The General and His Empire of Joy

Pink Physical Examination

February 1985 •Japanese

In a hospital with a near sighted doctor, horny nurses, cosplaying patients and stiffs in the basement the only healing taking place is sexual.

Hirusagari no joji: susurinaki

October 1977 •Japanese

Wet and Crying: Based On Aiko Nakayama's School of Widows

May 1977 •Japanese

Ballads

April 1993 •Japanese

The story of a young man who tragically lost his lover in a horriffic motorcycle accident. Now working at a video store and selling uncensored gay hardcore pornography under the counter, he one day discovers the worlds most bizarre snuff video... which happens to "star" a man who looks exactly like his dead lover. Pushed over the edge by this event, the protagonist goes on a violent rampage, attempting to murder everybody involved in the video's creation.

Tenement Apartment: Obscene Affair

January 1978 •Japanese

The ordinary life of an executive’s wife is altered when she begins to attend a mysterious club that serves more than just tea.

The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

October 1962 •Japanese

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.

Wakazuma ga nureru toki

June 1978 •Japanese

What was the trauma that turned a demure middle class wife into a slum dwelling whore while the husband is away at work?

Autumn Moon

September 1992 •

A Japanese tourist, Tokio, meets a 15-year-old Hong Kong girl and her grandmother left behind in Hong Kong while their family emigrates to Canada.

Hush!

September 2001 •Japanese

Naoya and Katsuhiro are boyfriends, new in their relationship. Things are uneven at first—Naoya is open and free while Katsuhiro is cautious and closeted—but nothing compares to the chaos that arrives when Asako, a troubled woman with a history of psychiatric problems, abortions, and casual sex, asks Katsuhiro to conceive a child with her.

Like Grains of Sand

December 1995 •Japanese

A coming-of-age story. Shuji, a Japanese teen, is falling in love with his friend Hiroyuki, however, Hiroyuki is attracted to Kasane, the new girl in their class.

The Crimson Kimono

October 1959 •English

Two detectives clash over the hunt for a burlesque dancer’s killer in Los Angeles’ Japanese district.

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

September 1985 •English

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.

The Fighting Seabees

January 1944 •English

Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

October 2001 •English

At the Blue Iguana, L.A.'s most notorious strip club, the lives of five exotic dancers converge, clash and ultimately bond over the course of one week.

Friday Bedroom

April 1978 •Japanese

An executive is having an affair with one of his office ladies. But mysterious phone calls threaten to upend his blissful life of adultery.

Jukujo virgin: Momarete Minato-chô

April 2017 •Japanese

Kazuko, a 35-year-old virgin woman, lonely and very newbie, was watching and sketching Asuka, a young college girl, while she was having sex with a stranger on a beach.

My Sex Report: Intensities

February 1976 •Japanese

Akemi is a laboratory technician who spends her evenings spying on her gangster neighbor as he makes love to his stripper girlfriend. The objects of Akemi's voyeuristic attentions learn of her interests and suggest that she would make a fine prostitute. Surprisingly Akemi agrees and channels her interests into this more lucrative occupation.

Demeking

April 1998 •Japanese

When he is hit by a car on the street, the young man Daikoku foresees the monster Demking appearing at the end of the century. In preparation for the coming confrontation with the Demeking, he organizes a modern-day Seven Lucky Gods composed entirely of antisocial people. This is a utopian epic that, despite the ridiculousness of the story, is the most powerful depiction of the motifs seen in the first two films, which attempt to play on the sense of apocalypse through unrealistic imagination, while staying within a tenuous sense of reality.

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

June 2009 •English

A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.

One Summer Affair

August 1978 •Japanese

The lives of a lively local girl, a female pastor who has a thing for newly married husbands, a pregnant mistress searching for her sugar daddy and a frustrated wandering artist become entwined in the green hills of a mountain resort.