Private Collections

Private Collections

Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking rescue, he's found by a nearly naked...

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Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

An experimental, psychedelic odyssey through Japanese subculture experienced via the eyes of a disillusioned young man, who must contend with...

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Pastoral: To Die in the Country

Pastoral: To Die in the Country

A director faces creative block while working on his latest film - a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan.

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Fruits of Passion

Fruits of Passion

A girl named O loves a rich, and much older man. She is subjected to a variety of humiliating experiences to prove her unconditional obedience to...

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Farewell to the Ark

Farewell to the Ark

A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and superstitions as they leave for the city. Among...

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The Wolves

The Wolves

After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets released early -- only to find that his former...

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Grass Labyrinth

Grass Labyrinth

Akira is haunted by a "bouncing ball" song that he remembers his mother singing when he was a small child, and now on the verge of a sexually...

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Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

In a Japanese colony, children overthrow their parental guardians and attempt to form a new society. Their plan spirals out of control and they are...

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Boxer

Boxer

In the midst of a match, a successful boxer - Hayato, has had enough of the sport. He lets himself get knocked, quits boxing, leaving his wife and...

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The Woman with Two Heads

The Woman with Two Heads

As a family goes on with their day, the shadows on their walls lead a completely different life.

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Butterfly

Butterfly

A dreamlike portrayal of a hangover after a decadent party.

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The Lemmings

The Lemmings

This second version of the play follows Wan and Tsu, two apprentice cooks who, as they eavesdrop on their neighbors one day, are shocked by the...

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Perverse Relations

Perverse Relations

A doctor, gynecologist, discover the corpse of his wife. His nurse advises to him to declare her death a simple heart attack, to clear himself...

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The Reading Machine

The Reading Machine

In this Borgesian satire on knowledge and technology, bibliophilic desire leads to the construction of a pedal-powered reading machine. Resembling...

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New Torture Punishment History Torture

New Torture Punishment History Torture

Three stories of torture, set in Japan's Sengoku, Kan'ei and Genroku eras.

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Directions to Servants

Directions to Servants

Stage performance by the Tenjo Sajiki troupe.

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The Trial

The Trial

An experimental short featuring people and nails.

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Smallpox Tale

Smallpox Tale

The smallpox virus has created its own unique atmosphere in Terayama’s film where the skin of a bandaged adolescent and the surface of the filmic...

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Les chants de Maldoror

Les chants de Maldoror

A “reading film” of delirious image and text, Les chants de Maldoror takes its title and inspiration from Comte de Lautréamont’s 1869...

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Love Awakening

Love Awakening

A thirty-year-old lesbian virgin sleeps with a man for the first time.

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