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- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko TsushimaFarmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsChiaki KuriyamaMegumi SatôTsugumiAbout hair extensions that attack the women that wear them.
- DirectorTetsuya NakashimaStarsKyôko FukadaAnna TsuchiyaHiroyuki MiyasakoMomoko, a strange and seemingly emotionless girl obsessed with 18th century France, befriends a Yanki biker and the two experience the ups and downs of their unusual lives in a rural Japanese town.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRyo IshibashiEihi ShiinaTetsu SawakiA widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
- DirectorYukihiko TsutsumiStarsHiro MizushimaKenta KiritaniAoi NakamuraA normal fresh year highschool kid found his daily basis life extremely boring, until one day he met a dog and the owner of it that leads him to a completely new life filled with passion within musical stuff.
- DirectorYoshihiro NakamuraStarsShioli KutsunaRyô NishikidoHitomi SatôAfter praying for a new job, a samurai is transported through time to today's Japan.
- DirectorShûsuke KanekoStarsTatsuya FujiwaraKen'ichi MatsuyamaAsaka SetoA battle between the world's two greatest minds begins when Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to rid the world of criminals.
- DirectorShûsuke KanekoStarsTatsuya FujiwaraKen'ichi MatsuyamaErika TodaPicking up where the first one leaves off, Light joins the task force searching for Kira in an effort to avert suspicion from himself---and get rid of L.
- DirectorYûji ShimomuraStarsTak SakaguchiTakamasa SugaKentaro SeagalAn unknown time. An unknown place. Without reasons. With no future. His only desire is - Destruction. I'ts good versus evil, and the awakening of an unlikely hero with ultra-kinetic action to create the "action" spectacle of the year.
- DirectorToshio LeeStarsKen'ichi MatsuyamaYoshihiko HosodaRyûji AkiyamaA nerd who dreams of becoming a sappy pop star ends up leading a death metal group.
- DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsMiho KannoHidetoshi NishijimaTatsuya MihashiThree stories of never-ending love.
- DirectorNorifumi SuzukiStarsReiko IkeAkemi NegishiRyôko EmaDuring the Meiji era, a gambler named Ochô takes revenge on the three gangsters who killed her father, shelters a wanted anarchist, and crosses paths with a British femme fatale.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsMeiko KajiTatsuo UmemiyaTsunehiko WataseNami is an ex-convict who becomes a hostess to support a sick woman who bailed her out. In doing so, she gets involved in a local gangster's scheme to take over the bar she works for.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsMeiko KajiShin'ichi ChibaShingo YamashiroNami (played by Meiko Kaji) returns to Tokyo to find the man who killed her father 13 years ago. On the way she saves a young woman named Hanae whose father had sold her for prostitution, but by doing this noble thing she becomes involved with Yakuza gang who doesn't want to let their property go and wants to keep a tight control over the Ginza district. With the help of Ryuji (played by Sonny Chiba) she has to find the man who killed her father and deal with the Yakuza threat.
- DirectorNagisa ÔshimaStarsTakeshi KitanoRyûhei MatsudaShinji TakedaThe new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad.
- DirectorKôji ShiraishiStarsKotoha HiroyamaHiroaki KawatsureShigeo ÔsakoA doctor kidnaps a young couple and forces them into a game of torment that slowly extinguishes their hopes for survival.
- DirectorGô OharaStarsRina AkiyamaRuito AoyagiAsamiAfter her mother is murdered, a girl dresses-to-kill as a Gothic Lolita. Using a deadly umbrella, she seeks revenge by slicing and dicing the wacky assassins responsible.
- DirectorMika NinagawaStarsErika SawajiriNao ÔmoriShinobu TerajimaTop star Lilico undergoes multiple cosmetic surgeries to her entire body. As her surgeries show side effect.
- DirectorMika NinagawaStarsAnna TsuchiyaKippei ShînaYoshino KimuraA young girl is sold into a red-light district brothel and tries to adapt to life as an oiran (courtesan).
- DirectorYôichi SaiStarsKen'ichi MatsuyamaKoyukiKaoru KobayashiThe adventurous story of a fugitive ninja.
- DirectorShun'ya ItôStarsMeiko KajiRie YokoyamaYayoi WatanabeAfter being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsAkiko WadaMeiko KajiKôji WadaA wandering tough biker girl aids a female delinquent gang in their battles against an all-male Seiyu group over a fixed boxing match.
- DirectorYasuharu HasebeStarsMeiko KajiRikiya YasuokaTatsuya FujiA street girl gang clashes with racist local gangsters after one of the girls starts dating an Afro-Japanese man.
- DirectorMasayuki MiyanoStarsYuri NakamuraSayuki MatsumotoMiyavi MatsunoiA nice looking SCOUT hooks a future PORN STAR near the department store one day. It didn't take her long to be the highest paid porn actress, which eventually leads her to meet her NYMPHOMANIAC mother living in a trash-filled house. Next to the house, there lived a KARAOKE BOX STAFF who can't say "no" yet thinks himself as a special agent of the Galactic Forces (photo at left). In his imagination, he fights with yakuza and high-school girls, who extort money from real old-men through affairs in karaoke boxes. Meanwhile, an educated FREELANCE WRITER whose only companion is his little boy, was making out for the first time in many years with an ASPIRING VOICE ACTRESS who secretly films a "Fat Girl and Ugly Guy" porn series. Each life overlaps with one another in the street of Tokyo. Are they happy? Can they overcome such miserable situation
- DirectorYasuharu IshiiStarsMao InoueJun MatsumotoShun OguriMakino and Domyoji have decided to marry, but are they really ready to take that step? F4 (Flower Four), 4 close friends, are crucial to helping them determine if they are ready to make a lifetime commitment to each other.