Yuji and Yuriko's peaceful life shatters when an old diary belonging to Yuji's great-uncle Sadaichi, who died in the war, is discovered. The pages are full of an obsession with life... and one strange phrase: "I want to devour the bird—Hikuidori." From that day on, eerie phenomena start to haunt those connected to the diary. As the nightmare deepens, a strong will to live—once buried with Sadaichi—begins to twist the past and bleed into reality.

“Hana-Dama”—a flower in the wasteland. This flower is a symbol of earthly desires and every human is overwhelmed by desire and their rationality collapses wherever the flower is in bloom. And even today, the “Hana-Dama” continues to blossom profusely somewhere in the world. The story is set in a film theater, the facility keeps on closing one after another during recent years. The last day has come to a film theater which has been maintained by a film-loving owner, the staff, and their unique audiences. The symbol of human desire, “Hana-Dama,” blossoms at the theater and instigates people’s erratic behavior. Upon facing its closure, tremendous chaos that will be noted in the history of Japanese film takes place within this film theater.

A professional hitman, turned against the world that made him and sensationalizes what he does, kills in the hope to one day take back pieces of his past. It's a world void of connections, trust or meaning, embroiled by fleeting encounters with fugitive women, who along with the other usual croutons sprinkling similar films of the time - diversions and subversion, greed and hijinks, the nameless political element, egalitarian dreams coming up against walls of economy - make a Wakamatsu salad where every ingredient has its untold price that everyone will be made to pay.

A young man wanders and makes calls to elders who live alone. Saying “Granny, it’s me,” he lies to them that he is their grandson. An old lady, who runs a music shop in the declining shopping area in Amakusa, answers his call and warmly accepts him. Pretending as her grandson, he settles down in the town. He gets used to his friendship with young villagers, the sound and landscape of Amakusa, and the old lady’s everyday life.

大山村人は、大和屋竺の数あるペンネームのうちのひとつ。このシナリオには月給制の殺し屋が二人登場する。生活の安定を求める殺し屋？　奇抜な設定に度肝を抜かれる。二人はボスから司郎という少年を殺せと命じられているのだが、なんと二人とも司郎に憧れにも似た感情を抱いているため、撃ち合いをしても殺せない。その結果、二人はどこまでもいつまでも司郎を探し続けるという快楽を手にする……。回想にシュールな味を加えた大和屋ならではの快作。

film directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri

北方謙三のハードボイルド小説を映画化。しがないサラリーマンのオオツカ。ある日彼は上司の命令を受けて、姿を消した先輩社員の行方を捜すために新潟へ向かう。それはいつもと同じ、ただの出張のハズだったが…。

Set in a Shinjuku bathhouse brothel, the film uncovers the sexual eccentricities of everyday people. Focusing on three female prostitutes, the colorful, unpredictable look into the hidden underbelly of Japanese nightlife is playful but also unafraid to explore the darker sides of the business. The fleeting nature of relationships in such an environment and the consequences of toying with feelings are presented with a melancholy tinge.

On the eve of her wedding and while cheating with another man, a woman gets involved into a dangerous new world of experiences.

Nobuko Otowa plays a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with the discovery of her corpse, which leads to an investigation that uncovers the narcotics, prostitution, and murder in which many poor farmers had found themselves trapped after World War II.

A girl becomes a pawn in the game between two rival gangs gangster.

以“丧失和再生”为主题，和妻女在妻子的家乡石卷市重新出发的男主（香取慎吾 饰演），虽然生活看起来平稳，但是不断积累着问题，最后发生了无法挽回的事情。

A very rare ATG distributed Wakamatsu, starring Ken Yoshizawa and Rie Yokoyama as two pieces of a destructive love-triangle. Has all the usual Wakamatsu themes of politics, suicide and twisted love, as well as stylish Hideo Ito cinematography and great use of the more or less single set (a beach with an abandoned boat on it). As there's not that much dialogue, it could make a fairly 'easy' translation project (hint hint)

About the escape of a boy and his girlfriend who murdered a friend. Inspired by Godard and the nouvelle vague movement.

1986 film

A brother and sister live as outcasts from their hamlet due to a belief that mental illness runs in their family. A group of villagers plot to steal their property by beating and hanging the brother and gang-raping the sister. Believing the brother to be dead, scheming to kill the sister, and making both deaths look like accidents... unbeknownst to them, the brother survives and proceeds on a mission to slaughter those responsible in the hamlet.

20世纪60年代，安保运动如火如荼，日本社会动荡不安。这份躁动肆意延伸，继而连家庭亲人间也无法避免。青年左兵（吉沢健 饰）是全共斗的一名成员，时常活跃在革命运动的第一线。而他的哥哥则是一名警察，不同的阶级立场令流着相同血液的兄弟俩时常发生争吵。某个晚上，愤怒的哥哥对左兵拳脚相向，嫂子袖里（武藤洋子 饰）从旁奋力阻拦，却无意间枪杀了丈夫。 在此之后，左兵将哥哥伪装成自杀的场面，随后带着袖里逃亡。逃亡期间，袖里为自责所折磨，痛苦不堪，这两个同病相怜的人儿最终坠入爱河。一路向北的逃亡之旅，不知何时是一个终点……

A militant revolutionary group is torn apart by betrayal as its members descend into paranoia and sexual decadence.

Ryuzo and his 7 former henchmen are all retired yakuza, but they now live as regular old men. One day, Ryuzo becomes the victim of a phishing fraud. He calls his 7 men together to reform their society.

1989 film by Takeshi Kitano