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Erbsen auf halb 6

2004

It all starts with a bang. The car breaks through the crash barrier and falls off the bridge. The lights go out. After that, he is not able to see anymore. His optic nerve is severed, from now on the young stage-director Jakob is blind. His life will change and nothing will ever be the same. Jakob cannot handle the idea of never being able to see again and screams at the only woman who is able and willing to help him, Lily. A rehabilitation teacher, she helps the blind deal with the darkness. Lily has been living with it since birth, she too is blind.

5.6

Za gyakutai: Nyotai ikedori-hen

1987

From a window of a mansion overlooking the sea a woman, her master and a dominatrix hungrily eye a lone woman walking along on the beach below. With a whip and a manservant the dominatrix goes out to collect the new “slave” for the pleasure of all.

9.3

Summer Illusion

2025

At the end of summer, a young couple, Eric and Anna, make the drastic decision to run away from home and embark on a road trip with no clear destination. What initially seems like a liberating journey soon becomes an oppressive experience.

7.7

Alice in the Cities

1974

German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer’s block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter Alice doing the same. The three become friends (almost out of necessity) and while the mother asks Winter to mind Alice temporarily, it quickly becomes apparent that Alice will be his responsibility for longer than he expected.

5.3

SommerHundeSöhne

2005

Summer is the time to travel, enjoy life, and do or leave what you want. A motor home with two occupants makes its way south. But the two travelers do not travel voluntarily, and certainly not together.

3.7

Boys Hitting the Road

2017

A bar in Shinjuku 2-chome. Toru is the manager of this bar, but one day, the owner, Ishii, suddenly passes away. The bar is to close, and Toru receives a list of regulars from Takano, the accountant, and decides to start a journey to collect retirement benefits. Together with Kenichi, the bar's number one, they borrow Ishii's old car and set off to northern Kanto. First up is Sato, a company president with a foot fetish. Although married, he can't stop playing around with men, and whenever he comes to Tokyo, he requests Kenichi. In order not to let the people around him know, he gives Kenichi more money than the tab. Next is Yamamoto, a city council member in the local assembly. A born sadist, he likes to tie Kenichi himself or have a young bondage artist tie him up, and then watch it happen. Kenichi continues on his journey, but he has another goal: to meet Shouji, a man he used to date...

4.0

Roppongi Reijô: Fushidara

1987

An aimless and lonely call girl becomes involved with a detective who is looking for a underage runaway.

1.9

Vivere

2007

On Christmas Eve, Francesca sets out for Rotterdam in order to find her little sister, who has run off with her musician boyfriend. On the way, she picks up Gerlinde, a heartbroken older woman at the end of her rope.

3.0

Gynecology Ward: Caress Me Tenderly

1981

A female hair stylist is torn between two lovers as she waits for treatment in a gynecological ward. She meets the other patients who are there and gets to know their stories.

6.3

The Man of the Future

2019

Michelsen, an older trucker who is lonely and sick, while traveling through Patagonia meets someone on the highway who reminds him of his daughter, whom he has not seen in years.

4.9

40 días

2008

Desperate to experience something real after feeling dead on the inside for far too long, three young Mexicans take a road trip from Mexico City to New York. Andres, El Pato, and Ecuador each suspect that there is more to life than they realize. In an attempt to escape from themselves, the three melancholy friends gas up their convertible and begin driving north. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

0.0

Haven of Peace

2024

After her dreams are broken in Tokyo, Aiko returns to her hometown in the countryside. Choosing not to live at her parents’ home, she rents an apartment and begins working part-time at a bowling alley. While at a funeral for a classmate from junior high school, Aiko meets Haruhiko, a man who had feelings for her during their school days. Despite how she feels, she keeps a neutral distance from Haruhiko — until she hears he is getting married to his coworker, Yuki…

5.0

The Secret of the Old Hot Spring Inn

2023

Masayuki visits a hot spring inn hidden deep in the mountains. He first visited the inn five years ago with his wife Yukari, who is no longer around. During Masayuki’s stay, the inn’s landlady, Tamami, makes him feel right at home — but then his former mistress Miyu pays him an unexpected visit… [Exists in two different versions (R18 and R15) with three diffferent titles.]

