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overview : Experienced shipyard worker Shimazaki gets an offer of free lodging from his employer in the company seaside rest house if …

overview : A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their …

overview : A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside …

overview : In the backstreets of Ginza, the boss of a hairdressing salon is found dead, killed by strangulation. The detective on …

overview : A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.

overview : The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who …

overview : After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya …

overview : Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he …

overview : In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a …

overview : Towards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, …

overview : Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.

overview : In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out …

overview : Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the …

overview : After his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with …

overview : A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged …

overview : Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition …

overview : In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity …

overview : An experimental, psychedelic odyssey through Japanese subculture experienced via the eyes of a disillusioned young man, who must contend with …