The Sea is Watching
(2002) [MA]

Set in a 19th-century brothel, The Sea Is Watching is the story of a beautiful young geisha, O-Shin (Nagiko Tohno), who harbors a samurai (Rhapsody in August's Hidetaka Yoshioka) seeking refuge. Falling in love with O-Shin, the samurai hopes to cleanse her of the sins of her profession. But fate...  More

The Eel
(1997) [R]

White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he's away, suddenly returns home and kills her. After eight years in prison, he returns to live in a small village, opens a barber shop (he was trained as a barber in prison) and talks almost to no-one except for...  More