Sweet Degeneration / 1997

With a singular voice that distinguishes him from his New Taiwan Cinema contemporaries, Lin Cheng-sheng adds to his brief, but already remarkable, filmography with Sweet Degeneration, his third film in two years. As with A Drifting Life and Murmur of Youth, Lin’s new film delicately unfolds, gradually building to a climax of stunning emotional reverberations. Drawn from a particularly painful episode in the director’s past, Sweet Degeneration delves into the uneasy bonds a brother and sister have with each other and the people around them.

Campfire Cooking in Another World with my Absurd Skill / 2023

Il comune giapponese medio, Mukouda Tsuyoshi, viene evocato in un mondo dalle atmosfere fantasy. Egli inizia a immaginarsi le fantastiche avventure che lo attendono, ma scopre ben presto che è stato evocato per errore al posto dell'eroe predestinato, e pertanto decide di fare buon viso a cattivo gioco e darsi all'esplorazione per conto suo. Mukouda...

Wandering Son / 2011

Shuichi Nitori è un ragazzino effeminato, che trasferitosi in una nuova scuola, incontra e si avvicina ad una ragazzina, Yoshino Takatsuki, la quale, al contrario, ha un aspetto mascolino, e anche per via della sua altezza viene chiamata "Takatsuki-kun". Lo slice of life comincia quando i protagonisti, frequentano la quinta elementare, e li seguirà...

Yoshida Rui no Sakaba Horoki / 2003

Made in Abyss Movie 2: Wandering Twilight / 20196.52 voti

Nella storia, un'enorme voragine chiamata "Abyss" è l'ultimo posto inesplorato del mondo. Nelle sue profondità si nascondono strane creature, insieme a preziose reliquie del passato, che affascinano gli esseri umani che si spingono a esplorarlo, soprannominati "Esploratori". Una bambina orfana di nome Riko vive nella città di Orth sull'orlo dell'Abyss, e sogna di diventare un'Esploratrice come sua madre, per scoprire i segreti del sistema di caverne. Un giorno, Riko inizia a esplorare la voragine e scopre un robot dalle sembianze di un bambino.

Mahjong Horoki / 1984

A mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all challenges and plan for an ultimate revenge match.

Hourou-ki / 19628.01 voti

Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko Takamine – Phillip Lopate calls it “probably her greatest performance” – and Kinuyo Tanaka as mother and daughter living from hand to mouth in Twenties Tokyo. Based on the life and career of Fumiko Hayashi, the novelist whose work Naruse adapted to the screen several times, A Wanderer’s Notebook traces her bitter struggle for literary recognition in the first half of the twentieth century – her affairs with feckless men, the jobs she took to survive (peddler, waitress, bar maid), and her arduous, often humiliating attempts to get published in a male-dominated culture.

The Wandering Record of The Naked General / 1980

A Gambler's Odyssey 2020 / 2019

Boyatetsu travels to the year 2020 in Tokyo from the year 1945. Tokyo is now plagued by a decreasing population and an increase in unemployment.

Drifting / 1935

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

Urotsukidōji IV: Inferno Road / 1995

It is the age of the Overfiend, and flesh-hungry monsters rule the Earth. Immortal half-demon Amano Jyaku travels the wasteland, witness to the rape and torture of the human race. The last hope for humanity is the demonic Lord of Chaos, the Overfiend's natural enemy. Will the world survive their final battle?

Vagabondo del sesso / 19678.01 voti

A man leaves his family in Tokyo to travel and engage in various sexual escapades. When he returns home he finds out that his wife is starring in Imamura’s documentary about her search for her missing husband.

Beauty Wandering Story / 1977

Virgin Wandering / 2009

Jun Kanai is a lecturer at the University of Tokyo who despite being in his thirties is still a virgin. One day he reunites with an old student of his and decides that she will be the one to take his virginity but finds out that she will soon be studying abroad.

The Wandering Gambler / 1928

Date Mosui, a young samurai, one day gets a scolding from a nameless ronin that sets him thinking about what life is all about and his ways of living. His frined, Ando Kichinosuke, is alarmed at Mosui's despondency and invites him to his house as his little sister Tsuyu and he try to cheer him up.

Last Exile / 20036.86 voti

I protagonisti sono due ragazzi, Claus Valca e Lavie Head, apprendisti piloti di vanship con un grande potenziale; i loro padri, a loro volta piloti, sono morti nel tentativo di attraversare il Grand Stream per portare un messaggio di pace a Disith. Claus e Lavie lavorano come corrieri per la Norkìa Van Ship Organization (una società di spedizioni)...

Eclair / 2011

A film about an orphan kid in Japan in 1943

Love Master II: Roaming in Hokkaido / 2008

Seeking the "woman of his dreams", Kikunosuke visits Hokkaido and meets Masumi, the only daughter of the Zippi Ranch that raises great racing horses, Okamura, her grandfather, and Yamada, a stable hand who is secretly in love with Masumi. Zippi Ranch is targeted for acquisition by Sengoku Farms, which has constantly acquired small ranches. Naoto, the son of Sengoku, grew up with Masumi and raped her in the past. With the horrible experience, Masumi has become fastidious about sex. Began working at Zippi Ranch, Kikunosuke spends a night with a hostess, Ayumi, whom he met at a club Naoto owns. Sleeping with numerous customers to support the club, Ayumi has been sexually frigid, but Kikunosuke gives her an orgasm with his technique, Kinuta. The sex master, Kikunosuke, stands up to rescue a troubled woman mentally and physically.

Wandering -SASURAI- / 1986

A high school girl becomes convinced that her mother, who was said to have died fourteen years ago, is alive and residing in Hokkaido.

Romantic Knight, Please Let Me Go / 2017