Long ago, a concubine was bound to marry into a high-ranking samurai family when the time came, so she took her daughter with her. However, the man she was marrying never returned home. The woman then has an affair with her servant, who committed suicide out of guilt. Blaming the husband, the woman attached him, and then beheaded herself. In the present, the woman's now adult daughter wrestles her own desires...
Naomi is sent to prison in place of her brother, who is involved with a violent gang. There, she experiences various forms of vigilante justice at the hands of the sexually frustrated female inmates.
Two women, Tokiko, a ceramic artist, and her apprentice, Haruka, are in a relationship. The couple is not an intrinsic lesbian, but they fell for each other by chance.
Who is it that sends a threatening letter demanding 100 million yen in exchange for distributing "poisoned rice" to boost sales of a famous brand of rice? As instructed, the bag of rice stuffed with money is thrown from the railway bridge into the riverbank.
An educational film about an aspect of political economy. The concepts of use value, barter value and labor as a commodity are the subjects; they are intended to introduce the process of understanding the theory of value of work and the law of values, alienation and fetish.
A wealthy Englishman finds his third wife dead. After the police discover that his first two wives had also died suddenly, an investigation is launched.
This period compilation of documentaries shot with a Portapak camera from the early era of video experimentation offers an immediate view of the independent New York art scene (concerts and theater perfomances on the streets and in the clubs of downtown).
