Tales of the Bizarre: 2007 Fall Special

Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2007 Fall Special" presents five tales. 1. Mirai

The Insect Woman

A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repe

Empire of Passion

In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much

Tenshi No Yokubō

何もかも狂ってやがる

1962 Japanese movie

One Million Yen Girl

A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and

Pitfall

A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit o

Spring Bell

Rokuheita Narumi is fascinated by oriental art and works as the director of the Saho Art Museum in N

Morning Fog

Kyoko and her mother Yuki returned to their hometown of Fukui. Yuki runs a dressmaker's store in the

Zigeunerweisen

A surreal period film following a university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go through

The Great Department Store Robbery

The Oil-Hell Murder

The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a mountain of

Kiriko no unmei

1962 Japanese movie

Blood and Sea

The Nami family lives in a quiet fishing village at the tip of the Shima Peninsula overlooking Ago B

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's

A Woman Called En

Set at the end of the feudal period. A woman spends most of her early life in prison, incarcerated b

Like a Savage

Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of tr

Children on the Island

The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops b

Shadow of Intimidation

Four henchmen kill Ryu, the head of a group of dollar buyers, on a dark construction site. They divi

War and Flowers

Japanese Drama film about the female experience during the war years.

Kikenna onna

Based on the Seichō Matsumoto's story The Woman Who Took the Local Paper.

Okinawa

A group of teenagers grow up in Okinawa amid the protests and resistance against the presence of the

The Serialist

Ippei Akabane (Takaya Kamikawa) is an unpopular novelist. He barely makes ends meet writing serials

Miracle in Four Days

Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" wafts through a hospice recreation room. Sitting at th

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age dra

Miyuki

Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment

Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not as th

Yearning

Set during the Meiji period (1868-1912), Kaede is the former mistress of a wealthy merchant. When he

Chivalrous Life

In the middle of the era, Taisho, a big boss in Asakusa Iizuka, was severely questioned by the polic

Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department

1778 Stories of Me and My Wife

Sci-fi writer Sakutaro (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and bank employee Setsuko (Yuko Takeuchi) met at as high

Onna no Katei

The drama special satirizes the daily life of a wife with a businessman husband who is busy with his

The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji

Reiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest

Gondola

Ryo works as a window washer for high-rise buildings in Tokyo, spending his days suspended in the ai

Tomorrow Evening

Ayako is a 7-year-old girl with a dark, tanned face and a somewhat mysterious expression on her face

A Full Life

A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U

The Wolves

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their w

Bad Girl

Wakae is a 15 year old girl who lived under the same roof with her alcoholic father and stepmom. Her

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp and then going to Iwo Jima in the last da

The Woman Who Took the Local Paper

A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko

The Life of Chikuzan

After over 50 years of wandering up and down Japan, finally in the 1970s, the rough-hewn blind shami

Patisserie Coin De Rue

A disillusioned Natsume arrives at Coin de Rue, a popular Tokyo pastry shop, begging for work. Aimin

Farewell to the Land

Yukio is an ex-farmer working as a dump-truck driver in Kashima. Haunted by the drowning of his two

Eternal Monument

A remake of the 1953 film of the same name.

A Chain of Islands

When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how

The Flowers of Evil

A high school student steals the panties of a girl he likes but is witnessed, which sets off a chain

Blossoms Bloom

Work life for Shunsuke Osaki has been success after success, but at some point his family began to s

Bad Girl Mako

Patronized by a gang ruling the city, Mako delinquently plays around a night club every night with h

Oh My God

Hana is a nineteen-year old expectant mother. She travels with her grandmother's ashes to her grandm

Miniature

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha

Momi's House

Momi’s House is a facility to support self-reliance of young people with problems. The facility is r

Sayonara Midori-chan

Naive office girl Yuko supports her blithe big city lifestyle with a part-time job at a neighborhood

Lonely Heart

A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to so

Tales of the Bizarre 20th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Episode Competition

Silver Rain

Virgin Road

Based on the comic book by Tatsuo Kanai

Kokoro no sanmyaku

A film dealing with the trials and tribulations of a primary school before and after the Pacific War

Red Finger

A 7 years girl is found dead in the local park’s toilet. Kaga Kyouichiro, who was asked to find the

The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia

A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a

Teacher and Stray Cat

Following the death of his wife professor Kyoichi leads a solitary life by the sea. A stray cat call

Goodbye Elegy

Miyama Akira is a movie director in his 60's. In the past, he left his hometown to chase his dream.

Juvenile Delinquent: Shout of the Rising Sun

A film about a juvenile delinquent who swears, yet fails, to rehabilitate.

I Love The Sun

A coming-of-age drama based on a novel by Kei Moriyama.

Sudachi no toki kyoiku wa shinazu

Here is a school that has never expelled a single student, believing in its children even after betr

Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi ~ 2010 Summer Special: AKB48 Marugoto Jourei Special

The one where they perform an exorcism on Minami Takahashi and stuff. Also the first segment here is

Otona to kodomo no ainoko dai

雨の降る駅

Tokyo Bordello

A ruined businessman was forced to sell his daughter, Hisano, to a brothel in Yoshiwara, the largest

Human

The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people