Plot: "Gegege No Kitaro" is set in a delightful world populated by Japanese folklore creatures called Yokai, demon spirits with supernatural powers. Yokai come in many shapes and forms, and the film brings them to life in a fanciful fusion of visual effects.
Plot: The story of a female warrior named Dororo, raised as a man, who meets a young samurai on a quest to recover his father's body parts, which were given to demons.
Japan: 1948
Kinuyo Tanaka, Sanae Takasugi, Tomie Tsunoda Drama
Plot: Two sisters--Fusako, a war widow, and Natsuko, having an affair with a narcotics smuggler--and their younger friend descend into prostitution and moral chaos amid the postwar devastation surrounding them.
Plot: For his final film, Mizoguchi brought a lifetime of experience to bear on the heartbreaking tale of a brothel full of women whose dreams are constantly being shattered by the socioeconomic realities surrounding them.
Plot: "Sisters of the Gion" follows the parallel paths of the independent, unsentimental Omocha (Isuzu Yamada) and her sister, the more tradition-minded Umekichi (Yoko Umemura), both geishas in the working-class district of Gion.
AKA: Naniwa Elegy; Woman Of Osaka Japan: 1936
Isuzu Yamada Drama
Plot: Isuzu Yamada stars as Ayoko, a switchboard operator trapped in a compromising, ruinous relationship with her boss to help support her wastrel father.
AKA: Osaka Elegy; Sisters Of The Gion; Street Of Shame; Women Of The Night Japan: 2008 Drama
Plot: Includes the following four Kenji Mizoguchi-directed flix on 4 discs: "Osaka Elegy" (1936), "Sisters Of The Gion" (1936), "Street Of Shame" (1956), and "Women Of The Night" (1948).
Plot: Ken'ichi Matsuyama reprises his role as L Lawliet from the previous Death Note films. The film chronicles the final 23 days of L's life, and follows L as he solves one final case.
Plot: After he accidentally kills his ex-wife in self-defense, Jinsei and his girlfriend decide to hide the corpse in the lake. But the woman' ghost begins to haunt them, demanding revenge.
Plot: Takashi Miike's live action film, based on the mega-hit comic CROWS. Transfer student Genji attempts to take over Suzuran Boys High School from a rival yough guy with the help of an old boy yakuza.
Japan: 1962
Chisu Ryu, Shima Iwashita, Shinichiro Mikami, Keiji Sada Drama
Plot: Hirayama, a middle-aged widower, is reluctant to marry off his daughter Michiko, but realizes how miserable she would be staying single and looking after him. Michiko finally gets married and Hirayama returns home to a gaping emptiness after the wedding.
Plot: The landlord in a cheap Tokyo boarding house spies on his tenants through holes in the ceiling. When he sees a prostitute murder one of her clients, he decides that at last he has found his soul mate. Featuring some of the most bizarre sex scenes ever!
Plot: From the explosive first film that became a cult classic, to the snow capped finale, this 5-film collector's set contains the complete series that brought new life to blood-drenched death! Includes English language versions.
Plot: A sexploitation spoof on the popular series "Yo-Yo Girl Cop!" Saki (Mihiro) is a beautiful high school girl secretly working for the Japanese government as a "special student undercover cop." Her uniform includes a pair of see-through underwear...
Plot: Six school friends decide to play a game where your body's spirit is transported to another place, just for fun. But afterwards, one of them is missing. Eight years pass and the five remaining members reunite to play one more time...
Plot: The story of Unico's banishment and his subsequent travels, as well as his friendships with Beezle (to whom he grants his own horn) and Chao/Katy, to whom he grants the wish of becoming a human girl.
Plot: Yakumo is a college student with the special ability to communicate with the dead. So it's not long before he is contacted by the head of the police department asking for his help to rescue his daughter who's being haunted by something evil.
Plot: The story of a woman who was "born ugly", who resorts to drastic plastic surgery to get the looks she wants, going on to become a model. But now her new life is built on a false foundation. Will her happiness last?
Plot: Traditionally, the bonds of marriage and family were strong and secure. But in society today, the increasing number of divorces and cases of child abuse are testing these bonds. This show examines the meaning of bonds, love, life, and happiness.
Plot: After his politician father and older brother are killed in an accident, Keita is approached to take their place in the world of politics, a world he has always shunned.
Plot: Based on the hit Korean film of the same name, this Japanese TV series changes the protagonists from college students to a marine biology professor (Kusanagi) and an aspiring writer (Tanaka).
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