A Courtesan with Flowered Skin
Japan around 1860: popular courtesan Asagiri will be freed soon from her service, yet she cannot imagine any other existence. Until one day at a local festival, Asagiri meets the young artisan Hanjiro by chance – an encounter that changes her destiny. With a strong performance by leading actress Yumi ADACHI and exquisite camerawork and production design, A COURTESAN WITH FLOWERED SKIN succeeds in recalling the golden age of Japanese erotic film.
First Love
A university student has the usual dreams and aspirations. It turns out to be a pipe dream and so she murders her own flesh and blood. The usual media heads seek an answer in order to sell copy. A psychologist is writing a book about the character and incident. Her research for the subject matter turn the psychologist inward and things come out of the shadows that perhaps are better left buried deep in the shadows of the psyche.
Crest of Betrayal
Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and loyalty, and the second is a ghost story about a beautiful woman who falls victim to passion and evil.
Nagai sanpo
A lonely retired girl's High School Principal who's lost his wife to alcoholism moves to an old apartment in a country town. There he forms a relationship with a neglected little neighborhood girl.
The Lowlife
Based on a 2016 novel by Mana Sakura, “The Lowlife” shows the stories of three women who work in Japan’s adult video industry.
Koi suru nichiyobi watashi. Koishita
Nagisa, a high school girl who has been given three months to live. Without telling her widowed father where she is going, she sets out from the city to the small town where she was born. She recalls her childhood memories, and her love for Satoshi begins to grow stronger. However, she is shocked to discover that Satoshi is having an affair with Eriko, a married woman.
Just Remembering
A former couple remembers their most intimate days, only to part once again. A bittersweet love story inspired by a Jim Jarmusch masterpiece, set in times of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Director
Yôsuke Kubozuka
as
Gamon Makabe
Itsuji Itao
as
Naoto Hijiriyama
Saki Takaoka
as
Sanae Makabe
Keiko Kitagawa
as
Yuki Makabe
Kinji Fukasaku
Director
Kôichi Satô
as
Iemon Tamiya
Masahiko Tsugawa
as
Kuranosuke Ôishi
Hiroyuki Sanada
as
Takuminokami Asano
Eiji Okuda
Director
Kiwako Harada
as
Ken Ogata
as
Matsutaro Yasuda
Takahisa Zeze
Director
Noriko Eguchi
as
Shûgo Oshinari
as
Aina Yamada
as
Ayako
Ryuichi Hiroki
Director
Maki Horikita
as
Nagisa
Miwako Ichikawa
as
Makita
Eiko Koike
as
Taxi no joukyaku
Sairi Itô
as
Yo'u Nobara
Keisuke Toyoshima
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