In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976) Based on a true story set in pre-war Japan, a man and one of his servants begin a torrid affair. Their desire becomes a sexual obsession so strong that to intensify their ardor, they forsake all, even life itself.
Ai no borei (1978)
Ai no bôrei (1978) A young man has an affair with an older woman. He is very jealous of her husband and decides that they should kill him. One night, after the husband had plenty of sake to drink and was in bed, they strangle him and dump his body down a well. To avert any suspicions, she pretends
Max mon amour (1986)
Max mon amour (1986) Reserved and cool, Margaret is the French wife of Peter, a British diplomat posted to France with their son Nelson. She takes a lover, a chimpanzee she bought from a zoo and installed in a flat. Peter asks that she bring the chimp, Max, to live with them. He obsesses about Marga
The Man Who Put His Will on Film (1970)
The Man Who Put His Will on Film 1970 A metaphysical mystery involving a university students camera getting stolen, and the thief then committing suicide Looking back upon the event, the situation comes to be questioned if it happened at all
Sing a Song of Sex (1967)
Sing a Song of Sex 1967 Four high school students preparing for their university entrance exam fantasize about a classmate, and meet up with their inebriated teacher, while singing bawdy drinking songs
Dear Summer Sister (1972)
Dear Summer Sister (1972) Story is about a Tokyo girl looking round Okinawa island for her long-lost brother and finding he is the tourist guide with whom she has had an affair.
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a Japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honor and glory. In his view, the allied prisoners are cowards when they chose to surrender instead of committing suicide. One of
Level Five (1997)
Level Five 1997 The French computer programmer Laura inherits the task of making a computer game of the Battle of Okinawa during World War II She searches the internet for information on the battle, and interviews Japanese experts and witnesses The extraordinary circumstances of the Battle of Okinaw
Taboo (1999)
Taboo 1999 The new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad
Double Suicide Japanese Summer (1967)
Double Suicide Japanese Summer 1967 Over the course of a night, a sex obsessed young woman, a suicidal man, and a gun crazy wannabe gangster are taken prisoner of a gang awaiting a shootout between a rival gang at dawn
Shinjuku dorobo nikki (1969)
Shinjuku dorobo nikki 1969 Story of a bookstore thief named Birdey who is led through various adventures in Tokyos Shinjuku district by salesgirl Umeko
Violence at Noon (1966)
Violence at Noon 1966 Hakuchu no torima is the portrayal of a violent rapist as seen through the recollections of his wife and one of his victims As the film starts, Eisuke encounters Shino, who works as a maid in a house She is a former coworker from a failed collective farm, whose life he once sav
Etsuraku (1965)
Etsuraku 1965 After Atsushi commits murder, he is blackmailed into keeping a suitcase full of embezzled money What follows is a descent into lustful, reckless actions and regret
Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)
Three Resurrected Drunkards 1968 Three students spend their holidays at the seaside where they are mistaken for Koreans, a minority which is looked down on in Japan The action develops into a crime story
The Suns Burial (1960)
The Suns Burial 1960 In Osakas slum, youth without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of blood Alliances constantly shift Tatsu and Takeshi, friends since boyhood, reluctantly join Shins gang Shins an upstart and moves his
Shiiku (1961)
Shiiku 1961 The film is a relentlessly savage fable about a Japanese mountain village whose inhabitants accidentally capture a black American airman only a few weeks before the 1945 capitulation The prisoner of war acts as a catalyst, bringing out all the repressed aggression and latent political co
Nihon no yoru to kiri (1960)
Nihon no yoru to kiri 1960 Long takes and a highly theatrical visual approach combine to form a tense and confrontational look at the decline of a socialist student activists movement in Japan