Hotaru Special(2007)

Silent Partner(en)

Gordon Patrick, a young CIA analyst is assigned to investigate the mysterious death of a major Russian political figure.

Mr. Wong, Detective(en)

A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.

Midnight(ko)

A serial killer ruthlessly hunts down a deaf woman through the streets of South Korea after she witnesses his brutal crime.

Being Assaulted(ja)

A woman on her honeymoon sees a girl being sexually assaulted. It brings back memories of her own past trauma. At a resort she is shocked to find the man who had raped her is now working there. Since he doesn’t recognize her she plots her revenge… a revenge served cold.

A Short Film About Purgatory(en)

A college student investigates the moments leading up to her classmate's suicide.

Laim und die Zeichen des Todes(de)

Inspector Lukas Laim has the rope from which a corpse is hanging from the bridge on Prater Island cut. There are strange red marks on its stomach. The dead man is a notary from Grünwald who is well known in the city as a patron of Jewish art. And the marks on his stomach are in Hebrew and mean "retribution". Retribution for what? And why the Hebrew writing? Shortly afterwards, Laim learns of a blackmail letter to his mother, signed with the Hebrew word "Shilem". The blackmailers demand 80,000 euros so that the public does not find out that Laim's grandfather made his fortune in the course of Aryanization.

Cochin Express(ml)

Rajan, a police officer, is in charge of the investigation regarding a murder that took place on a train. He tries by hook or by crook to find the culprit as he has only one witness.

The sekkan 3: Tôsui-hen(ja)

The third installment of the BDSM series that explores women writhing in agony.

Danchi tsuma: W ONANIE(ja)

Although the married couples appeared to be living ordinary lives with no complaints on the surface, deep down they seemed to be dissatisfied with each other...

Hitozuma hentai biyoshitsu(ja)

This routine effort from cult pinku-eiga director Hisayasu Sato centers around a divorcée who opens a beauty parlor and begins selling sexual services to boost her business.

Wakaoku-sama: Futomono-biraki(ja)

Cult filmmaker Hisayasu Sato's second comedy of the year, this silly softcore effort stars pretty Nao Kikuchi as a young married woman who takes a job at a call-girl agency with the mistaken belief that it is a maid service. After she is raped on her first assignment, Kikuchi is understandably shocked, but quickly warms to her new career and becomes quite the professional. Unfortunately, her husband soon discovers the true nature of her work.

Wife in Mourning: Pubic-Shaved Rope Slave(ja)

A mentally disturbed prostitute claims to have lost her baby in a heavy S&M session. As she begins a similar relationship with a man whose wife left him because of his kinky urges, their mutual mental deterioration leads them down a spiral toward a double-suicide pact.

Honban: Vibe sekkan(ja)

Kasumi Yuka heads the cast of this silly softcore film from Hisayasu Sato, the usually far more sober cult filmmaker known for grim depictions of alienation and sadism. Yuka plays a cranky harridan who uses her vibrator to administer questionably effective punishment to people who annoy her.

Housewife Punishment: Triple Torture(ja)

Although its title indicates three personalities, the heroine of cult filmmaker Hisayasu Sato’s downbeat multiple-personality tale actually exhibits four, going from loving wife to crazed slut to insane child to depressed adolescent. As usual, Sato fills the film with alienation, kinky sex, and psychological subplots.

Masochist(ja)

Misa was accused of shoplifting and was stripped naked and searched. Her girlfriend, a nurse, met Yamaguchi, a doctor. Yamaguchi has deep wounds in his heart, and Misa watches over him. However, after a failed surgical operation, Yamaguchi transforms into a sadist and begins abusing Misa. She awakens to the world of masochists and realizes the joy of servitude.

Rosa Choque(pt)

Whiteout(en)

The only U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, Carrie Stetko will soon leave the harsh environment behind for good – in three days, the sun will set and the Amundsen-Scott Research Station will shut down for the long winter. When a body is discovered out on the open ice, Carrie's investigation into the continent's first homicide plunges her deep into a mystery that may cost her her own life.

Law Abiding Citizen(en)

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.

Twin Peaks(en)

An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an alternate, closed ending.)

Kiss the Girls(en)

Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.