Takuji Suzuki began making films with a camera pointed at his own face. Whether in a room, in a classroom, or on a journey through the wild, the artist's face speaks to the camera. And then there is the interaction with his "uncle" who plays the violin like a saw. This is the endpoint of the unique...
It was once said that the camera is the pen of cinema, but for this film, the camera is the weapon of the filmmaker. The man who closes it refuses conventional communication with a strong desire for self-expression, and throws and scatters his lost "self" all over the place, regardless of who he is...
17 year old schoolgirl Sakura visits a Samurai theme park called Survival Land with her friends where they’re supposed to go up against some cosplayers dressed as samurai but things go horribly wrong when one of the cosplayers gets infected after finding a strange flower in the theme park’s...
A comedy of love and betrayal about two women suffering from mental illness and physical defects. (New theatrical edit of "Kurushime-san", with additional scenes).
A middle-aged man with a half-year to live unexpectedly starts to live with a group of young rock band members. The unlikely mixture inspires each other's lives.
Joe works as a professional stand-in, posing as friends and family for clients. An occurrence at a funeral gig blurs the line between Joe's work and personal life.
Out of Frame (1996) plays with your expectations and the way how we are used to “read” pictures and their framing. A woman is rubbing herself against a white wall, making the typical noises of having sex from the back, and Onishi takes his time to open the framing and then showing them in...
Aya adapts Hyakken Uchida’s eponymous short story in which characters wonder whether they are alive or dead, as the reality of their existence is swept from under their feet.
Left alone by his music group, Nakanishi lands in a peaceful but strange village. He laughs and drinks with it's residents until the alcohol seems to have a supernatural effect on him ...
The pink movie director Mikami was selected as the new heroine by Makoto Kono, who had worked with him only once when he was an assistant director. He was a gentle beauty and a Madonna with a longing heart.
