The Ballad of Narayama(1983)

Welcome, or No Trespassing(ru)

A satirical comedy about the excessive restrictions that children face during their vacation in a Young Pioneer camp.

Izo(ja)

Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.

Mephisto(de)

A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and friends flee or are ground under by the Nazi terror, the popularity of his character supercedes his own existence until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons.

Getting Any?(ja)

While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and ends up enrolling in a number of crazy escapades.

Orchestra Rehearsal(it)

An orchestra assembles for a rehearsal in an ancient chapel under the inquisitive eyes of a TV documentary crew, but an uprising breaks out.

The Ballad of Narayama(ja)

In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?

Pigs and Battleships(ja)

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.

Singles(fr)

Abandoned by his wife, Bernard struggles to overcome his grief and settles in a residence for singles. Employed by "SOS Doctors", he provides night guards to occupy his insomnia. That's how he is brought one night to help a neighbor, Nadine Foulon, victim of discomfort in the elevator. It turns out that Nadine is also going through a difficult time, since her companion, Terry, a singer-guitarist, has left her. A professional photographer, she can not forget it and has since oscillated between depression and bulimia. Gathered by their pains of heart, these two beings will, with the wire of the confidences, become more intimate ...

Zegen(ja)

At the time between the World Wars, Japan is involved in empire-building throughout East and Southeast Asia. After a brief career as a low-level military adventurer, Iheiji sets up chains of brothels throughout Asia. As Japan's power in the region grows, so does Iheiji's prosperity and patriotism.

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore(tl)

Somewhere in Manila, a crime boss rules with an iron fist. To his most loyal henchman he gives the task of guarding his woman. Before long, she falls in love with the henchman, and the star-crossed lovers decide to leave town. Fighting ensues. It is while on the run that they finally get to know each other for the first time.

Sofía(es)

Acute Misfortune(en)

The film adaptation of Erik Jensen's award-winning biography of Adam Cullen is the story of the biographer and his subject, as it descends into a dependent and abusive relationship.

A Late Quartet(en)

When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the group's future suddenly hangs in the balance as suppressed emotions, competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they are about to play their 25th anniversary concert — quite possibly their last — only their intimate bond and the power of music can preserve their legacy.

The Barbarian Invasions(fr)

In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while reuniting some of Remy's old friends, including Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude, who return to see their friend before he passes on.

Eat Drink Man Woman(zh)

Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each daughter encounters a new man in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.

Toilet: A Love Story(hi)

A woman threatens to leave her husband unless he installs a toilet in their home. To win back her love and respect, he heads out on a journey to fight against the backward society.

Dying to Survive(zh)

A Chinese leukaemia patient smuggles cheap but untested pharmaceuticals from India to help hundreds of Chinese people suffering from cancer.

My Mother's Castle(fr)

To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseille, France, far from their pastoral holiday cottage in the hills. Determined, Marcel makes the long voyage back to the cottage on foot and lands himself in trouble. One day Marcel's father discovers a shortcut to the cottage, but it requires trespassing. Despite their trepidations, Marcel and his family begin using the secret trail to reach their cottage.

Blood: The Last Vampire(ja)

In Japan, the vampire-hunter Saya, who is a powerful original, is sent by her liaison with the government, David, posed as a teenage student to the Yokota High School on the eve of Halloween to hunt down vampires. Saya asks David to give a new katana to her. Soon she saves the school nurse Makiho Amano from two vampires disguised of classmates and Makiho witnesses her fight against the powerful demon.

Dear White People(en)

A campus culture war between Blacks and whites at a predominantly white Ivy League college comes to a head when the staff of a satirical magazine stages an offensive Halloween party.

Dream of Roses: Sexual Love(ja)

Shinji Kubo plays the role of a reporter in a pseudo-documentary about gay bars and cruising spots.

Nirvana Man(ja)

A depiction of the real story of actor Masaya Oki and his relationship with his adoptive father who adopted him as a son when Masaya Oki was 23 years old. In these days homosexuality was seen as unusual and hidden away from public. A 31 year old actor checks into a hotel in Tokyo, leaving a note with the words "Dad, wait in Nirvana..."

Brown Target(ja)

Yokosuka in the early 1980s. The military town, which once prospered from the Vietnam War economy, was exhausted, lifeless, and in ruins due to the aftereffects of the Vietnam War. Fumio, who lived hand to mouth, working as a prostitute for American soldiers and selling yak. One day, Fumio is lynched by the group's thugs for a trivial mistake. Fumio, who was covered in blood and unable to move, was later rescued by a black man who happened to be passing by. The black man's name was Al. Although he is a military veteran, he did not return to the United States and continued to live in Yokosuka, aiming to become a professional jazz pianist. After receiving kindness from someone for the first time, Fumio falls in love with Al, but since Al is straight, he rejects Fumio's courtship, but out of concern for Fumio who has no place to live, they start living together as close friends...

The Night is Rose-Colored, My Way(ja)

A pair of robbers break into a loan shark company. I thought they were breaking in for money, but not only that, but they started raping and toying with male employees who were tied up and deprived of their freedom. In fact, the robber was a gay man who once came to borrow money from a loan shark, but he was turned down and made fun of because he couldn't lend money to a homosexual who works at a gay bar.

Beautiful Sisters: Seduced(ja)

A part time student, who works at a book store, is offered a room at his boss’s house to use for his studies. But he takes advantage of the offer to sexually assault the boss’s two daughters.

Jun Marumo's Slut Legend(ja)

A woman frustrated by her fiancé's reluctance for premarital sex sends her on a round of boozing and remembrances of bad sexual encounters. Meanwhile someone is drugging young men late at night and doing unspeakable things to them.

