Fumio Itabashi

Away with Words (1999)

A Japanese man and a gay bar-owner in Hong Kong drink beer as they talk about their childhood and experiences. ...

Red Lotus Society (1994)

Ahda sells language tapes by day and attends cram school at night, but his real passion is to achieve the secret art of "vaulting" - defying gravity to leap impossible distances. Fired by the exploits of the legendary Red Lotus Society, Ahda is on a romant ...

Wandering Brain (1993)

A psychological suspense based on the novel of the same name by Naoki Prize-winning author Tsuyoshi Osaka. Psychiatrist Aiko Minamikawa was asked to conduct a psychiatric evaluation on a man named Oiwake who assaulted a woman. At that time, a series of mur ...

Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land (1992)

Two drama companies happened to share one auditorium for rehearsal. Friction was inevitable. One of them played 'Peach Blossom', a comedy in medieval costume. Another played 'Secret Love', a sad story with contemporary setting. Though unreconciled in all a ...

Grapefruit no yôna onna: Sei ran no hibi (1981)

A stylist and jazz lover meets a jazz musician who plays exceptionally well at a live music venue, and they fall in love. For the woman, love means intensely desiring the other person to the point of suffocation every single second, and that's how they tru ...

The Nineteen-Year-Old's Map (1979)

A 19-year-old newspaper delivery boy begins collecting information on the households in his neighborhood and keeping a journal of why he doesn't like them. Declaring himself a 'right-winger' and calling in bomb threats against the neighbors he doesn't like ...

VA - Jazz Intermezzo Vol.4 (2013)