Category III: The Untold Story of Hong Kong Exploitation Cinema(2018)

The Man Without a Past(fi)

Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost his memory. Back on the streets, he attempts to begin again from zero, befriending a moody dog and becoming besotted with a Salvation Army volunteer.

Full River Red(zh)

During China's Song Dynasty, a mysterious murder occurs at Chancellor Quin Hui's palace after meeting delegates from the neighboring Jin Dynasty. The members become embroiled not just in a murder mystery, but a larger conspiracy concerning the fate of the empire.

The World of Apu(bn)

Apu, now a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer, is invited to join an old college friend on a trip up-country to a village wedding.

L.A. Story(en)

With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.

Re-Animator Resurrectus(en)

Features interviews with the cast and crew of Re-Animator (1985), except for the late David Gale.

Re-Animated(en)

Jimmy is the kid everybody ignores and uses. One day, he gets into a freak accident. The only way for him to survive is a brain transplant. He gets the brain of Milt Appleday, a famous cartoon creator. And when he wakes up, he can see cartoons!

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai(hi)

Per her mother's last wish, an 8 year old girl sets out to reunite her father with his college best friend who was in love with him.

Main Krishna Hoon(hi)

In answer to an orphan boy's prayers, the divine Lord Krishna comes to Earth, befriends the boy, and helps him find a loving family.

Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain(en)

Experience the show that quickly became a national phenomenon. Get an up-close and personal look at Kevin back in Philly where he began his journey to become one of the funniest comedians of all time. You will laugh 'til it hurts!

Life Is Sweet(en)

Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless. This film is about how they interact and play out family, conflict and love.

Re-Kill(en)

Five years after a zombie outbreak, the men and women of R-Division hunt down and destroy the undead. When they see signs of a second outbreak, they fear humanity may not survive.

Osiris(en)

Special Forces commandos on a mission are abducted mid-operation by a mysterious spacecraft. Upon waking aboard, they find themselves prey to a relentless alien race in a fight for survival.

The Big Clock(en)

George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence that he is the killer.

The Family Friend(it)

Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives alone in his shabby house with his scornful, bedridden mother. He has a morbid, obsessive relationship with money and he uses it to insinuate himself into other people's affairs, pretending to be the "family friend". One day he is asked by a man to lend him money for the wedding of Rosalba, his daughter. Geremia falls in love at first sight with the bewitching creature and and soon indulges in a "beauty and the beast" relationship...

Sentimental Value(no)

Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star.

Poor But Beautiful(it)

Salvatore and Romolo are two young and poor young men that are neighbours and friends. They live with their parents in Piazza Navona, Rome. They are poor but handsome, and both fall in love with Giovanna.

Fury(en)

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.

3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy(cn)

A young scholar named Yangsheng who gets married to the beautiful daughter of a local merchant. When their sex life proves unsatisfactory, Yangsheng leaves home and journeys to the Pavilion of Ultimate Bliss.

Bride of Re-Animator(en)

Unperturbed by the disastrous outcome of his previous meddling with the dead, Dr. West continues his research into the phenomenon of re-animation; only this time, he plans to create life – starting with the heart of his young protégé Dan's dearly deceased Meg Halsey.

Days of Heaven(en)

In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.

That's Roman Porno: Smile of Goddesses(ja)

A documentary compilation that shows various clips from the Roman Porno series of movies from 1971 to 1988.

O-To-Ko's Secret Spot(ja)

The story is about Shinji Kubo, a famous porn actor, infiltrating gay spots in Kansai and getting into wet sex parties everywhere he goes. These gay spots are real gay bars, gay saunas, and hatten bars.

Akasaka sex zone: Gaijin baishun-fu(ja)

Riding the Groper Train Part 1: What Is Groper Train?(ja)

Mr. Pink Discusses the Groper Train series in this short documentary. Produced by Pink Eiga Inc.

Riding the Groper Train Part 2: The Rise and Fall of Groper Train(ja)

Part 2 of the short documentary about the GROPER TRAIN film series

Tender Feeling(zh)

Before Shu Qi's movie career took off, she starred in a few videologs (similar to jap gravure). This is one of them ...

Pink Coffins(es)

In a temple in Thailand, an order of Buddhist monks are performing a ceremony for people who headed there to get re-incarnated. There, we meet Tarn, a young Thai woman who lived in the Basque Country some years ago and who is still fascinated with that region, food and culture.

Let Me Hear Your Voice(ja)

University student Ryo is having a relationship with his classmate Natsuo. One day, his estranged singer-songwriter father Shinya shows up...

