Maki Sakai – MRQE

“Michiko to Hatchin”

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

Hana is a nine-year-old girl who lives in constant fear of her abusive family; Michiko is a sexy woman who has just done the unthinkable: broken out of the impenetrable Diamandra Penitentiary. After Hana is whisked away by Michiko, who claims to be her mother, the duo sets forth on a high octane ride towards freedom. In the streets of Brazil and aboard Michiko’s motorcycle, Hana and Michiko will look for Hana’s long lost father, try to learn to co-exist and get along together, and stay one step ahead of the police and afro-clad Atsuko.

Chûgakusei Maruyama

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

Katsuya Maruyama (Hiraoka Takuma) is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi), a single father who moves into the same apartment complex. Tatsuo Shimoi is a bit of an enigma: he doesn’t get along with the housewives in the apartment complex and doesn’t appear to work. Through his encounter with the mysterious single father, Katsuya grows as a person.

Sono yoru no samurai

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

Five years after a hit-and-run accident kills his wife, a distraught metalworker comes face to face with the man behind the steering wheel.

Jitsuroku Rengo Sekigun: Asama sanso e no michi

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

The film is told in three acts, beginning with a historical background of Japan’s student movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, mostly using archive footage and a narrator. The second act follows the formation of the group to their mountain training camps in the southern Japanese Alps. It emphasizes the dogmatic (and eventually hypocritical) bullying of the group by Mori and Nagata, with 12 members being killed for infractions as small as improperly cleaning a gun, wearing make-up, and kissing. The third act shows the splitting up of the group after two members run off. It follows one group of five members to Karuizawa and a hostage-taking and police standoff known as the Asama-Sans incident.

Seishun kinzoku batto

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

The film follows Nanba, a shunned outcast who doesnt have a girlfriend, any money or prospects, a turnaround from his glory days in high school when he played on the baseball team; his former teammate Ishioka, who is now a policeman because of an elbow injury; and baseball fanatic Eiko, a hopeless alcoholic who spends more of her time drunk than sober. The three share an intense love of baseball and their destinies are forever intertwined.