Movies: Excellent Films

A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him....

The story follows a trio of Japanese youths of Chinese descent who escape their semi-rural upbringing and relocate to Shinjuku, Tokyo, where they befriend a troubled Shanghai prostitute and fall foul of a local crime syndicate. Like many of Miike's w...

Three male gangsters are forced by their boss into becoming a trio of female pop singers....

Ryoko becomes a reporter for a major newspaper after receiving a master's degree from Tokyo University's graduate program. While concealing her adult video acting experience during her university days, she spends her evenings frequenting "host clubs"...

A man's life is altered when he comes into possession of a gun....

...

Naho repeatedly enters hotels with random men and kills them before having sex with them. A man, Manabu, stays with her and performs piercings on her breasts. One day, Naho invites a middle-aged man to a hotel as usual and tries to kill him, but ends...

A young woman grows emotionally as she overcomes the deaths of those dear to her after meeting a female mortician.....

The sensual images depict the love and hatred between four men and women living together, creating a new kind of love story. One night, alcoholic writer Akimoto and live-in former actress Yumiko meet Koichi, a gay drug dealer pursued by the yakuza, a...

#14 in the series, after "City of Desire."...