Legend of the Premium(ja)

A request comes to the Fever Girls, a trio who solve pachinko-related problems. An investigation uncovers the existence of a group of cheaters calling themselves the "Kyorokyoro Gang."

Pachinker Explosion(ja)

Saeko, a woman with two faces, an office lady and a pachinko pro, seeks revenge against the pachinko company that speculated on the land in the orphanage where she grew up.

Frustrated Relationships Catwoman Crotch(ja)

The married woman, Suzu, was hiding behind her husband, Yuichi, who was assigned to work alone, and had an affair with her colleague Tobe. However, as Yuichi returned to Tokyo, Suzu and Tobe had a quarrel, and Tobe pondered and grabbed Suzu's arm and jumped out onto the road to measure his heart. Upon hearing the news, Yuichi rushes to the hospital where the bell was brought in, but is shocked to hear the story of the matter from the managing director who had come earlier. Meanwhile, he meets Tobe's wife, Manami, who wears mourning clothes, and her daughter, Akane.

Big Boobs Sisters: The Yellow Panties of Happiness(ja)

After serving his sentence, Tachibana goes to the apartment where his ex-girlfriend used to live. There are yellow panties hanging out to dry on the balcony. Overwhelmed by the fact that she had been waiting for him, Tachibana buries his face in Sister Emi's (Orihara Yukari) chest as she opens the front door, and as he pushes her down forcefully, she screams. From the back, Reiko (Kayama Natsuko) and Kaori (Iori Ryoko) appear dressed in nun's robes, causing a commotion... The two girls make a living by using one room in the apartment as a "church," volunteering to contribute to the community during the day and running a nun's bar at night. Tachibana is dejected that there is no woman waiting for him and tries to leave, but the three girls stop him...

Rope Sisters: Strange Fruit(ja)

Muraki is a failure in his job as a salesman and has to deal with his wife's disappointment and criticism at home. One day, after sleeping in a park, he happens upon two women who look like they've been victims of a sexual assault. He helps them but as night comes an increasingly twisted mindgame unfolds between the involved parties and it is no longer certain who's the victim and who's the perpetrator.

Sexual Harassment Female Boss: Pantyhose Sexual Torture(ja)

Kudo is a new employee at a major temporary staffing company. At the Tokyo branch office where he was training, there was Sanae, the branch manager and the person in charge of training new employees. When Sanae was a new employee, she continued to be sexually harassed by her managing director, Yokaichi, and now that she is in a position, she is taking revenge on the male-dominated society of the company...

Toyomaru's Pervert Clinic(ja)

Akemaru is the female director of Shumaru Clinic and a singer at a live spot at night. She treats perversions, but her treatment methods are unorthodox...

Parade(ja)

Mitsuhiro, an erotic manga artist, is instructed by editor-in-chief Shioda to write an erotic manga aimed at gays. He reluctantly agrees, but is unable to tell his father, Yumihiko, who lives with him. Yumihiko raised Mitsuhiro single-handedly while working at the village office. Mitsuhiro is grateful to his father. In reality, Mitsuhiro was gay. He has a faint crush on his best friend, Yutaka, but in the countryside he can't openly say he's gay, so he keeps it to himself. Mitsuhiro is daydreaming while watching Yutaka fishing in the river today. The two of them indulge in playing in the river naked with Yutaka...

Men's Nightless Castle(ja)

There is Miyoshi, who is extremely attached to Billy dolls (gay toys) in Shinjuku 2-chome. Every night, he invites men with Billy doll in hand. Fellow Billy doll lovers and sadists with a fish fetish caress Miyoshi. And before Miyoshi realizes he wants to become a Billy doll...

A Man's Heart, Swinging Love(ja)

Tetsuro spots a cross-dressing monster in the street one day, he is overcome by dizziness and loses track of who he is or where he is. He also finds that the bicycle he was supposed to be riding has disappeared. Mibu, who was in a nearby car, tells Tetsuro that the monster has taken his bicycle and urges him to get in if he wants to chase after him. Mibu takes Tetsuro to a place where he is sexually assaulted. However, he suddenly wakes up, it was all a dream? The next day, Tetsuro heads to a gay bar where the monster is said to frequent.

Love Juice Art: Body and Time(ja)

Yuichi, a painter who is in a slump, reunites with his university classmate, Shingo, a painter who has achieved social success. Shingo asks Yuichi to help him get back together with his ex-wife, Yayoi, who was also their classmate.

Etsuko Brand New Day(ja)

Etsuko, an office worker, witnesses her live-in partner Mamoru cheating on her. Heartbroken, she meets a man named Fuyu at a drinking party set up by a colleague and is attracted to Fuyu's laid-back attitude, but...