Yasuko Matsuyuki – MRQE

Yasha-ga-ike (V)

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

The modern-day story of a man searching for a friend who has mysteriously disappeared, with a magical tale involving strange creatures, a heartbroken princess, and a pact that can’t be broken. Conflicts between faith and skepticism, and between social obligation and personal desire drive the narrative toward a dramatic conclusion where the worlds of the real and the surreal inevitabl

Monday (2000/I)

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

Japanese cult director Sabu spins this masterfully-constructed black comedy in which an ordinary salary man finds himself the victim of increasingly bizarre and unlucky coincidences. Monday morning, Takagi (Shinichi Tsutsumi) finds himself fully clothed in a strange hotel room with no recollection of how he got there. A small envelope of purification salts (used in Japan to ward off evil spirits during a funeral) jogs his memory as he slowly susses out what happened during his lost weekend. After the funeral, Takagi finds himself in the company of a yakuza and his improbably attractive moll. While drunkenly horsing around with a rifle, he inadvertently blows away the mobster, making him a marked man. This film was screened at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival.

Hagane no renkinjutsushi

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two alchemist brothers go on a quest for the Philosopher’s Stone after an attempt to revive their dead mother goes horribly wrong.

Sumagurâ: Omae no mirai o hakobe

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

To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Rysuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies and one live elite assassin in the middle of the night.

Drive

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

Kenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his van. They are in hot pursuit of their fellow robber who has snatched the money. Unfortunately for the bank robbers, Asakura never drives over 40 km/h speed limit even under the extreme situation.

Warau keikan

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

A cop chasing after a female cop killer, but then gets caught in a dark web of departmental corruption.

Shizumanu taiyô

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

Onchi was exiled to posts around Asia and Africa due to his work as head of a labor union for National Air Line. He is ordered to return to head office after ten years, and continues to struggle. When a National Air Line plane is involved in the worst air disaster in Japanese history, he is assigned to console and provide restitution to the families of the victims.

Yôgisha X no kenshin

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

A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victims ex-wifes alibi she discovers the mysterious neighbor and only a few small clues to help her disprove a seemingly “airtight” alibi…

Detoroito Metaru Shiti

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

Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or DMC, as the costumed and grotesquely made-up “demon emperor” Johannes Krauser II. Although he hates the role and the things he has to do as a member of the band, he has a definite talent for it.

Vexille

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

2067: Isolation: Japan seals herself off from the eyes of the world in the face of unilateral international policy setting strict limits on the use of robotic technology. The island nation exists only behind a veil of seclusion. No soul shall enter. No soul shall leave. 2077: Revelation: The veil is breached. Japan is infiltrated by agents of the organization S.W.O.R.D., a fighting force operating outside of the protection of the United States and her allies. Their mission: Determine if the Japanese are developing banned robotic bio-technology, forbidden due to its threat to humankind. In the battle between machine and man, humanity stands to suffer most.