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Browse 85 movies from Pal Entertainments Production
A coming-of-age fantasy depicting the interaction between a girl who believes in the existence of kappa and a girl who watch over her.
Aug 1988
Set during World War II, the film follows a young brother and sister as they attempt to survive the aftermath of the firebombing of Kobe City.
Jul 2008
Anthology film with 3 stories. 60 Bun no Kyofu (60 Minutes of Fear), Kodomo no Itazura (Child Prank), and Sakuya no dekigoto (Last Night's Events).
Jun 2005
Time travel film
Jun 1997
A laid-off designer returns to her home town after five years away.
Nov 2011
Computer engineer Takashi notices that a microchip is protruding from his head. He contacts a notorious hacker for help. Meanwhile, Takashi's world is turning upside down. He's robbed at knifepoint & then chased through the crowded Tokyo streets by a giant. Or maybe not. Perhaps the microchip is only making him think these things are happening. Soon he realizes there's a connection between all the bizarre traumas and a girl named Masami. Seemingly, all his troubles started when she visited his repair shop and asked him to fix her CD-ROM unit. Eventually Takashi finds himself psychically linked to the girl. As it turns out, they are secret government-made humanoids, programmed to live undetected within society an then - when the need should arise - they are activated as professional fighters; The action of the movie itself plays like the Defender arcade game.
Feb 1997
The film is about poor children and 'The Kids' Diner', a place where they can go to get free or cheap food.
Mar 2019
Takeshi Hashimoto, on the brink of turning 30, struggles with insomnia. He finds himself repeatedly dreaming the same dream. Despite seeming to have a successful career and personal life, Takeshi feels stifled and stuck in his current existence. When his close friend and colleague, Saeki, offers him some advice, Takeshi decides to try changing his approach to life. However, the next day, Saeki suddenly takes his own life, leaving Takeshi even more bewildered. Out of the blue, a girl named Sai and a mysterious man named Hōsaku—whom Sai calls her brother—appear in Takeshi's life. Their natural and intriguing presence helps Takeshi slowly reconnect with himself. One day, after receiving a promotion offer, Takeshi decides to turn it down after much thought. “I want to change the way I’m working…” he says. As he begins to notice small changes within himself, he starts to forge his own path.
Sep 1997
A sensual coming-of-age drama direct — It depicts a precarious relationship between a homosexual woman and a man who was picked up by her and ends up living with her
Aug 2002
Tsutomu Minagawa is set to retire; the organized business life, a perfectly normal family living in a two-story house with a garage, the once unstoppable routine is about to close down forever. However, Tsutomu's last day changes him forever, as a car accident leads to his new purpose and sets him on a mission to clean every traffic mirror in Japan in order to save lives.
Sep 2003
The sixth and final 'Gotoshi' film.
May 2000
Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. The film takes place during 4 days in the summer of 1948, as the ghost of her father visits Mitsué (Rié Miyama). He had somehow learned that she has fallen in love, and tries to convince her to start her new life. But Mitsué obstinately refuses his warm and humorous encouragements : « People were killed in my place. I do not have the right to find happiness », she says.
Jul 2004
1st installment in Broadway's "Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi" series.
Jan 2004
6th installment in Broadway's "Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi" series.
Oct 2005
Based on the comic book by Tetsu Kusamoto.
Jul 1995
74th entry in the popular "Honto ni Atta. Noroi no Video" series.
Aug 2017
A topic spiritual documentary. It includes 20 selected unpublished posts.
The fifth 'Gotoshi' film.
Jul 1999
21th installment in Broadway's "Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi" series.
Feb 2011
73th entry in the popular "Honto ni Atta. Noroi no Video" series.
Jul 2017