Shohei Matsuzaki

Virgin Concerto

Aika, a college student who has returned home during summer vacation, is delighted to see Haruna, Yankee, and Nana. All four grow up in families where premarital sex is prohibited. Four childhood friends with no sexual experience spend the summer trying to lose their virginity. Haruhi Oguri, the female director who was the first to challenge the pink film, vividly reflects the sexuality and life of women with different complexes and habits, and this work of her was highly praised.

Aoi-chan Won't Let Me Do It

In front of a man who wants to be a movie director, Shingo, the ghost of Mr. Kawashita, who was a senior in the college film research department who committed suicide a year ago, suddenly appears on his death anniversary. Mr. Kawashita says that he was revived because he wanted to have sex with his junior, Aoi, who had a crush on him when he was in college. In order to fulfill his desire to work with Aoi-chan, Kawashita-san and Shingo will travel back in time on that day when he was in college, which was probably the only chance for Kawashita-san to work with Aoi-chan. There was a nostalgic college Aoi-chan there. Can Mr. Kawashita redo the past and do it with Aoi-chan? It's funny, but a little sad time slip love story begins.

Plain Sailing

Bai from Hong Kong takes a leisurely trip in Kaohsiung and meets a Japanese young man Hei there. Both are finding refuge in their own little world when the calmness of the water surface is shattered one day. They suddenly realise the world is not as large as they imagine; and their little world is not exactly that little.

During the Rains

The film depicts a coming-of-age story centered on the two sugar babies, Kotone, who is unemployed, and Sakura, a college student, in the coronavirus pandemic, as they try their best to live at the mercy of frivolous men.

The Rain’s Ark

Toko was roaming around a forest in the middle of a downpour. She wakes up in a home where four people of both genders reside together. However, there is something unnatural about them. As she is taught how to boil the water for the outdoor drum canister bathtub and how to wash laundry at a mountain stream, Toko slowly adapts to their self-contained way of living including procuring foodstuffs from anywhere. But then, something mysterious begins to occur.

Ashes

Meili is an international student who finds her boyfriend cheating with her best friend; Yumeji is a photographer with a drug problem who is known for his relationships with men; technical intern trainee Luli is a factory worker struggling to renew his visa; and the elderly Iwai works at the same factory and loses his mother and his job.

Hitodzuma otoko (men)-tsukuri hiwaina ajiwai

When Suzuka finds out her husband is cheating on her, she runs away from home and starts working as a live-in employee at a bar. However, the bar turns out to be an illegal delivery health service. One night, a man named Tanaka shows up and they become close...

Haven of Peace

After her dreams are broken in Tokyo, Aiko returns to her hometown in the countryside. Choosing not to live at her parents’ home, she rents an apartment and begins working part-time at a bowling alley. While at a funeral for a classmate from junior high school, Aiko meets Haruhiko, a man who had feelings for her during their school days. Despite how she feels, she keeps a neutral distance from Haruhiko — until she hears he is getting married to his coworker, Yuki…

Enzai no ie

After divorcing her husband after he murdered the woman he was having an affair with, Reimi returns to her hometown and her family home. Her younger sister Mitsuki is missing, her father has passed away, and she lives alone in the house, with only her aunt as her only relative. Her former boyfriend, Tatsuo, is dating Kanna, a hostess, but he persistently pressures Reimi to get back together with him. Meanwhile, her estranged father's twin brother, Kazuo, appears in town. Reimi suspects that there may be some connection between her sister's disappearance and Kazuo's appearance... (R15+ version premiered at the OP PICTURES+ Festival 2025).

Yuri's Ring

Yoshii, a middle-aged man with a dull personality, runs a run-down bar. The bar barely manages to survive thanks to the support of longtime regulars. His only salvation is the hostess Ayumi. However, Ayumi, decides to retire to marry regular customer Kataoka. Yoshii is driven to despair, but Ayumi introduces Yuri to him. At first sight, Yoshii sees her as his late daughter, Akiyo... (Third film about the bar owner Goro Yoshii, after "Sunflower Days" and "Akemi Bar"). [Exists in two versions (R15+ and R18+) with different titles].

Last Night Sex

1990, a time before cell phones. Yusaku, an office worker, is living a peaceful and happy life with his girlfriend, Yukiko. One day, he receives an invitation to a class reunion from an old friend. Yusaku is reluctant, but the words "Minami's back in town" stir a memory deep within his heart. Yusaku and Minami once shared a secret that they couldn't tell anyone about. When the day of the reunion arrives, the lives of Yusaku, Yukiko, and Minami begin to change dramatically. (R18+ and R15+ versions will have different endings). (R15+ version premiered at the OP PICTURES+ Festival 2025).