1/2 Man

A visual documentary of Einstuerzende Neubauten, the German underground band, by Japanese cult director Sogo Ishii, made during their 1985 tour of Japan. The band makes an elaborate and remarkably choreographed appearance…

Keiji no Shomei 5

Horrors of Malformed Men

6.5

After escaping from an asylum, young medical student Hirosuke assumes the identity of a dead man in order to solve the mystery of a weird doppelganger whose picture he sees in the newspaper. Traveling to faraway Panorama…

Hitokowa 1: Evil Comes Home

6.4

An anthology of odd and eerie stories. Each one a contemporary precautionary tale. > Story 1 "A Friend's Secret" (知ってはいけない友達の秘密) > Story 2 "Wrong Number" (送り○チガイ) > Story 3 "What…

Kasai Chosakan Kurenai Renjiro 13: Nido mo Moeta Kazoku!

~~ Adapted from the manga series "Kasai Chosakan Kurenai Renjiro: Hono no Profile" (火災調査官 紅蓮次郎・炎のプロファイル) written by Nabeshima Masaharu and illustrated by Tanaka Tsukasa (田中つかさ).

Enatsu Yuko

Enatsu Yuko, born Suzuki Chiyo (鈴木千代) in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actress. After marriage, she changed her name to Meguro Chiyo (目黒千代). She graduated from Tokyo Kasei Gakuin High School (東京家政学院高等学校). In 1966, she joined the Toho Theater Division (東宝演劇部)…

Tsuchiya Yoshio

Tsuchiya Yoshio was a Japanese actor. He had a long-standing interest in UFOs and had written several books on the subject. He preferred starring in science fiction films, usually as aliens or people possessed by them. He lobbied for the title role in "Tomei Ningen" (1954), but was forced by the studio…

Aoshima Yukio

A Japanese politician who served as Governor of Tokyo from 1995 to 1999. He is also well-known as a TV actor, novelist, film director, screenwriter and songwriter. Yukio was born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, in 1932. His father was an entrepreneur who had been running a bento catering business. He began writing…

Oda Motoyoshi

An English major who graduated from Waseda University, one of Japan's most prestigious, in 1935, Motoyoshi Oda was promptly accepted into the directors' program at Tokyo's P.C.L. (Photo Chemical Laboratories, a film company later incorporated into Toho Studios). He studied under director Kajiro Yamamoto,…

Killer Khan

Killer Khan was a former sumo wrestler from the Kasugano stable and a professional wrestler. He was born in Yoshida, Nishikanbara, Niigata, Japan. His real name was Ozawa Masashi (小澤正志). In sumo, he achieved the highest rank of Makushita 40. After transitioning to professional wrestling, he…

Hirano Riku

Hirano Riku is a Japanese businessman, rapper, and dancer. He is the younger brother of Number_i's Hirano Sho.

Takahashi Shoji

Utsuno Machiko

Utsuno Machiko is a Japanese make up artist.

Tani Yoshihiko

Sakashita Hideaki

Shuchakueki no Ushio Keiji vs Jiken Kisha Saeko 11: Last Scene

~~ Adapted from the novel “Tochu Gesha Suru Onna” (凶水系) and from the story “Last Run” (ラストシーン) within the novel “Ningen no Tenteki” (人間の天敵) by Morimura Seiichi (森村誠一).

Nuigulumar Z

6.9

A lolita fashion-clad girl named Yumeko Ayukawa merges with her pink teddy bear Buusuke to become “Nuigulumar” in order to do battle with a villain named Takeshi who’s using zombies in his plot to take over the…

Edogawa Ranpo Short Stories II: Ayashii Ai no Monogatari

9.0

Nanimono: A man has been staying at the house of a friend, Yuki, who lives in Kamakura. A mysterious man called Akai also comes and goes. One night, Yuki is shot in his ankles in the study. The footprints left behind…

Kaiketsu Zubat

7.7

Private detective Hayakawa Ken takes on the identity of Kaiketsu Zubatto to revenge the murder of his friend, Goro Asuka, by the evil group Dacker. Each week Zubat defeats another masked villain leaving a card with…

Tori Girl

7.9

Toriyama Yukina enters a university of science after prepping for one year for her entrance exam. At first, she is shocked by the atmosphere at her school. She becomes attracted to senior student Kei. Due to Kei, Yukina…