Soap Business Trip: Wife's Affair Japanese Style(1994)

The Black Decameron(it)

Five unrelated tales: (1) "The Ravishing Queen" / "La Reina Bella", in which the queen choses a king by devious endurance tests of the pretendants; (2) "The Punished Lovers", in which a fake blind husband is 'cured' after having the culprits banished from the tribe; (3) "The Old Prostitute" who manages to take revenge from all the village dignitaries who wrongfully condemned her brother; (4) "The Endless Search" that does not end until a hunter finds his perfect end-game; (5) "The Crazy Woman" whose illness was not exactly of the mind, but of an (almost) insatiable lust.

Balzac: A Life of Passion(fr)

This is the sprawling saga of Honoré de Balzac, a man who created a great literary oeuvre from the dramas and adventures of his own life - a life that he shaped into one spectacular and unforgettable blaze of passion. At the heart of the story are the women in Balzac's life. Although gruff, unsophisticated, and far from handsome, Balzac exerts an irresistible fascination on women.

Mein Mann und seine Mütter(de)

Heartless(en)

A shy young woman receives a heart transplant and undergoes a personality change that may be connected to the murdered donor.

Imagine I'm Beautiful(en)

Hoping to leave behind the trauma of her mother's death, a young woman moves to New York City, where she becomes close to her similarly haunted roommate -- until a disturbing revelation changes everything.

The Quiet Hour(en)

In a remote part of rural, post-apocalyptic England, now occupied by unseen alien invaders, a feisty teenage girl sets out on a desperate attempt to fight back a group of bandits and defend her parents' farm, their remaining livestock, and the solar panels that keep them safe from extraterrestrials. If she doesn't succeed, she will lose her only source of food and shelter; if she resists, she and her helpless blind sibling will be killed.

The Man Who Cried(en)

A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.

The Manhattan Front(en)

In 1915, a German saboteur comes to Manhattan. Co-opting progressive labor politics, he provokes a neutral America into World War I.

Dragging the Chain(en)

While on the run, a young woman finds herself stranded at a mysterious, isolated petrol station. Haunted by her memories and a sinister stranger, she must confront the dark truths she’s been running from before they consume her completely.

Switched for Christmas(en)

Identical twins Kate and Chris Lockhart plot to be the other sister – at Kate’s office and Chris’ school – and take on planning their sister’s Christmas events. One rule, though: no romance.

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...

Sea of Vanity(ja)

A film adaptation (funded by Ken Togo) based on an expose book by a person involved in the Japanese entertainment industry of the time. The book describes among other things the drug-fueled parties, orgies of the entertainment business and what some celebrities like Johnny Kitagawa among others were allegedly up to in their free time. Basically giving an open-book about the secrets of the entertainment-world. The film adapts and portrays some of the shocking scenes of this book, focussing more on the gay-aspect of the expose.

Gemini(es)

An incestuous love affair. Meme and Jeremias are the younger children in a typical bourgeois family. Their mother Lucia is the dominant force in the household, but her fixation on upholding the niceties of upper middle class life has prevented her from seeing what is going on under her roof. When the siblings’ older brother and his fiancee arrive home for their wedding, it seems inevitable that the concealment will be impossible to sustain. But equally it becomes apparent that if Lucia were to find out about the affair, there would be catastrophic consequences.

Stupid Young Heart(fi)

When carefree, young Lenni and his girlfriend find themselves expecting a child, he ends up looking for a role model in all the wrong places as he becomes involved with local right-wing activists.

Life After Death from Above 1979(en)

A documentary about the history and reformation of Toronto punk band Death from Above 1979.

The World Unseen(en)

A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.

Killing Words(es)

A mild-mannered psychopath plays mind-games with a woman he has tied to a chair in his basement.

Virgin(en)

When a teenager finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God.