Private Collections

Private Collections 1979

5.20

Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked woman who is playful and compliant. He decides to erase his signs of distress and remain on the island. What awaits? In the second, an adolescent searches for the words of a nursery rime he remembers bits of. His journey takes him into dreams, sexual awakening, and Oedipal fantasy. Third, a man of wealth in late-nineteenth century Paris hires a prostitute for the night. She's also cabaret performer and takes him to her room. He fears he's about to be robbed. What's her secret?

1979

Shaolin Wooden Men

Shaolin Wooden Men 1976

6.80

Little Mute is an orphan traumatized into silence by the death of his father at the hands of a vicious fighting master. Living at the Shaolin monastery, he befriends a dangerous prisoner who teaches him a secret form of deadly kung fu. Seeing his intense determination, other masters share the wisdom of the Gliding Snake and Drunken Master techniques. In one of the most exciting fight scenes ever filmed, Little Mute must run the gauntlet of the famous 108 wooden men in an extreme test of skill and endurance. But if he becomes a master, will he use his unmatched force for redemption or revenge?

1976

Burst City

Burst City 1982

6.13

Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest slow, boring, Japanese living.

1982

The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game 1978

6.10

The first movie of Tôru Murakawa’s “Game” trilogy, in which an assassin hired to recover a kidnap victim becomes embroiled in a vicious power struggle between two large corporations over a sizable government defence contract.

1978

Amon Saga

Amon Saga 1986

5.50

Set in a world of fantasy and adventure, Amon is a young warrior embarking on a quest to avenge the death of his mother. When the hunt leads him ultimately to the kingdom of Valhiss, Amon enlists in the ranks of the Emperor's army in order to gain an opportunity to exact his revenge. However, a chance encounter with the Princess Lichia, being held captive by the Emperor in an effort to ransom a map away from his main rival, King Darai-Sem, Amon must decide whether to follow his path of revenge or to help rescue the Princess in an effort to save a lost kingdom.

1986

The Execution Game

The Execution Game 1979

7.20

The third movie in Tôru Murakawa's Game trilogy about a hitman. Narumi is set up by a mysterious woman. Abducted and tortured, Narumi is forced to take on a difficult job. The target is a veteran killer as good as him.

1979

Target

Target 1980

1

Two killers revenge a wirepuller of the underworld in Yokohama.

1980

Wet Kimono

Wet Kimono 1983

2.00

In the early Showa period, a young woman named Asako drifts into a certain red light district. She appears in a white dress, straw hat, and white parasol, which is out of place in this area, but what kind of past does she have, and what are her feelings as she drifts there?

1983

Harry and His Geisha Girls

Harry and His Geisha Girls 1978

5.50

Mr. Harry, who suffers from a "peanut sized" penis complex, comes to Japan to undergo a genital transplant operation, the first of its kind in the world. The operation is a success but Harry soon is involved into a shady plot related to his organ donor.

1978

The Killing Game

The Killing Game 1978

7.40

The second movie of Tôru Murakawa's "Game" trilogy. After making a sensational hit, a hitman has gone into hiding for five years. When he comes back he bumps into two women that he has spared five years ago. Two rival yakuza bosses hire Narumi to kill the other. Will Narumi's sense of chivalry entrap him again?

1978

Yokohama BJ Blues

Yokohama BJ Blues 1981

7.20

BJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. He does not earn much with it and to make ends meet he also acts as a private detective.

1981

Darling Betty - Demon Story

Darling Betty - Demon Story 1986

1

A devil-girl with the face of an angel and a heart of gold, blond Betty falls in love with an earthbound gangster, Danpei Kimogawa, when they meet in a rainstorm. They end up living together in a Tokyo highrise apartment, though Danpei has trouble coping with his new witch and demon in-laws dropping in at inopportune moments. Betty has actually been sent to the human world on a mission to defeat the demon Lutan. While Betty continues her task, her skeletal grandmother sends nubile nymphs to tempt Danpei and see if he is suitable husband material. Based on the manga Mamonogatari itoshi no beti.

1986

Naomi

Naomi 1980

1

Film adaptation to Junichiro Tanizaki's novel "Naomi". Focused around a man's obsession for a "modern girl".

1980

Roses, the Sea and the Sun

Roses, the Sea and the Sun 1982

2.00

On a beach, Masao remembers the summer romance between him and Tatsuya. Part of the "Rose Tribe" trilogy that launched gay pink film in 1982.

1982

Moment of Demon

Moment of Demon 1985

5.33

Filled with guilt over his forbidden desires, a young man leaves home and his studies. He finds a new smaller place to stay, a low-paying but satisfying job and a girlfriend. Then his mother, unable to fight her forbidden desires, shows up.

1985

No Grave for Us

No Grave for Us 1979

6.00

A plot to steal money from gangsters leads to trouble...

1979

Rose Constellation

Rose Constellation 1982

2.00

Summer in Hiroshima, 1945. Hiroshi, who had volunteered to become a child soldier and was wearing a military uniform, hugged Junichi as the atom bomb goes off. Years later, Hiroshi spent every day drowning in Seiichiro Irie's caress, but sees a man who looks like Junichi...

1982