Live Action - Japanese

A doll maker and his daughter Erika live in a remote mountain villa. When some thugs break in and murder Erika and disfigure the old doll maker, he sets about getting his revenge. He creates a life-size doll and has it possessed by Erika's spirit. The doll then tracks down Erika's killers one by one...

In an age of epic samurai battles, one warrior must hunt down and destroy powerful demonic forces to reclaim his humanity and uncover the secret of his father's betrayal. Based on the classic story by legendary Japanese manga pioneer Osamu Tezuka.

Drawn to the hardcore life of a delinquent, Hiroshi drops out of his upscale private school and enrolls in a gritty public school. On his first day he gets his ass kicked by Tatsuya, the son of an ex-yakuza and the leader of a pack of unruly thugs. Hiroshi sucks at fighting, but he hits it off with the crew. Can he still hang when a rivalry with a nasty biker gang turns into countless face-breaking brawls?

In this early noir from the great Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune bursts onto the screen as a volatile, tuberculosis-infected criminal who strikes up an unlikely, unhealthy relationship with Takashi Shimura's jaded physician. Set in and around the muddy swamps and back alleys of postwar Tokyo, Drunken Angel (Yoidore tenshi) is an evocative, moody snapshot of a troubled time and place, featuring one of the director's most memorably violent climaxes.

Customs agents discover a huge amount of human hair along with the bald corpse of a young girl. This arouses the curiosity of Yamazaki, a mortuary employee with a hair fetish, particularly since the girl's hair continues to grow. Now a mad hair-peddler with an endless stock of locks, Yamazaki hocks his wares to salons to be used for hair extensions. But the hair, it seems, has a life of its own, with lethal, vengeful intentions.

Customs agents discover a huge amount of human hair along with the bald corpse of a young girl. This arouses the curiosity of Yamazaki, particularly since the girl's hair continues to grow. Now a mad hair-peddler with an endless stock of locks, Yamazaki hocks his wares to salons to be used for hair extensions. It's not long before death surrounds an up-and-coming stylist and her extension-wearing clientele. The hair, it seems, has a life of its own, with lethal, vengeful intentions.

To eat is indeed to live. Life is just an "eating trip" (eatrip). Eatrip is the directorial debut of food coordinator, creator, and teacher Yuri Nomura. The film explores the interpersonal relationships that food nurtures. To eat is a universal experience and this documentary takes the audience on a journey throughout Japan, looking at how life can be led richly through the daily ritual of eating.

The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbor, the cruel and cowardly Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. But when the Oshi clan is blamed for the incident and sentenced to be abolished, eleven of their best warriors decide to trade their lives for justice!

A needle found embedded in the body of an apparent suicide leads embalmer Miyako to believe that there may be more to this death than meets the eye. And when the corpse's head is severed and stolen, Miyako's journey begins through a nightmare world.

A group of high school girls struggling with exams and lecherous teachers are ready to sell their souls if it would bring them luck. When they hear about a secret telephone number that will make a caller's dreams come true, they figure they have little to lose. Little do they know that the Devil has granted their wishes and will now own their souls!

A woman commits suicide at a clinic after being brutally raped and injected with a drug called "Angel Rain" by the Yakuza. A young psychologist infiltrates the clan to avenge the woman's senseless death and manipulates them, enacting her own brand of violent justice. Unfortunately, the Yakuza finally catch her too, and her fate brings gruesome death and destruction to everyone involved.

A group of people on a photo shoot in the woods take refuge in a dark house as a dense fog rolls in. When night falls, a mud-covered creature from the nearby swamp stalks them one by one... brutally killing them and performing horrific sex-games with the women.