” dreaming of revolution. For their ideal, they targeted the Prince of Wales who visited Japan, but failed in all their attempts. Matsuura Emile, a soba selling mysterious woman with all foreseeing eyes, comes and goes before them. In September of 1923 (Taisho 12), under martial law, anarchists Osugi Sakae and Ito Noe whom members of Guillotine Society adored were taken by Captain Amakasu of the military police, and killed. When they learned of the murder, members of Guillotine Society swore vengeance, and rose up… Then, transcending time, at a cafe, music rings loud….
The misadventures of Junko, a schoolgirl who unwittingly sets off a catastrophic chain of events after being caught using her friend's train pass.
Erotic drama depicts the psychology of a middle-aged woman who gradually develops a lust for a young girl whom she had envied.
A university student finds himself wrapped up in the bizarre world of his next door neighbor, learning about his history and relationship with a girl who changed his life.
Made under the restrictions of "no zoom, pan, editing or post-sound", directors Shinobu Yaguchi and Takuji Suzuki skewer Japanese social conventions in 14 short episodes. In one segment a woman misreads an advertisement and arrives at a job interview dressed in a bunny suit. Another concerns a woman who hides to surprise her friends only to overhear their unkind appraisal of her hygiene. And another entitled "Grandpa from Hell" is a surreal yarn about a cult leader. Ranging from the humorous to the deeply bizarre, the film's static, minimalistic style makes such "Dogme 95" films as The Celebration (1998) look extravagant.
A strange duo, Minko and Hiroto, who believe themselves to be angels, throw out fashion massage leaflets called “Angel Dispatch” from the roof of a building on Christmas Day in order to save unfortunate people. The flyers were blown by the wind and fell into the city.
As a newspaper reporter listens to the confession of a wife who murdered her husband, the film shockingly depicts the process by which she discovers why she killed her husband, why she started working on street corners, and how she became deeply immersed in an affair that began as prostitution to relieve boredom...
Sakiko, a young bank teller, has an unhealthy obsession with money. Thieves hold up the bank, kidnapping Sakiko in the process, but eventually crash their car, resulting in a suitcase stuffed with cash falling into a nearby river. For the remainder of the film, Sakiko begins a desperate quest to retrieve the money.
A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon.
Kiyotaka Sato (Shuhei Nomura) is a university student. He is sociable, but he looks like he doesn't have interest in those around him. During his summer vacation, Kiyotaka Sato plans to get his driver's license to impress schoolmate Matsuda (Yukino Kishii). At this time, a yakuza boss (Ken Mitsuishi) orders Todoroki (Kento Kaku) to get his driver’s license. Todoroki doesn't show his feelings outwardly. Later, Todoroki drives a car without a driver’s license and he hits Kiyotaka Sato. To cover up the accident, Kiyotaka Sato is placed in a car and taken to away. He arrives at an unofficial driving school. The driving school is run by the Uehara family. There, Kiyotaka Sato and Todoroki learn that they graduated from the same high school. They spend their summer at the driving school.
While stopped at a roadside phone booth for transmitting his work through the Internet to the university, Professor Hideki Satomi finds a scrap of newspaper with the picture of his five-year-old daughter Nana in the obituary section.
An aimless college student comes upon the aftermath of a murder scene one night, and without thinking, grabs the titular weapon. He takes it home and keeps it safely hidden away, but curiosity gradually begins to consume him.
Two Japanese friends accidentally kill their boss and dump his remains in Black Fuji, a mountain/landfill hybrid. This leads to poor results when the chemicals of the landfill mix with the corpse (and many other corpses) to give rise to a zombie infestation in Tokyo.
When the cast and crew of a paranormal TV reality program decide to shoot in the house of the original Saeki hauntings, a series of strange events unfold at the location.
Yukiko is on a crowded train when a wireless vibrator is inserted into her and she moans quietly. The person operating it is Shinozuka, an assistant professor in her seminar. Ozawa, who has an obsession with the voices of women being molested, becomes interested in Yukiko and follows her. Yukiko is subjected to Shinozuka's violent assault in the university research lab. Ozawa takes a secret photo of Yukiko on the train and approaches her, promising to fight off the sexual harassment, but...
After retiring, Wagatsuma boards a crowded train in the morning, where he witnesses Mia responding to a man's caresses. When the man gets off, Wagatsuma reaches out to her body as if inviting him. Since then, he has not been able to forget about Mia, and while searching for her on the train, he meets Kitamura, who previously knew Mia. Kitamura teaches him the philosophy and rules of groping. One day, Wagatsuma's son, Kazuo, is arrested by the police for groping...
