Sanshirô Kobayashi

The Time Traveling Virgin (2011)

Shota bumps into Taizo, an old classmate, and is invited to his house. Once there, he is shocked to learn that Reiko, the girl he used to pine for, is now married to Taizo. Later that evening, Shota accidentally falls down a stairs while pleasuring himself ...

Eros Photographer (2010)

Caterpillar (2010)

The story of a village woman given the grueling task of looking after (and fulfilling the sexual needs of) her quadruple amputee husband, a Japanese soldier in the Second Sino-Japanese War who has been decreed a "War God" by the Emperor. ...

Zero nendai zenkei (2009)

Kumiko Hoshizaki's "Akane Sasu Heya" is the story of Maki, a 20-something temp who is sick of her boring job and life in general. The rather bizarre solution she comes up with is to conceive a child behind her boyfriend's back. Makoto Nagahisa offers the m ...

Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly (2009)

Nursing home "Yuyoso". Many lonely old people live there, including botanist Taro Makiso, a physicist, an actor, a bar mom, and a chef. Maki has spent most of his life studying botany, and has lived without regard for entertainment, drinking, women, or eve ...

Hitomi, the Strongest Office Lady Pachinko Player (2009)

Joshidai nama kugi-shi Miyuki (2008)

Just before graduating from university, Miyuki decides to work at a pachinko parlor to repay the kindness of the owner who has looked after her and to carry on the legacy of her father, a legendary nail maker. ...

The Escape (2025)

Follows the final days of left-wing terrorist Satoshi Kirishima, who died in 2024 after evading capture for 49 years. ...

September 1923 (2023)

Based on the murder of nine street peddlers in the aftermath of the Great Kanto earthquake. ...