Banmei Takahashi – MRQE

Box: Hakamada jiken – inochi towa

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

Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested for the June 10, 1966 murder of a family in Shizuoka . Iwao Hakamada has always insisted on his innocence and many others also believe Iwao Hakamada has been falsely accused …

Doa

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

A housewife, Yasuko lives in an urban high-rise apartment with her husband Satoru and her son Takuto. Annoyed by spam calls and door-to-door salesmen, Yasuko slams the door on a salesmans finger when he tries to squeeze a flyer through chained door. He leaves but the next day, her nightmare starts.

Zen

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

In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen school of Buddhism. He taught that a person was capable of realizing Buddhahood within himself, by way of Zazen. Zazen is extended hours of sitting and meditating to achieve a state of Mu (nothingness, or empty existence).

Ai no shinsekai

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

A look at the lives of two prostitutes in Tokyo: Rei, who works as an S&M dominatrix, and Ayumi, in the more straightforward profession of call girl. In addition to their working life, the film also looks at their private lives. Rei is acting in an amateur theatre company along with the receptionist from Ayumi’s escort service, while Ayumi is living with her student-boyfriend as he struggles to finally get accepted to college.