Yumeji
Following the life of Japanese artist and poet Yumeji Takehisa through the imagining of an encounter with a beautiful widow with a dark past.
It's a Flickering Life
The story centers on a man who loves movies, having once worked at movie studio in pursuit of his dreams, surrounded by great directors and famous actors. In this tale of love and friendship spanning a lifetime, the "god of cinema" that Go has worshipped since he was young will transcend time, and work a miracle in the lives of one family.
Hiruko the Goblin
A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission. He beheads students in order to assemble their heads on the demons' spider-like bodies. Hieda, an archaeology professor, and Masao, a haunted student, investigate the gory deaths.
Capone Cries a Lot
Umiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune.
Tora-san, the Expert
Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo.
The Happiness of the Katakuris
The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more.
The Man Who Stole the Sun
A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.
The Zen Diary
Tsutomu lives alone in the mountains, writing essays, cooking Zen food with the vegetables he grows and the mushrooms he picks in the hills. His routine is happily disturbed when Machiko, his editor and love interest, occasionally visits. Tsutomu seems content with his daily life. On the other hand, he still hasn't let go of his wife's ashes, although she died 13 years ago.
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Seijun Suzuki
Director
Kimiko Yo
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Michiyo Yasuda
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Owner of a hotel
Yoshio Harada
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Wakiya
Ken Mitsuishi
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Archeologist
Bang-ho Cho
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(as Banhô Chô)
Fujio Tokita
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Bank Owner
Tôru Minegishi
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Boss Yoshida
Yûko Tanaka
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Kozome Takonoya
Hidetaka Yoshioka
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Mitsuo
Hisao Dazai
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Shachô
Takashi Miike
Director
Yoshiyuki Morishita
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Policeman Miyaki
Naomi Nishida
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Shizue Katakuri
Keiko Matsuzaka
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Terue Katakuri
Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Director
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Suspect on TV News
Kimiko Ikegami
as
Zero Sawai
Takako Matsu
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Machiko
Toshinori Omi
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Ryû
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