Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience. Pretty, young Reiko is the new dancer in an infamous theatre troupe, and her fellow performers try to protect her virtue in a land of vice. Meanwhile, an ageing actor wants to be a hero off stage as well as on, and the troupe matriarch Marie has to keep them all together.
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie s...
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mot...
A bruised and battered corpse in Shibuya, Tokyo has the attention of the local cops. A veteran detec...
A story of three escort girls living in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. They work at the same escort service while...
A man who was released from prison wanders around the Kanto region and gets involved with the local ...
Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlockin...
A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his fat...
Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges f...
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret ...
An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction...
Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They...
A woman with a body writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to v...
Kei works at a cocktail bar, while Ai works as a model. Fearing she'll be ostracized by society, Kei...
Max is a former playboy who has decided to settle down by marrying his current love, Muriel. However...
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the...
A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own ma...
In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In ...
A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote ...