Aka: Noriko no Shokutaku Director: Sion Sono Release date: September 23, 2006 Language: Japanese Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed) Genre: Drama, Melodrama
Synopsis: A teenager called Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Tokoyama, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's "family circle", which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.
Aka: Jisatsu Sakuru / Suicide Circle Director: Sion Sono Release date: 2001 Language: Japanese Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed) Genre: Horror, Mature 18+, Mystery,Thriller
Starring: Ryo Ishibashi Masatoshi Nagase Mai Hosho Tamao Sato Takashi Nomura
Synopsis: In Tokyo, when fifty-four high-school students commit a collective suicide, jumping from a platform in Shinjuku Station, the police force leaded by Detective Kuroda has no clue to follow. Then he receives an e-mail from a young woman, The Bat, advising that there is a site where red dots mean the number of persons that died. Kuroda and his team investigate the deaths going nowhere. (Credit: Imdb)
Synopsis: "Love Exposure" tells an epic tale of love, family, religion, and sex. Yu Tsunoda and Yoko meet under the most unusual of circumstances. After Yu loses a bet with his friends he agrees to go into the city dressed as a woman and kiss the first woman he sees. When they go into the city Yu and his friends comes across a young teenage girl named Yoko who is surrounded by a group of thugs. Yu, still dressed as a woman, then helps Yoko beat up the gang of thugs. Afterwards Yu kisses Yoko and runs away. Yu for the first time falls in love with a girl, but Yoko falls in love with the woman in drag known only as Miss Scorpion. Meanwhile, Yu is being followed by Aya Koike, a member of the cult group "Zero Church." Aya Koike devises a plan to bring Yu's entire family into the "Zero Church," but first she will gain the favor of Yoko by masquerading as Miss Scorpion.
Curiosities: Awards: Berlin International Film Festival: Caligari Film Award: Sion Sono FIPRESCI Prize: Sion Sono Fant-Asia Film Festival: Best Asian Film: Sion Sono Jury Prize: Best Female Performance: Hikari Mitsushima Jury Special Prize: Feature Filma: Sion Sono Most Innovative Film (Short or Feature): Sion Sono
