Focus: V-cinema
Overview of films
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Anxious Virgin: One More Time, I Love You
Nakahara Shun | 76' | Japan |
A teenage boy is sent back to Earth from heaven so that he can lose his virginity, but is reincarnated as a girl. -
Betrayal Tomorrow
Kudo Eiichi | 97' | Japan |
A bad lieutenant on the mean streets of Yokohama, by Toei B-movie veteran Kudo Eiichi. -
Crime Hunter 2: Bullets of Betrayal
Ōkawa Toshimichi | 69' | Japan |
More action in this sequel to the originator of V-Cinema, featuring the other actor son of Kirk Douglas. -
Crime Hunter 3: Killing Bullet
Ōkawa Toshimichi | 76' | Japan |
Joe’s final mission is to rescue his ex-lover from the clutches of an evil crime lord. -
Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage
Ōkawa Toshimichi | 60' | Japan |
It’s action all the way in the film that launched the V-Cinema phenomenon. -
Drug Connection
Baba Shōkaku | 110' | Japan |
Perfect Days star Koji Yakusho is a cocaine smuggler caught between mafia, triads and yakuza. -
Female Teacher: Forbidden Sex
Nakata Hideo | 84' | Japan |
Ring director Nakata Hideo’s directorial debut is a steamy tale of love in school corridors. -
Fudoh: The New Generation
Miike Takashi | 98' | Japan |
Underage assassins take on the yakuza in Miike Takashi’s gleeful celebration of excess. -
A Haunted School
Tsuruta Norio | 81' | Japan |
An early feature by a J-horror pioneer, in which even daylight won’t keep you safe from ghosts. -
The King of Minami
Haginiwa Sadaaki | 83' | Japan |
This tale of a loan shark helping small business owners became the quintessential V-Cinema series. -
The King of Minami: Special Ver. 50
Haginiwa Sadaaki | 110' | Japan |
The quintessential V-Cinema series reaches its 50th episode, with “King of V-Cinema” Takeuchi Riki still in the lead role. -
Orchids Under the Moon
Ishii Takashi | 88' | Japan |
An unlucky gambler finds new purpose in life after meeting a tearaway pop idol in trouble with the yakuza.