Eiji Okuda – MRQE

Puraido: Unmei no toki

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Based on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East of 194648, depicts Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo as a family man who fought to defend Japan and Asia from western colonialism but was ultimately hanged by a vengeful United States.

Sekai kara neko ga kietanara

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A postman learns that he doesn’t have much time left to live due to a terminal illness. A devil then appears in front of him and offers to extend his life if he picks something in the world that will disappear. The man thinks about his relationships with ex-friends, ex-lovers, relatives and colleagues who will be sincerely sad when he dies.

Corações Sujos

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In 1945, Japan surrendered to the United States and the Second World War was over. Right? Wrong. For eighty percent of the Japanese community in Brazil, Japan had won the war and defeat was nothing more than American propaganda. The few immigrants that accepted the truth were persecuted. Some were hunted down and assassinated – by their own countrymen – causing the start of a new, private war. Dirty Hearts is a thriller and love story told by the wife of one of the fanatics dedicated to preach Japanese victory. Little by little, she watches her husband, a hard-working immigrant, become an assassin and their love story fade away.

Mirokurôze

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Three tales of love told through wildly intoxicating, colorful stories. When platinum redhead Ovreneli Vreneligare was just a little boy, he fell in love in the park. Sharing a juice box with the stunningly gorgeous Milocrorze, he took her home to his cat, Verandola Gorgonzola, and made her his girlfriend until the fickle beauty abandoned him, and he covered the hole in his heart with a pot lid he found lying on the ground. This is only the beginning of his story but its not the end of his heartbreak. MILOCRORZE: A LOVE STORY is a candy-flavored anthology of hopeless lamour, and it has many victims.

Chanto tsutaeru

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Shiro’s struggle with his father’s cancer and impending death leads to a realization that he must communicate his love and admiration for him before it’s too late. A series of flashbacks reveals their relationship over time, and the trouble Shiro faced connecting to his strict father who was also his teacher and soccer coach. With a consuming secret of his own, Shiro, now in his late twenties and about to get engaged, must eventually learn how to share the pain of it with his loved ones.

Runin: Banished

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In 1838, the prisoners on Hachijo Island represent the furthest extreme of Japanese society. Instead of execution, they have been forced to eke out a dismal existence on the island, without help or support of any kind from those back on the main four islands.

Yudan taiteki

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Jin (Koji Yakusho of Shall We Dance?), a straight-laced but unfocused cop, works in the robbery division. A widower for two years, Jin does his best to be there for his young daughter, Misaki (Rio Sugano), while remaining dedicated to his work. One day, Misaki is in the park and a kindly older man (Akira Emoto) fixes her bike. Jin inadvertently stumbles upon a clue in a recent robbery, and makes an arrest. The older man turns out to be the legendary burglar, Nekota. Over several days of questioning, Jin and “Neko” have a few discussions about Jin’s personal life and about their respective jobs. Neko eventually confesses, telling Jin, “I’ll make your name for you.” Jin gets a promotion, although it turns out that Neko is suffering from piles, and apparently confessed to get free medical care. Once cured, Neko is taken on a lengthy investigation of his crimes and grows closer to Jin, teaching him the ways of a skilled burglar. With Neko’s mentoring, Jin begins to excel in his work. After Neko goes to prison, Jin develops a romantic relationship with Makiko (Yui Natsukawa), the kind young woman who runs his daughter’s daycare center. But when they get too intimate, Misaki reacts badly, refusing to eat for several days. Jin reluctantly breaks off the relationship. Years later, Neko is released from prison and stops by to let Jin know that he is not retiring from his life of crime. Jin soon learns that his old mentor is committing robberies again, and concealing a secret. The Hunter and the Hunted was shown at the 2004 New York Asian American International Film Festival and marks the feature debut of director Izuru Narushima. It was scripted by Yoshiko Kaomatsu and Satoshi Fukushima, based on a story by Satoshi Iizuka.

Umi wa miteita

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel’s owner, O-Shin falls in love with the samurai.

Minazuki

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Akira’s wife walks out on him, leaving him to confide in his gangster brother-in-law. Using only a cryptic note as a clue the two brothers go on a road trip to find his wife. After a series of violent encounters with strangers, Akira meets a prostitute. The pair start a relationship. After Akira finds his wife, he questions whether he still wants to be with her.

Koi gokudo

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When an innocent young country girl falls for a low level yakuza, she enters a completely different world in which the line between good and evil are quickly blurred. Through great ups and downs their love will be tested, but the ultimate test lies in whether or not they will survive the downward pull of the lifestyle they have chosen.