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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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

Big Breasts(ja)

A woman who passed the audition to become a campaign girl for a certain manufacturer without her boyfriend knowing. Her boyfriend berated her more persistently than usual, telling her not to get excited at the thought of seeing these big breasts, which only he had seen, exposed to the public eye on TV and in gravure magazines. Her debut was decided, and it was the day of her photo shoot. It was supposed to be a promise that she would wear a swimsuit, but the demands of the manufacturer's representatives and photographer gradually escalated. Campaign models like this are just trying to lure in the lewd minds of men who treat her like a toy, thinking that she's just a sex product. She finally gets mad at the fact that all the men around her behave like that...

Super Bodycon Office Lady: From Back to Front(ja)

Pinku distributed by Xces.

Bodycon Miniskirt Onanie Secretary(ja)

Yukiko Fujishiro, an enthusiastic secretary, has a cheerful personality and is popular within the company...

Sexual Escapade: Married Woman Mating at Night(ja)

Yuki, the wife of a university professor, was suffering from sexual violence from her husband. Yoriko, a female counselor at the domestic violence counseling office, is attracted to Yuki and invites her to escape to Izu. Yoriko, who is entrusted with the management of the drive-in, works hard to open the drive-in while being in love with her girlfriend, Yuki. Two men appear there...

White Coat Wife: Extramarital Affair(ja)

Mikako (Ruka Aida), an angel in a white coat, continues to have sex with patients with the belief that "happy sex is better for your health than any surgery or medicine."

Lucky Strike in Love(ja)

Tamami and Mika are the daughters of professional bowlers. They received special training in bowling from a young age, but before they knew it, the difference in their abilities began to become apparent. Mika, feeling inferior, became deeply depressed and was thinking of giving up bowling when she went on to high school. Tamami was heartbroken by this. Then, the two received an invitation from the small bowling club at the high school they were going to attend...

Decotora Gal 3: Sena(ja)

Sena has had a care-free deco-truck business, but one day, she receives a strange request by a cheap hoodlum, Takizawa, to carry a blind stripper, Azumi, to a certain location. She reluctantly accepts it, but yakuza members begin a persistent search for Takizawa, who turns out to have stolen their company’s money. Here comes the long-awaited new deco-truck series featuring the idol, Saori Hara, rolling down the highway on a ton of love, action, and steam!

Big Butt Punishment(ja)

Tomiko, a housewife, composes Tanka as a hobby. Tomiko's husband, Nobuo, who thought she was submissive, is surprised to find that Tomiko's tanka is radical. Nobuo takes the contents of her tanka seriously and suspects that Tomiko is cheating on her, so he ties her up with a belt and punishes her, but he becomes lustful at the sight of her tied up...

There is a Demon in the Man's House(ja)

A wealthy old man who has a dull complexion and has to hug a young man every night. The men continue to donate their bodies to the old man's legacy. This abnormally frenzied party eventually heads in an unexpected direction...

Youthful Hand-to-Hand Battle(ja)

Follows 3 young men who live in the gayborhood "2 Chome" of Shinjuku and their encounters and relationships. One is in charge of the gay bar.

Cruising Love Story(ja)

A junior high school teacher who happens to be a homosexual and falls in love with an extremely handsome young man he meets by chance in Hatten Park. The directorial debut of Ryuji Yamamoto.

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.