Kimie Shingyôji

A comic, violent, tragically hip first feature that brings a fresh new look to a classic genre, the couple-on-the-run. Derived from a manga, the bizarre collection of characters in this gangster story have been brought to life in an eruption of vivid color, surf punk music, flashy designer wear, outlandish campyness and one long, fast paced chase. (Two Boots Pioneer Theater)

A former wrestling champion, Kiwa has become a 'zegen' : He buys young girls from poor families to sell them to geisha houses. He is quite successful but Kiwa, his wife, loathes his work. One day Iwago comes back with a young girl he's bought from a man who wanted to sell her in China. They adopt her and she raises her, as a respectable girl, with her two sons. But Iwago wants to manage the career of a singer who becomes his mistress and the situation becomes very tense in the couple. (torrentbox.com/torrent_details?id=362825&filelist=1 (edited to fit))

The narrator, a student in his twenties, returns to Kobe for the summer vacation. During the summer, he'll catch up with his old buddy whose nickname is Rat, talk the talk with Jay the bartender, and meet a mysterious twin girl. Mixing up temporality, dreams, memories, present actions and future ones all together, the story is very close to what could be called a patch-work. Based on the novel by Haruki Murakami. (Other)

The life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of India, China and Tibet, then uses their combined influence to establish the Shingon school during the Heian period in early 9th Century AD. (letterboxd.com)

A Japanese adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”, directed by Konaka Chiaki (Marebito, The Big O) and starring Sano Shiro (Infection, Violent Cop).

A publishing company is working on a book about Umezu’s life. The lead editor, Sakura, knows that Umezu’s late mother Ichie was very influential in his work. As the investigation continues, bizarre incidents begin occurring one after another. Soon, the grudge of a mother who should be dead sparks mounting fear around Umezu.