Mikako Ichikawa

Honey Kisaargi, an android created by her scientist father, is attempting to balance her dull office job and her secret life as the constantly costume-changing, pink-clad superhero warrior of love, Cutie Honey. When the dreaded Panther Claw gang returns to create evil and steal our hero's Love System necklace, it can only be Cutie Honey to the rescue! (allmovie.com)

Four short films, based on stories by Japanese mystery writer Rampo Edogawa, explore dark themes of obsession, sex and death. In "Mars Canal," a naked man wanders alone through a swamp recalling a former lover. "Mirror Hell" follows a serial killer with a fixation on hand mirrors. "Caterpillar" centers on a crippled veteran, his sadistic wife and their unhealthy relationship. And in "Crawling Bugs," a chauffeur plots to seduce a starlet.

Shou Kawajiri is told to clean-up the apartment of his deceased aunt Matsuko. Having never known her, through his research we are brought to her bittersweet and tragic life story.

An anthology featuring ten dreams.

A young woman named Taeko arrives at a remote guesthouse in peaceful and beautiful natural surroundings by the sea. Here she is cut off from the outside world, there is no mobile connection, and everything seems set for some relaxing days. But Taeko is baffled by the landlord's curious cooking rituals, by synchronised dancing on the beach, and by the favourite pastime of the natives which is called "twilighting". In small, but very tangible ways, Taeko's limits are being pushed. (Kosmorama.no)

3 short stories of how the guys found themselves at the dead end. in the first part a guy kills a girl by mistake and this is the first sight love. The second one is a psychological duel, and the final story is about who wants to die most

An introverted schoolgirl falls in love and starts a relationship with one of her classmates. Set in a small seaside town in Japan, the love of her life eventually leaves her for her boyfriend in Tokyo. (imdb)

Sayoko rents out cats to help lonely people fill the emptiness in their hearts. She walks along the banks of the river with a megaphone promoting her service and her animals in a handcart. It turns out that Sayoko is lonely too, ever since the death of her grandmother. All she has left is her cats. However, one day a young man shows up from Sayoko's past. He follows her home and suddenly Sayoko's life seems to completely fall apart. (utahfilmcenter.org)

This story about a detective who has a huge appetite is adapted from a manga by Terasawa Daisuke. (mydramalist.com)

It's a peaceful day in Japan when a strange fountain of water erupts in the bay, causing panic to spread among government officials. At first, they suspect only volcanic activity, but one young executive dares to wonder if it may be something different - something alive. His worst nightmare comes to life when a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and begins tearing through the city, leaving nothing but destruction in its wake. (wikipedia)

A series of grotesque murder cases take place on rainy days. (asianwiki.com)

Shigemori (Masaharu Fukuyama) is an elite lawyer. He is compelled to defend Mikuma's (Koji Yakusho) murder case. Mikuma has a criminal record from a murder that took place 30 years ago. Mikuma also confesses to the murder charge and he faces the death sentence, but Shigemori begins to have doubts about Mikuma's guilt. (AsianWiki)

Newcomer Shizuka Ishibashi throws herself into the role of Mika, a nurse by day, a 'girlie bar' hostess by night, subject to feelings of anxiety and isolation, and unable to reach through a hard outer shell that stops her from expressing tenderness to anyone else. Sosuke Ikematsu, one of Japan's most important young actors, stars as Shinji, who struggles as a day-hire construction worker with a sense of impending doom, but who still tries to find the source of an unnamable hope he feels inside.

An off-beat comedy about 3 'damejin' (useless persons), who don't work and spend their lives doing nothing. They actually don't want to work. When they hear 'in India one can live without working' they take it seriously. They begin to raise the money to go to India by doing anything but working, such as ripping off stamps from others' letters to sell, robbery at the bank which itself went bankrupt, etc. (imdb)

Interview with world renown cult director Shinya Tsukamoto. This interview will tell you how and when he started creating his own world of cinema, exactly the way he thought it should look. (amazon.com)

27-year-old Arata has no jobs or goals, and his days are spent in the doldrums. When he is recruited into the ReLIFE project, that promises to let him re-do a year of his high school days, he is suspicious but takes the rejuvenating potion anyway and is transformed back into a 17-year-old. Thus, begins his high school life with a limit of one year. Despite his plans to stay inconspicuous, he finds himself making friends and eventually falling in love with a very shy girl named Hishiro. (JFF)

Private nurse Ichiko feels almost like a member of the Oisho family. Not only does she care for the grandmother, she also has a close friendship with eldest granddaughter Motoko. (iffr.com)

Stories of Unnatural Death Investigation, a Japanese non-governmental organization as they work on unnatural death cases and try to reveal the truth behind the deaths. (imdb)

Are you afraid of heights? Why? Is it just acrophobia? Or, perhaps as a very young child, you witnessed the murder of your father as he was pushed off the veranda of your apartment building and now have a deathly fear of going up to the 20th floor of any building! Psychoanalyst and counselor Kyosuke Kai, a bit quirky with compulsions of his own, ends up finding out more than just the standard medical reasons for his patient's emotional problems.

Endo Kiyomi, a single mother near Mt. Fuji, works at a business hotel. One day, she meets an alien. Unlike a pure-hearted girl seeking justice, her life experiences lead her to ask the alien to solve minor work or personal issues. (imdb)