Cast: Hirokazu Inoue

Direction Isshin Inudô

Cast Kou Shibasaki · Jô Odagiri · Min Tanaka · Hirokazu Inoue

Synopsis La maison de Himiko (2005) follows Saori, who accepts a job to assist her long-lost father. He resides in a retirement facility specifically for gay individuals and is in the final stages of a serious illness. Initially, Saori's motivation is...

Direction Tadashi Imai

Cast Komaki Kurihara · Yûko Kotegawa · Yoshiko Tanaka · Kumiko Ohba

Synopsis Eternal Monument (1982) chronicles the journey of a close-knit group of high school students who are transformed into nurses during the tumultuous period of World War II. Their training and subsequent deployment to Okinawa expose them to the harsh realities...

Direction Yukihiro Sawada

Cast Yuri Yamashina · Takeo Chii · Maki Kawamura · Hirokazu Inoue

Synopsis Nureta koya o hashire (1973) follows a band of criminals who infiltrate a church with the intent to steal and assault the pastor's young daughter. Some time later, Detective Harada and his team return to the church they had previously...

Direction Toshiya Fujita

Cast Masayo Utsunomiya · Yoichi Miura · Yûko Katagiri · Yuki Nohira

Synopsis Dangerous Liaisons (1978) is a cinematic adaptation by director Toshiya Fujita and screenwriter Kaneto Shindo, who transposed Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 18th-century epistolary novel 'Les Liaisons dangereuses' into a modern context. The narrative revolves around a malevolent and intense jealousy...

Direction Toru Murakawa

Cast Yusaku Matsuda · Asami Kobayashi · Yoshio Aoki · Kai Ato

Synopsis The Beast Must Die (1980) follows the chilling tale of a journalist who, after fatally shooting a police officer, seizes the officer's firearm and embarks on a rampage of theft and homicide.

Direction Yôichi Higashi

Cast Yosuke Natsuki · Reiko Oshida · Hiroaki Murakami · Hitomi Takahashi

Direction Kôyû Ohara

Cast Rei Okamoto · Naomi Tani · Reika Maki · Hiroshi Gojo

Synopsis Fairy in a Cage (1977) is a grim tale set against the backdrop of World War II, where the ruthless Judge Murayama exploits his military authority to detain and torment innocent individuals. Namiji Kikushima, a beautiful woman, is apprehended on...