Kuro to Kuro: Out of This World(1998)

The Boys in the Band(en)

At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.

My Brother the Devil(en)

Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older brother, Rashid, a charismatic, well-respected member of a local gang, whose drug dealing enables “Rash” to provide for his family. Aching to be seen as a tough guy himself, Mo takes a job that unlocks a fateful turn of events and forces the brothers to confront their inner demons. It turns out that hate is easy. It is love and understanding that take real courage.

Babylon(en)

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.

From Straight A's to XXX(en)

When a change of circumstances leaves Miriam unable to pay her college tuition, she makes a surprising decision: to start performing in adult films, using the pseudonym Belle Knox. Miriam lies to her family and her friends at school, keeping her double life a secret. But soon rumours spread and Miriam becomes the subject of vicious online attacks and unwanted attention. Miriam fights back: she talks to the media, saying her new line of work empowers her as a feminist. But her confident stand has unintended consequences. Miriam is shunned by her conservative family and her colleagues in the adult film world. One impulsive decision has quickly spiralled out of control - and Miriam's problems are just beginning.

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault(en)

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.

August(en)

August tells the story of two former lovers, Troy and Jonathan, who reunite after a long ago painful breakup. After spending several years in Spain, Troy returns to Los Angeles and decides to phone Jonathan and meet for coffee. A seemingly innocent rendezvous turns into an attempt to revive passions past. Only this time it's not that simple as Jonathan has a new beau, Raul, and is trying to make the right decision a second time around.

Mammal(en)

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ex-husband's grieving rage.

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A(ja)

An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling, the story follows two detectives trying to uncover the case. Homosexual tension and explosive violence drives the story which delivers some weird and fascinating visuals.

TalhotBlond(en)

Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.

Taboo(ja)

Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.

Inside I'm Dancing(en)

Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.

Killer's Kiss(en)

Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.

Resurrecting the Champ(en)

Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.

Normal(en)

A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.

Call Boy(ja)

Ryo Morinaka is a university student and works part-time at a bar. He is bored with his daily life and exists in a state of torpor. One day, his friend Shinya Tajima brings the owner of a host bar over to the place where Ryo Morinaka works. Shizuka Mido is the owner of the host bar. Soon, Ryo Morinaka begins to work for Shizuka Mido at the members only host bar. He feels embarrassment initially, but he fulfills the desires of women and develops a sense of purpose.

Lockdown(en)

Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.

Tokyo Fist(ja)

A businessman, Tsuda, runs into a childhood friend, Kojima, on the subway. Kojima is working as a semiprofessional boxer. Tsuda soon begins to suspect that Kojima might be having an affair with his fiancée Hizuru. After an altercation, Tsuda begins training rigorously himself, leading to an extremely bloody, violent confrontation.

Jawbone(en)

A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner Bill corner man Eddie and promoter Joe. Back in training, years after anyone thought he was a contender, he risks his life, as he tries to stand tall and regain his place in the world.

American Son(en)

Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.

The Eel(ja)

A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.

Supesharu ressun: Hentai sei-kyôiku(ja)

Lesbian-themed tale of a schoolgirl who entices her gullible (not to mention slightly warped) female teacher by positing that they are predestined to dance together on the day the world ends.

Female Gym Coach: Jump and Straddle(ja)

It’s coming up to competition time for the pretty office girls of the Kara Cosmetics Company. Kei (Junko Asahina) and her co-workers are preparing their amateur rhythmic gymnastics team for an upcoming competition. In order to assist the sexy ladies, Aoki (Funasaku Sasairi) is brought in as their new coach. As the team wonders about the coach’s ability to perform both on and off the court, Kei’s relationship with him is revealed. Long ago, Aoki slept with Kei before a competition and she lost. Now, he’s worried it will happen again! Can the coach overcome his sexual issues and help Kei win this time?

Sweden Porno: Blonde Animal(ja)

The woman gets entangled with joy and euphoria. Romantic porn that depicts the reality of a swamping couple swapping in Scandinavia! Along with Norway, which is called the country of the night, on the Scandinavian peninsula, Sweden is known worldwide as a free sex developed country, now with the advent of the sex liberation era

Honkon zetsurin fujin(ja)

A picture scroll of the greed of the upper class and the lust of an unfaithful widow with a $1 million night view in the background! Depicts the hidden lewdness of women, set entirely on location in the international city of Hong Kong.

Blue Sky(ja)

A road movie about three persons traveling in a campervan on their way to Tokyo, Hamamatsu, and Kyoto. The film is based on the story of the heroine, a young girl named Momo, who was a member of the "21 Faces of Kaijin" gang involved in the Glico Morinaga Incident, and the film's ideas are remarkable, including the use of a tape recording of the actual incident.

Coconut Clash(ja)

Rie, who moved to Tokyo from a rural mining town and is penniless after being cheated by her boyfriend, enters the world of underground wrestling by chance. This is a ridiculous ensemble drama inspired by Shinji Somai's "Luminous Woman" and incorporating the setting of "Tomorrow's Joe" (Ashita no Joe). Starring Aya Mizutorigawa, an idol of the pink film industry at the time.