Tutor Touching(ja)

Seiji (Yasuyuki Sakurai), who dropped out of high school, was aiming for high school graduation and university entrance exams, thanks in part to his private tutor Chieko (Sumire Nagai). Chieko is an active female college student, and Seiji's age and home environment are close, so her mother, Fumie (Handa Sasa), pours her excessive interference into her son. It made me hate. One day, Fumie discovers that her classmate Midori (Miu Kiritani), who likes Seiji, is about to have her first experience with Seiji, and she is furious. She even ripped the two apart with her insane protests to Midori's parents. A few days later, Seiji, who has cut off his relationship, promises to meet Midori in the park at night, but Fumie quietly follows Seiji, who has left home...

Ginza Neon River Winter Butterfly(ja)

Madoka Sawa, a one-woman hostess, faces off against Akira, who is competing for the most popular hostess spot at a gay bar in Shinjuku. Akira steals Kusumi, who was her sponsor, and ends up opening a "Night Park" in Shinjuku, but Madoka falls into a trap set by Akira and is fired from the store. In despair, he vows revenge.

Twilight Narcy 2(ja)

Painter Haruhiko returned from Paris for the first time in a while to hold his solo exhibition. There, he sees Shinji, who looks exactly like Shingo, his old lover who passed away. Shinji turns out to be Shingo's younger brother. Shinji secretly read his brother's diary and learned about Haruhiko's relationship with his brother. Haruhiko becomes conscious of Shinji while immersing himself in the memories of those days, but Shinji has a girlfriend, Azusa. Shinji wants to know more about his older brother when he was alive, so he promises to meet Haruhiko again at a later date, and they part ways. The sequel to "Twilight Narcy."

Wakamono kari(ja)

A gay version of the "Widow's Boarding House" series, starring Shinji Kubo as the owner of the boarding house. A straight college student who also has a girlfriend then moves in...

Coming Out, Our Declaration as a Couple(ja)

A suspicious man named Yoshioka, who claims to be a friend of Takashi's late father, offers a car as payment for two university students acting in a private adult video. The two friends Takashi and Shogo desperately want a car to make their campus life more meaningful, so they reluctantly agree to appear in a gay adult video together. They somehow manage to get through the humiliating filming and get the promised car. Takashi thinks he'll never do it again, but at that moment something he doesn't realize is beginning to sprout inside him. The next day, Takashi is called by Yoshioka to visit his office. Yoshioka's sponsor, a man who calls himself Hayami, appears before Takashi. Hayami asks Takashi to appear in another gay adult video, and if he refuses, he will copy Yoshioka's tape and distribute it everywhere. Takashi succumbs to the blackmail threats, but during the filming of the video, Shogo looks for him.

Crazy as Hell(ja)

Takeshi, an up-and-coming fashion designer, is being courted by his manager Ichiro, but somehow manages to escape. He didn't hate Ichiro, but there was something about him that made him want to avoid him..

Love Drug: Sunday Afternoon(ja)

A dangerous disease and fear that befalls a happy gay couple...

The Last Embrace(ja)

Akamatsu was a popular actor in his youth, and now in his forties, he plays supporting roles in dramas. It is well known that he is gay, and whenever he has time, he goes to Sachi, a gay bar owned by Michiru and Takashi. One day, Wakamatsu's friend, producer Shinozaki, introduces him to Kikuo, an aspiring screenwriter. Reading Kikuo's script, Wakamatsu's desire to make him a top-notch screenwriter arises, but before long, Wakamatsu realizes that he is seriously in love with Kikuo... A slightly sad love movie.

Kuro to Kuro: Out of This World(ja)

A boy from a group of gay men hanging out in the town of Ueno started dating a man, at first just for fun, but more like he was trying to play dumb with him.

Beautiful Awakening(ja)

A strange man with saran wrap wrapped his whole body in wrap and played with him with a vibrator. A man who is a vegetable fanatic thrusts a bitter melon into him. A man who is a seafood enthusiast shoves shrimp into his mouth... Right now, he's facing his true self for the first time." At that moment, the man remembered that he had been in a traffic accident...

Gigolo: A Docu-Drama(ja)

Kabukicho, Shinjuku, the number one entertainment district in Japan. There are professional gigolos who make this sleepless city their base and get what they want, from money and women to desire. They are the "gigolo" gang led by the charismatic Naoki Fushimi. Akira, Yuki, and Ryoma are aiming to become full-fledged gigolos. Akira has a girlfriend named Mariko who is a model for vinyl magazines. But that's not enough for a gigolo. For a gigolo, having sex for free is meaningless. Yuki finds a soapland girl named Misa, and Ryoma finds a woman named Yoko, and they spend a sensual night together. Meanwhile, Akira is taken by Mariko to help with a vinyl magazine shoot. Akira is getting increasingly impatient with his life, which can hardly be called gigolo...

Two People Like This(ja)

Junnosuke and Kazuhiko are a couple who live with each other. However, one day Kazuhiko gets drunk and sleeps with a female employee of the company and she gets pregnant.

When I Look Back, I See You(ja)

Naoya, Kazuhiko, and Shinpei, were raised by their grandparents without the love of their parents. One day, Naoya's heart is shaken when Kazuhiko comes out of the closet. As a matter of fact, Naoya is also gay, but has been hiding and using his girlfriend Akira as a cover. One day, Jinko, who calls himself the half-sister of the three brothers, comes for a visit, and the strange lives of the quator will continue.

The Execution of Love(ja)

Otomo, a teacher, and Imabayashi, a high school student, regret having left a student and Imabayashi's best friend, Tadokoro, standing in the rain in the schoolyard, where he died of exhaustion. Both Tadokoro and Imabayashi held love for their teacher; but he know demands his execution.