In the Realm of the Senses

A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Ryū Murakami

Cast

Miho Nikaido, Sayoko Amano, Tenmei Kano

Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy as mistress and maid. But as their ritual of domination and submission begins to turn stale, Cynthia yearns for something more conventional, while Evelyn tries to push their taboos even further.

Runtime

1h 44m

Director

Peter Strickland

Cast

Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D'Anna, Eugenia Caruso

Kyôko, a traumatized young Japanese girl, finds herself struggling with her self-confidence in her adult life. Growing up in a family without her mother and her sister, she constantly questions the rationale of sex and the notion of liberty in modern Japanese society.

Runtime

1h 16m

Director

Sion Sono

Cast

Ami Tomite, Mariko Tsutsui, Honoka

When it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there in order to attend her wedding. Naoko surprises him by proposing that they have sex again. The one night stand is the new beginning.

Runtime

1h 55m

Cast

Tasuku Emoto, Kumi Takiuchi, Akira Emoto

Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a gang of female thieves.

Runtime

1h 26m

Director

Teruo Ishii

Cast

Reiko Ike, Makoto Ashikawa, Makoto Aikawa

Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from the cutting-room compresses British Rail's dedication to blizzard-battling into a thrilling eight-minute montage cut to music. Tough-as-boots workers struggling to keep the line clear are ...

Runtime

8m

Director

Geoffrey Jones

"Rail" captures British Railways at a major turning-point in its history. In certain respects, this was a period of considerable upheaval and loss. There was a facing-up to the increasing need for a big modernisation drive. Full and speedy electrification, or the wider promotion of diesel-power on remaining lines, became a matter of to...

Runtime

14m

Director

Geoffrey Jones

Collage film about the history of trains set to music.

Runtime

16m

Director

Geoffrey Jones

Directed by Geoffrey Jones.

Runtime

2m

Director

Geoffrey Jones

Directed by Geoffrey Jones.

Director

Geoffrey Jones