Adultery, Mother & Daughter(ja)

A mother, daughter, and their fiancé are enjoying a vacation at a villa near the ocean when suddenly a trio of people - a middle-aged man, a woman, and a young man - break in. Three outsiders and three ordinary people feel what it means to "live" through abnormal behavior. All of them are antisocial.

A Certain Seductive Summer(ja)

Saeko had an affair with Kuno, a photographer, but after the car they were driving in had an accident, she has withdrawn into a villa in Shonan. One day, she meets Shinji, who rides his motorcycle in front of her beach villa every day.

Lady Ecstasy: Pleasure Profound(ja)

Wanted: For Forced Entry(ja)

Yuriko has been forced into a life with no freedom due to her husband’s domestic violence. Her friend Mari is worried about her but recruits her to a newly emerged religion in the hopes of helping her find happiness. However, there is no one that can save Yuriko from her despair. Meet Yoshii, a man who was in jail for killing his wife. After being released from prison, he immediately starts to plan a robbery/rape. He browses through the cell phone he stole from Mari’s house, and comes across a photo of Yuriko in her underwear, wearing an eyepatch. He decides that she will be his next target. He plans his entry when Yuriko’s husband is out of the house; once he gets into the house he sees a naked Yuriko all chained up. Yuriko, who was able to escape because of the robbery, starts to live together with Yoshii. Yoshii, who is dealing with the trauma of killing his wife, seems to fit well with Yuriko. That is until a certain incident causes everything to go wrong…

Unfinished Book, Unfinished Love(ja)

Yoshioka is a struggling sensual novel author. His wife, Michiru, believes in his talent and supports him. Unable to cope with his lack of success, Yoshioka becomes dependent on alcohol and women, causing much grief to Michiru, but she never leaves his side.Yoshioka vows to change and immerses himself in writing, finally publishing a novel and receiving an award. Months pass and one day on the beautiful Ishigakijima island, a drunk Yoshioka visits a local bar and tells the proprietress, Megumi, the story of how he disappointed his wife and eventually lost her in an traffic accident. Seeing the extent of his grief, Megumi tells Yoshioka about the Ishigakijima legend about a special “fragrance satchel”. If you take the satchel with you and go to a particular lighthouse, you will be able to meet a person who has died one last time for a short duration, until the smell of the satchel fades away. She hands him this fragrance satchel.

Reipuhantā: Tōrima(ja)

A single woman who works in a car dealership suffers from a past trauma and has a fear of men. But she gets deviant satisfaction at a women’s clinic where the doctor secretly films his examinations of her. One night at a laundromat she assaulted by a man from behind. This triggers a strange desire within her and she returns to the laundromat in search of more dangerous pleasures.

Aido ningyō: Ikasete(ja)

A broken hearted young woman meets a divorced older man tired of love.

Demon's Room(ja)

A wife gets a call from a man claiming to be from her husband's company. He tells her that he will come to pick her up on his behalf. But when he takes her to the hotel he locks her in a room and rapes her. The kidnapper then calls her husband but he doesn’t want a ransom. For reasons not yet known all he wants to do is to sexually humiliate her and to make sure the husband knows it.

Competition: Married Couples Secret Technique(ja)

Inspired by a street interview about married sex life a TV food show host accidentally finds a way to help his little problem in bed.

Twilight Narcy(ja)

Haruhiko, a painting student, is intertwined violently until the morning in an old Western-style building. Haruhiko, who works at a bar in Sanada where many gay men gather, continues this relationship sly, thinking that it is not something he can continue. At that time, Shingo comes to the store. Shingo always goes to a hill overlooking the city of Yokohama, where Haruhiko often goes to sketch. Feeling destined, Haruhiko gently put his hand on Shingo's hand.

Midday Serenade(ja)

A man stabbed another man with a pair of scissors. The fallen man was his rival designer, Aoki. The main character is a very famous designer who works on Miya-sama's dress. Suddenly the famous designer wakes up, the corpse of Aoki disappeared as soon as he took his eyes off. The anxious designer teacher asks his disciple Reiji for comfort. There is another disciple called Junko present in the home. Next to him is Aoki, who should have died but is alive. Apparently these two are planning something. A designer teacher and two disciples at a villa by the sea. Is it a love-hate drama that unfolds in a closed room? No, that's not all.

Legend of Yoshitsune(ja)

A man is walking alone in a scenic city of Kyoto, a young man with an unfamiliar expression is in front of him. Apparently the young man was touched by him. The man's name was Bensuke Musashi. He was a bad guy who roamed the city of Kyoto and forcibly invited any young guy he saw so he could embrace them. Bensuke now has slept with 999 men. One day Bensuke approaches Gojo Ohashi, a mysterious young man wearing a veil.

Final Scandal: Madam Likes It Hard(ja)

A lusty woman runs a dormitory and a pawn shop for needy male college students. The only payment she asks for is a little nightly servicing.

Blue Rain Osaka(ja)

A woman who runs a bar with her older sister has her life disrupted when she has a chance meeting with an old lover.