When police officer Rei (Miki Sugimoto) shoots a suspect and ends up in prison, the authorities offer her a deal: Stay in the joint, or become an unofficial enforcer back on the streets. Her first job is to foil a kidnapping plot and rescue the daughter of a presidential candidate. In the process, she manages to eliminate the tough lady …
Virgins From Hell
A chaste all-girl biker gang vows vengeance on the drug lord that did them wrong in this kinky Asian exploitation film. The gang goes after Mr. Tiger for selling drugs to kids, but instead, he gains the upper hand and holds the biker chicks captive, using them as guinea pigs in his aphrodisiac experiments conducted with the help of his …
Tokyo Godfathers
From acclaimed director Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress) and Japan’s leading animation studio Mad House (X, Vampire Hunter D, Ninja Scroll) comes this visually and emotionally stunning tale of adventure, love and redemption. In Tokyo, three homeless people’s lives are changed forever when they discover a baby girl at a garbage dump on Christmas Eve. As the New Year …
Marebito
Masuoka (Shinya Tsukamoto) is a cameraman possessed by the craving to understand fear. In particular, he obsesses over his footage of a grisly suicide in the subway. Returning to the scene to better comprehend the dead man’s reasoning, he opens a doorway into a bizarre, cavernous underworld. Here among the ghosts and subterranean creatures he finds a beautiful, mute girl …
Kung Fu Fighter
Hoping to study martial arts from his father, Ma (Vanness Wu) travels to Shanghai and accidentally discovers that he possesses superhuman strength. When he crosses paths with a band of ruthless gangsters, Ma uses his newfound powers to bring them down. Joining Wu for this incredible kung fu adventure are Kung Fu Hustle’s Bruce Liang and Terry Fan from Rikki …
Crows: Episode Zero
Bent on proving to his gangster father that he has the chops to take over the family business, Genji (Shun Oguri) enrolls in an ultraviolent high school where he sets out to fight his way to dominance and unite the school’s gangs under his rule. But as Genji begins his ascent, reigning school boss Tamao (Takayuki Yamada) kidnaps Genji’s girlfriend …
Zebraman
Being a failure as a teacher and a family man, Shinichi tries to escape everyday live by dressing up as “Zebraman”, the superhero. Although the TV series was canceled after only 6 episodes, this cannot stop him from acting out his escape fantasy in a self made zebra-suit. He get’s more than he could ever wish for, when his black-and-white …
Yo-Yo Sexy Girl Cop
Sexy high schooler Saki works undercover as a yo-yo-wielding agent for the Japanese government. But as she investigates a prostitution ring at school, her see-through underwear — part of her undercover “uniform” — makes her a laughingstock. The only classmates who show her compassion are Takuya, a boy whose attention distracts her from her job, and Asuka, whose involvement in …
School of the Holy Beast
Yumi Takigawa has always wanted to know what happened to her mother inside the mysterious Sacred Heart Convent. And now, as an “undercover sister,” she’ll get a firsthand look at the horrors within. Widely considered the most notorious nun-exploitation film, this shocker from Japanese director Norifumi Suzuki is packed with plenty of masochism — including a legion of nuns armed …
The Machine Girl
Ami is a tough but otherwise average high school girl, trying to lead a normal life. Her world comes crashing down when her brother and his friend are killed by ruthless bullies. When she goes after revenge, she soon finds herself in over her head and minus her left arm. Barely surviving, Ami escapes and seeks out shelter from two …