18 Jan 2003
Bright Future
Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They become fascinated with a deadly jellyfish.
Violated Paradise
An Amazing Film That Shows an Innocent Maiden Exposed to the Fantastic Spectacle of Life in the Raw.
A modern geisha travels through Japan trying to find a job as entertainer, and ends up by finding love and a job as ama, a pearl diver.
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