A Scene at the Sea
A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by his also deaf girlfriend, he persists against all odds.
Music Box
A former yakuza returns to gangster life after an old enemy threatens his son.
Castle Under Fiery Skies
The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga's (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori, when Nagashino Castle was besieged during the Battle of Nagashino. The next year Oda Nobunada decides to build a lavish new castle symbolizing his unification of various factions. The castle named Azuchi Castle will be built near water and high enough to be seen from the capital city of Kyoto. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Kenichi Yamamoto's novel of the same name received the 33rd Japan Academy Film Prize for Excellent Art Direction.
Air Doll
A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfectly for her until something unexpected happens.
Kubi
Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.
Sonatine
Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, his group is attacked in an ambush. The survivors flee and make a decision to lay low at the beach while they await further instructions.
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a wild chase that leads the audience into a comically violent world.
Taboo
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
Kids Return
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.
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Takeshi Kitano
Director
Susumu Terajima
as
Tetsu Watanabe
as
Claude Maki
as
Shigeru
Sabu Kawahara
as
Takoh
Nobuko Sendô
as
Kiyo Kanzaki
Mitsuru Hirata
as
Mineyama
Shô Aikawa
as
Sho Sinkyo
Ikkei Watanabe
as
Kimura Jirosimon
Takashi Sasano
as
Kiso Yoshimasa
Miki Mizuno
as
Une
Hirokazu Koreeda
Director
Takashi Yamanaka
as
Doona Bae
as
Nozomi
Kimiko Yo
as
Receptionist
Hidetoshi Nishijima
as
Mitsuhide Akechi
Ryô Kase
as
Nobunaga Oda
Kanji Tsuda
as
Tamezo
Yoshiyuki Morishita
as
Maeda
Keisuke Horibe
as
Inuzuka
Shingo Tsurumi
as
Mitsuru Fukuda
Nagisa Ôshima
Director
Chikako Aoyama
as
Masatô Ibu
as
Officer Koshitaro Ito
Tadanobu Asano
as
Samurai Hyozo Tashiro
Sei Hiraizumi
as
Hiroshi's boss
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