7.4

Kings of the Road

1976

Itinerant projection-equipment repairman Bruno Winter and depressed hitchhiker Robert Lander - a doctor who has just been through a break-up with his wife and a half-hearted suicide attempt - travel along the Western side of the East-German border in a repair truck, visiting worn-out movie theaters, learning to communicate across their differences.

5.4

Arctic

2014

Simon and Jota are two young scoundrels who hit the street every day to eke out a living. Each one wants what he lacks. Simon cannot stand being surrounded by his large family all the time. Jota wants to stop leading a lonely life and will do his best to have his own family.

2.0

Love Book: Humped and Dumped, But Wet

2015

Actor Takuma is in a relationship with the actress he’s working together on their current film, but she is thinking of marriage while his feelings have recently gone cold. His cold attitude has gotten more obvious, and he breaks up with Satomi on set, causing a stop in the filming. Reeling from shock, Satomi leaves the movie. Time passes, and Takuma returns to his hometown and is working as a salaryman. He meets Rika, a plain-looking office worker, and starts a relationship with her believing he can turn her into his perfect woman. However, there’s no chance in the way they interact or have sex, and Takuma expresses his discontent with the constantly apologizing Rika. Takuma can’t make his way in the countryside so he decides to return to Tokyo yet again. Meanwhile, Satomi is still battling with her broken heart. Wanting to change her situation, Satomi asks Rin for advice, and Rin introduces her to Yoshio, an heir to a farming family, however, things don’t go as planned.

2.0

Hot Spring Geisha Pillow Performance in the Tatami Room

2015

Shizuku and Tamami are geisha in Atami who are rivals at the same okiya (tea house). Shizuku is a miser who will use any tool necessary to get what she wants, including sex. On the other hand, Tamami believes in doing things the traditional way, with class. With opposing personalities, these two are always at each other’s throats. Tamami continues to blame herself for her mother’s suicide while Shizuku never knew parental love and doesn’t have good luck with men. Learning each other’s past, the two seem to have built a strong bond… that is until Kenzo, the event producer of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics comes to Atami. Kenzo will be making a movie about traditional Japanese culture for PR and would like to have either Shizuku or Tamami in it. Tamami sees this as an opportunity to fulfill her dead mother’s dreams, while Shizuku sees this as a path to getting rich. The two compete for who will get the contract for this dream opportunity.

2.0

Koibito hyakkei fura rete fu tte, mata nurete

2015

After actress Satomi’s boyfriend Takuma breaks up with her, she starts dating a staff member named Onodera. At first, things go well, but the relationship quickly sours, and Satomi ends it. Afterward, Onodera meets Fusako through a smartphone app. Fusako is attracted to Onodera’s approach, and because she has a complex about her younger sister Rin’s extensive romantic experience, she begins to desire Onodera more and more. However, Onodera is only looking for something physical, and one day, while they are on a drive, he notices the change in Fusako and leaves her on the side of the road. After a long history of casual flings, Rin finally starts considering marriage, and Fusako agrees to marry Yoshio, a man she had originally rejected at her omiai matchmaking. Having previously felt a sense of superiority, Rin is now faced with humiliation and decides to find a husband no matter what.

3.3

Aido ningyō: Ikasete

1986

A broken hearted young woman meets a divorced older man tired of love.

8.0

Mute

2021

Monette, a recently separated travelling book salesman tells his grim story to both a priest and a hitchhiker, looking for absolution.

Genre	Drama, Crime
Production Companies	Okura Pictures, Anchors Production
Production Ccountries	Japan

Phallus: The Man

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