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A Japanese giallo about a murderous driver roaming the street in search of prey.
Left alone by his music group, Nakanishi lands in a peaceful but strange village. He laughs and drinks with it's residents until the alcohol seems to have a supernatural effect on him ...
Shoichi Arai (Kiichi Sonobe), a lonely man who works at a factory, had a secret that he couldn't tell. That is, he can only love girls in uniform. Shoichi, whose frustration for that eccentricity has exploded, impulsively abducts high school girl Ai Kozuka (Yaeko Kiyose)
Seiichi is a dentist in an office district. He has two assistants, Yuko and Tomo. Seiichi is unfriendly with male patients, but when a female patient comes, his eyes take on an unusual light, and he collects the teeth of patients he has extracted at home. Seiichi believes that each tooth has its own personality, and he has even won teeth at auctions.
Hiroshi, a man wandering in rural Japan aimlessly, encounters 6 years-old Keita, who triggers a conflict between conscience and a dark violent nature.
As Morimi Shizuka leisurely sips a hot drink at the front door, a masked office worker on his way to work coughs visibly as he passes by. Shizuka, a practicing doctor, lives with her father Shigeru (Iijima), a research doctor working at a university hospital, and her younger sister Mai, but there is no word on the whereabouts of the sisters' mother. Shigeru has been feeling unwell since the night before, and as she takes a morning bath, Mai blares out loud music with no thought for her father, leaving Shizuka speechless. Mai unilaterally tells her sister that she is bringing her boyfriend home that day, and although Shizuka is concerned about Shigeru, she goes to work. Morimi Clinic is run by Shizuka and nurse Hase Shu (Salmon). However, Shizuka does not at all betray the impression of being laid-back, and in fact, her mood accelerates.
Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation deepens it is discovered that one of the victims isn't related to the family.
Bad things happen when innocent blood is shed. In the early 1700s, Lord Sodom Ichibei is happily celebrating his wedding day when his wife-to-be suddenly dies. In his search for an explanation, he kills any and every suspect he comes across. When Lord Ichibei tortures and kills two innocent girls, their death brings about a curse on the Sodom family. Three hundred years later, one of Sodom's descendents, Ichiro, is also set to be married. But one of the innocent victims has been reincarnated as Ichiro's sister and she kills everyone at the wedding. This transforms Ichiro into the evil and vengeful "Sodom The Killer", a cursed man hell-bent on slaughter and the world's destruction...
Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They become fascinated with a deadly jellyfish.
Yoshino and Takashi have both remarried and have children. Since Yoshino came to live with them, Takashi's son, Shunichi, has neglected school and has been peeking into Yoshino's bedroom and bathroom. Even when he embraces his girlfriend, Hiyori, all he can think about is Yoshino. Filled with desire, he embraces Yoshino. Surprised, Yoshino runs out of the house. Then, by chance, she meets Furuta, with whom she had an affair in the past. He is transferred to Beijing. Furuta asks her to come with him and attacks her...
Yoriko, a lonely housewife, spies on her neighbors through a hole in the wall of her kitchen.
Director Jun Ichikawa spins this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa, a bohemian corner of Tokyo filled with small theater companies and smoky coffeehouses.
