The Pornographers (1966)
The Pornographers 1966 Mr Ogata lives a complicated life he is a pornographer making two skin flicks per day and trying to stay beneath the radar screen of the local mob he deeply loves his ailing wife Haru whos cursed by the restless spirit of her dead first husband he also has a mistress, a step s
Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
Profound Desires of the Gods 1968 The Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island to drill a well to provide water for the sugar mill He is assisted on the island by Kametaro, from the inbred Futori family Nekichi Futori is chained in a pit that he has to dig, in order to appease th
The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
The Ballad of Narayama (1983) In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse he or she would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first s
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Vengeance Is Mine 1979 Iwao Enokizu is a middle aged man who has an unexplainable urge to commit insane and violent murders Eventually he is chased by the police all over Japan, but somehow he always manages to escape He meets a woman who runs a brothel They love each other but how long can they be
The Insect Woman (1963)
The Insect Woman 1963 Amorality in Japan Tome is born into poverty in rural Japan, in the late 1910s Chuji, her father, dotes on her her mother is less faithful Tome becomes a neighbors mistress, works at his mill as World War II rages, and has a daughter After an affair with a mill supervisor, Tome
Intentions of Murder (1964)
Intentions of Murder (1964) A housewife living under her tyrannical husband has her life stressfully turned upside down after getting raped by a burglar.
Stolen Desire (1958)
Stolen Desire (1958) A rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows.
September 11 (2002)
September 11 2002 Eleven directors from 11 countries each contribute an 11 minute short reflecting on the events of 11 September 2001 A village teacher in Iran tries to explain to her young students whats happened City kids in Burkina Faso think theyve spotted Osama bin Laden A deaf Frenchwoman in M
Pigs and Battleships (1961)
Pigs and Battleships (1961) A young hoodlum decides to work for a criminal organization that is tearing itself apart.
Zegen (1987)
A Japanese immigrant in 1901 Hong Kong wishes to become a simple shopkeeper Fate soon intervenes, allowing him to mix adventure and fervent patriotism with greed
A Man Vanishes (1967)
A Man Vanishes 1967 Plastics salesman Oshima disappeared without a word to anyone, and has been missing for two years Shohei Imamura and his crew follow Oshimas fiance Yoshie and actor Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as they investigate the disappearance