Movies: Yohta Kawase

Late 18th century, Tohoku. An outcast girl, Rin lives in a village suffering from famine. She draws strength from Mt. Hayachine, where the spirits of humans ascend after passing....

Walking out on her husband after discovering his infidelity, Akemi Kudo (Konatsu) finds refuge in a comic-book shop, where she meets Kyoko Ito -- a would-be manga artist. Soon the unbridled Kyoko introduces Akemi to a new world of sensual experiences...

Shoji runs a store in a desolate town in northern Japan. After the death of his wife, he longs to end his life so that his daughter will receive his life insurance money. But suicide is not covered by his contract, so he seeks help and meets Saki, wh...

Mao, who can tell when someone will die when she touches them, offers her own body to dying men. One day, Tachibana, whose wife committed suicide after Mao said she would die, draws close to her....

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An entry in a series focused on "love" and "erotica," in which six creators from multiple fields - from film and TV to direct-to-video and manga - compete. The debut film by Director Ito Ippei who worked as an assistant director to Imaoka Shinji, it ...

Hazuki and Aoi are classmates but their relationship outside class is fraught, and outside school non-existent. But when both girls are drawn to helping an elderly woman, they're forced to interact, confronting their differences and similarities as w...

Shoko, a married woman, works in a hospital as a nurse. One day, one of the patients happens to meet an old boyfriend, Tagawa. Shoko learned from her nurse that Tagawa is terminal cancer and can only live for 3 months. However, I couldn't tell Tag...

Sachiko and Yoshida are newlyweds, and have just moved into a newly-constructed apartment with completely white rooms. It’s reasonable to expect that they would be enjoying their newlywed life, but Sachiko is refusing to go along with Yoshida’s sexua...

Kiriko is a beautiful woman working in a quiet hot spring town. The owner of the inn, Goro, is attracted to her beauty and asks her out, but she refuses. Meanwhile, Imai, a detective staying at the inn, recognizes Kiriko's face and investigates her p...

A sensual drama that depicts the relationship between a female teacher with a special sexual fetish and a student with whom she has a deep connection. This is the debut work of director Toshiya Konami, who also directed Hideo Josada. Starring Iori Fu...

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Children born with special power. They seek blood for eternal life. And tonight, the victims ...!...

A cloudy riverbank. Kazuko, a one-piece woman with a floral pattern, stands under the viaduct. She was abandoned here when she was young and raised by a homeless man who lives there. Yoshio offers an engagement ring to his girlfriend Sachiko, but he...

Documentary director Yuko portrays a school violence incident from three years ago that resulted in suicides, while she was teaching classes at her father’s cram school. As her documentary project progresses, Yuko discovers a hidden truth and becomes...

Cha-Cha is the love story between the titular Cha-Cha, a free-spirited artist, and Raku, a boy with increasingly questionable tastes. Cha-Cha is painted with the whimsical colors of a romantic comedy at its surface that belie much, much, much darker ...

Yoshioka is a struggling sensual novel author. His wife, Michiru, believes in his talent and supports him. Unable to cope with his lack of success, Yoshioka becomes dependent on alcohol and women, causing much grief to Michiru, but she never leaves h...

Three girls - Miwa, an introvert who's best friend is her turtle, Saori, a rich girl from a celebrity family, and Koyuzu, a member of a revenge agency - wind up in a complex rivalry with one another....

Tomomi applies make-up in the shadow of the company. There was a sexy mole around his eyes. Tomomi stood on the street corner to repay the debt from the dark money and was attracting customers. And every time the act was over, the customer had him wr...

In 2024, Kirishima Satoshi, a wanted member of the East Asian Anti-Japan Armed Front, passed away after he gave his own name at a hospital....