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Hitomi ran down to a local city with her affair partner Suzuki. Daisuke, a regular customer of the soba shop where she got to work, fell in love with a bedridden wife, Sayoko, who looked a lot like her when she was young, and eventually regained her feelings of love for her wife. The relationship between Daisuke's son and his wife, Koichi, and Sanae has recently become jerky, and Sanae has finally left home. On the other hand, Hitomi is shocked to find out that Suzuki has a photo of his wife and children.
Jan 1999
On the night of the summoning ceremony, teacher Hagiwara is visited by his former student, Mirei. Mirei's face was pale, as she had often been ill, but now that she is a married woman, she looks radiantly beautiful in her yukata kimono. Hagiwara is stunned, gazing at her, when Yone, the maid who accompanied him, calls out to him...
Aug 2016
Pink film directed by Tarô Araki.
Jul 2008
A daughter living far away is worried about her father, Naruse, who is an elderly projectionist at a movie theater, so she sends a housekeeper. The housekeeper bears a vague resemblance to the father's wife, who died young. Not only does she resembles her, but she also knows things that only a married couple can know. Who is she really?
Mar 2004
In order to help a turtle that is being bullied by delinquent girls, Urashima Saizō gives her a small amount of his pension. The next morning, he is forced to move out due to unpaid rent, but a woman named Ammonite Asami appears and settles the rent. In fact, she is the turtle that Saizō saved, and Saizō is invited to the Kingdom of Ellen, the Dragon Palace...
Jul 2017
The man feels nostalgic when he sees the coastal townscape he hasn't seen in a long time, and when he heads to the beach, his ex is waiting for him. Although he is a model now, he was still in his infancy at the time, and it was thanks to his lover, a government official, that the fire was ignited...but that lover was also demoted and there was no sign of him looking back...
Aug 2011
Tarô Araki's directorial debut; he starred alongside Kyôko Godai, occasional scriptwriter for Hisayasu Satô also appearing.
Jul 1996
Natsuo, a new gay detective, has his first experience with Koide, but he secretly has feelings for Kirino, a senior detective. One late night, Natsuo and Kirino, who were on duty, hunt down a convenience store robbery, but are instead caught and tortured. Disillusioned with Kirino, Natsuo gradually rejects Koide. Frustrated, Koide starts going to the bar, meets Kirino by chance, and buys him with money...
May 2001
Gosuke was a school teacher, but in the past, he made a male student commit suicide after an illicit love affair. After changing jobs to work as a hotel escort for men, Gosuke felt a sense of emptiness as he was forced to have persistent sex every day. Then, one day, a naked angel descended. Daniel, an angel who had just become human, stays in Gosuke's room. Daniel, the angel who fell in love with Gosuke, who was nearing death, was deceived by his clever words...
Aug 2002
The bond between two fathers who raised their daughters and sons on their own deepens, as they reveal for the first time secrets from their pasts.
Feb 2017
A man named Suneo appears in front of Yoshiro, claiming to expose the past of his lover Nishimura. Yoshiro is curious about Suneo, and approaches him... A drama with a touch of suspense, where friendship and love swirl around.
Mar 1997
Feb 2002
Hiro travels around the country playing the ukulele on the streets. A road movie depicting his interactions with various gay people he meets on his travels.
Jul 1998
While Shinji is on the train after taking his beloved Caravan for repairs, he notices a woman being groped. The woman, Nana, accepts the man's hand with a blank look on her face. Shinji invites Nana to be his partner in a black-and-white show. He sleeps at the home of his ex-girlfriend Hanae and performs in the tent hut of street vendor Gen-san. Nana's amateurishness is well-received by the audience, and the show continues to be sold out every day. Then, Nana is given an ocarina as a gift by a middle-aged customer, and suddenly disappears...
Jan 2006
Dec 2011
Pink film directed by Tarô Araki
Dec 2001
Jul 2001
Fu-yan, also known as Fujikawa, runs a business producing underground videos that are secretly sold by electronics store owner Umeda and his wife Makiko. One day, he receives a request from Umeda to make a new video. The lecherous old man Kikuchi wants him to make an underground video with him as the main character. Lured by the high fee, Fu-yan boards a ferry with Makiko's stepdaughter, Megumi. On the ferry, Fu-yan saves a woman named Yumeko who is about to jump into the sea. Having failed in life and about to commit suicide, Fu-yan takes Yumeko to Kikuchi in order to make her the queen of underground videos. Filming begins according to the script written by Kikuchi, and with Fu-yan's calming, Yumeko completes the film to the end. Before long, a good relationship develops between Fu-yan and Yumeko, but...
Sep 2001
Nov 2002
Dec 2010