Mickey Curtis – MRQE

Kikoku (V)

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

Seiji and Yoshifumi are the only members of the Muto branch of the Date Family. The two respect and love their leader, Mr. Muto, like a father and the three share a firm bond. But their fate is sealed when the Family is involved in a conflict. Muto is unable to pay his share of funds for the oncoming battle but tells executives of the Family that he would fight at the front line instead. In the wish to protect Muto, Seiji has him arrested by the police. Ignoring the Family executives’ mocks of “Muto escaped to prison”, Seiji prepares for the battle and attacks like a demon on behalf of his boss…

Kamikaze takushî

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

A young foot soldier in the yakuza seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend dies after a session with a high-ranking Japanese politician with a taste for torture. He sets out on a ‘kamikaze’ mission to kill his bosses and the politician; along the way, he acquires the aid of a taxi driver who has recently returned to Japan after living in South America for several decades and is struggling to cope with poverty and the prejudices of native-born Japanese.

Tasogare no Einstein

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

This odd three-parter purports to map the metaphysics of the interpersonal universe, dividing its trio of tales into three, different-toned planets.

Rokuroku

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

A quiet woman receives a social media request from a middle-school friend, who she doesnt remember fondly. The two meet at a hotels restaurant where they find a room numbered 666 containing Rokuroku, a long-neck woman wearing a red kimono.

Robo Jî

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

Three engineers cannot make a robot work in time for a science show, and hire a man to inhabit the robot’s shell to save their jobs. The robot’s performance at the show attracts media attention and scrutiny from a science student.

Nobi

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

In the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation.

Araburu tamashii-tachi

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

When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family’s nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events, the temperamental Kenzaki vows to avenge his boss’s death and, as bloody violence ensues, the body count reaches excessive proportions.

Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no tobira

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

The year is 2071. Following a terrorist bombing, a deadly virus is released on the populace of Mars and the government has issued the largest bounty in history, for the capture of whoever is behind it. The bounty hunter crew of the spaceship Bebop; Spike, Faye, Jet and Ed, take the case with hopes of cashing in the bounty. However, the mystery surrounding the man responsible, Vincent, goes deeper than they ever imagined, and they aren’t the only ones hunting him.

Yurisai

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Sachi Hamano’s Yurisai (Lily Festival) is about a man (Mickey Curtis) in his seventies who comes to live in an apartment building that also houses seven elderly women. The film examines the ladies’ sexual desires as the man proceeds to woo each of them. Kazuko Yoshiyuki portrays one of the female residents. The film was adapted from a novel by Houko Momotani and was screened at the Montreal World Film Festival.

Blues Harp

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

Ambitious yakuza Kenji befriends harmonica-playing bartender Chuji, who moonlights as a part-time drug-dealer for the opposing gang. Their friendship is threatened by Kenji’s plans for advancement, as well as by his bodyguards growing jealousy of Chuji.