Seigo Hosogoe

The Last Dance

A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. Though his family, friends, and doctor try to keep the secret of his terminal cancer from him, Buhei gradually comes to realize the truth of his condition, leading him on a journey of despair, anger, and – ultimately – acceptance.

Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they can get a contract for a meeting of important foreign officials.

Tales of a Golden Geisha

The film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the men with whom she sleeps, and Masahiko Tsugawa as her unfaithful, sometimes partner. As well as showing her relationships with the man she loves and the men who employ her, it satirizes corruption and the influence of money in Japanese politics.

Sweet Home

A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife.

A Taxing Woman's Return

Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a way to expose a fanatical religious cult lead by a corrupt sociopath.

Shakotan Boogie

Two friends are into shakotan, the Japanese term for low-riders. The adventure of low-riding youths includes picking up girls and cross-cultural drag racing.

A Taxing Woman

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. Itakura and Gondo soon find themselves engaged in a complicated, satirical battle of wits.

Tampopo

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.

The Funeral

When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.

Deaths in Tokimeki

Deaths in Tokimeki tells the story of a nondescript hitman, in a remote country villa, waiting to carry out a job: the assassination of the leader of a religious cult.

Sailor Uniform: Lily Lovers

Two high school girls discover the pleasure of sex with each other until one of them chooses to be with a boy.

Hoteru hime

A fledgling reporter for a swinging magazine investigates various couples who are looking for pleasure with other people and becomes involved with his subjects.

Sukeban mafia: Chijoku

Two tough young street hustlers, Keiko and Kaori, challenge a large organization called the Sukeban Mafia that is involved in drug dealing and prostitution...

Boss Girl Mafia: Flesh Punishment (Lynch)

Two young delinquent girls survive on the streets by selling themselves as high school students. But the local girl gang catches them working their territory and brings them to their boss. After they witness a girl getting brutally punished for not obeying their rules the two are given a choice. Join or suffer the consequences. Thus begins a battle of wills and razors as two headstrong women clash.

Hell's Revenge

Kenzo, Azusa's husband, has a heart condition but his passion for sex has not diminished one iota from the time he was a virile young man. Azusa does not refuse her husband for he is very wealthy and if he should happen to die of excess sex she would inherit a vast fortune. If only Azusa could kill him without staining her own hands. Unable to do it alone, she asks the aid of Naoya who is only too glad to help.

Zoom Up: Rape Site

A young couple, meeting for a tryst at the site of a brutal rape/murder, witness another murder and have to decide whether to turn the killer in.

Skin of Roses

Ritsuko is a popular madame of a nightclub but, ever since her gangster husband got caught and imprisoned, her life has taken a turn for the worst. Now, in order to pay off his debts to a yakuza loan shark, Ritsuko is forced to engage in private sex shows for the VIP clientele. After a year of these special shows, the loan is almost paid off.

Wakazuma ga nureru toki

What was the trauma that turned a demure middle class wife into a slum dwelling whore while the husband is away at work?