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- CreatorTomoyuki TanakaStarsKazuya AoyamaKazumi KitaharaTakashi SatoThe last remaining survivors of the now long gone planet, Peaceland, the Zone family soon found refuge on the planet Earth, where they took on the identity of the Sakimori family and began a peaceful new life. However, fate seemed to have other plans in store for them. The evil alien race that had destroyed Peaceland, known as the Garoga have now turned their eyes toward Earth as the next target in their never ending quest to conquer the universe. Shortly after discovering this, several members of the Zone family are kidnapped. Luckily, the Garoga did not expect the three children, Hikaru, Hotaru, and Akira to transform into Zone Fighter, Zone Angel, and Zone Junior respectively, who fight off the Garoga.
- DirectorGakuryû IshiiStarsTakanori JinnaiShinya OheYuto IsetaPunk rock gangs and music groups clash with one another and the brutal police force in a futuristic Tokyo setting.
- DirectorSatoshi KonStarsJunko IwaoRica MatsumotoShinpachi TsujiA pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.
- DirectorYoshiyuki KurodaStarsYoshihiko AoyamaRokkô TouraAkane KawasakiWhen a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him.
- DirectorMasahiro ShinodaStarsHiroshi AoyamaJun HamamuraOsamu HitomiThe legendary samurai Sasuke Sarutobi gets caught in a web of political intrigue, deception and espionage during the early 17th century.
- DirectorTetsuro TakeuchiStarsGuitar WolfDrum WolfBass WolfOnly legendary Japanese garage rock band Guitar Wolf can stand between a race of aliens from destroying earth with an army of zombies.
- DirectorSabuStarsShin'ichi TsutsumiYasuko MatsuyukiRen ÔsugiA simple funeral turns a man's world topsy turvy.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsShôta SometaniFumi NikaidôTetsu WatanabeAfter two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.
- DirectorKôji WakamatsuStarsKen YoshizawaRie YokoyamaYuki AresaA revolutionary faction steals some hand bombs. While escaping, several soldiers are killed. The movement's highest authority deems October unfit and sends the leader of another faction to take the remaining bombs.
- DirectorGisaburô SugiiStarsMorio KazamaMiwako KajiReiko TajimaAn animated film based on the novel by Murasaki Shikibu, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, is the talk of the Kyoto nobility for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing an unobtainable object of desire: his father's beautiful young bride. Following the tragic consequences of his obsession, Genji wanders from one affair to another, always seeking some sort of completion to his life.
- DirectorKatsuhiko FujiiStarsMiki TakakuraAsami OgawaHiromi YamaguchiAfter being caught in a tryst with a lover a woman decides to retire to a nunnery. Once there she discovers that the nuns and a priest are planning to engage in a number of bondage and discipline orgies.
- DirectorMasahiro ShinodaStarsRyô IkebeMariko KagaTakashi FujikiA gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.
- DirectorYukio MishimaStarsYukio MishimaYoshiko TsuruokaA Noh dramatization of the suicides of Lt. Shinji Takeyama and his wife Reiko. After participating in a failed 1936 coup and being ordered to execute his friends, he bids his wife an intimate farewell and commits harakiri.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsKoji YakushoJun FubukiTsuyoshi KusanagiA psychic housewife and her husband become burdened with a kidnapped girl who escaped her assailant. Junko will not let her husband call the hospital or the police for purely selfish reasons. The girl dies while still in their house and her ghost begins to haunt not only Junko but also her husband, Sato (Koji Yakusho).
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTadanobu AsanoNao ÔmoriShin'ya TsukamotoAs sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving.
- DirectorShimako SatoStarsTakeshi KaneshiroTakako MatsuTôru NakamuraSet in a fictional Japanese city in 1949, a master criminal hones in on his latest victim.
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsMeiko KajiHoki TokudaMakoto SatôThe head of a yakuza gang is being trailed by a mysterious, vengeful blind woman.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMinoru ChiakiIsuzu YamadaA war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsMiki MizunoMakoto TogashiMegumi KagurazakaA grisly murder occurs in Maruyama-cho, Shibuya, Tokyo - a love hotel district - a woman was found dead in a derelict apartment. Kazuko (Miki Mizuno) is a police officer called to investigate on this case, she will discover the story of two women who, despite appearing respectable on the outside have all manner of darkness hidden away.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsLily FrankySakura AndôKirin KikiOn the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
- DirectorYûichi FukudaStarsRyohei SuzukiFumika ShimizuTsuyoshi MuroA high school boy receives mysterious superpowers from panties.
- DirectorHideo NakataStarsJun KunimuraKen MitsuishiMasato HagiwaraA handyman becomes involved in the plot to kidnap a businessman's wife, which goes haywire after her mysterious death.
- DirectorHitoshi OzawaStarsVivian HsuHitoshi OzawaMasahiro YamashitaA contract killer accepts a final assignment: to act as a bodyguard for a Chinese girl wanted by a criminal organization
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShun OguriKyôsuke YabeMeisa KurokiA transfer student attempts to take over the most violent high school in the country, whose students form factions and battle each other for power.
- DirectorKimiyoshi YasudaStarsShintarô KatsuKayo MikimotoKyôsuke MachidaZatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaIshirô HondaStarsAkira TeraoMitsuko BaishôToshie NegishiA collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsHiroshi AbeYui NatsukawaYouA family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsAkira KuboKumi MizunoHiroshi KoizumiShipwrecked survivors slowly transform into mushrooms.
- DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsNobuko OtowaJitsuko YoshimuraKei SatôTwo women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.
- DirectorMeisekimu GenshiStarsHaruka KuwanaMana ShimamotoDamien Abu El GhaitA surreal depiction of a young woman's existential crisis as inspired by a dream of the maker. Ami's search for meaning and comfort, as portrayed through video game/glitch inspired visuals, points to a deeper message about the philosophical and mental health issues young people face in the modern world and the younger generation's difficulty in finding completion.
- DirectorToshio MatsumotoTwo series of images, chaotically showcasing Japan in the '60s, showing images of student riots, ads and pop culture.
- DirectorKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsMitsuo IwataNozomu SasakiMami KoyamaA secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
- DirectorFruit ChanPark Chan-wookTakashi MiikeStarsBai LingLee Byung-hunKyoko HasegawaAn Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors.
- DirectorYôji YamadaStarsHiroyuki SanadaRie MiyazawaNenji KobayashiAs the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsAmi TomiteMariko TsutsuiFujikoJapan's oldest major movie studio asks a batch of venerable filmmakers to revive its high-brow soft-core Roman Porno series.
- DirectorKatsuya MatsumuraStarsEisuke TsunodaRyôsuke SuzukiYôji IetomiThree Japanese youths descend into the violent realm of the Tokyo night life after witnessing a brutal murder.
- DirectorKatsuya MatsumuraStarsEisuke TsunodaRyôsuke SuzukiYôji IetomiThree Japanese youths descend into the violent realm of the Tokyo night life after witnessing a brutal murder.
- DirectorKoretsugu KuraharaStarsMari TanakaKen YoshizawaKen MizoguchiWith her wedding only one day away, Mina spends a night with her former lover Ozaki at a highway motel on the outskirts of Yokohama. On her way back from her last adventure, Mina's car hits a hippie-like youth called Ryo. Shocked by the accident and left alone by Ozaki, who hated to be involved in the trouble, Mina places the unconscious youth in the back seat and drives toward a lake.
- DirectorNoriaki YuasaStarsEiji FunakoshiHarumi KiritachiJunichiro YamashitaFrom out of the arctic comes a gigantic flying, fire-breathing turtle that sets its sights on destroying Tokyo.
- DirectorTakashi IshiiStarsKen OgataShinobu ÔtakeKimiko YoThrown together by chance during the robbery of a jewelry store by a Yakuza gang, five women take advantage of the situation to make off with the heist's loot, while a man hunts the same gang for the rape and subsequent suicide of his wife.
- DirectorNoboru TanakaStarsJunko MiyashitaRenji IshibashiHiroshi ChôThe landlord of a boarding house in 1923 Tokyo, is keen on spying on the bizarre close encounters taking place beneath his roof. One day he sees a prostitute killing a customer, and decides he's found his soulmate.
- DirectorRintarôStarsToshio FurukawaScott WeingerYuka ImotoKenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.