Megumi Ishii

Demon Pond (1979) – Mit ve Gerçek Arasında Büyüleyici Bir Alegori Terayama Shūji’nin yönettiği Demon Pond (Yashagaike, 1979), Japon halk hikâyelerinden beslenen, görsel ve anlatısal açıdan etkileyici bir sinema deneyimi sunar. Film, izleyiciyi mitoloji, doğa ve insan kaderi arasındaki ince çizgide bir yolculuğa çıkarırken, geleneksel Noh ve Kabuki tiyatrosunun estetiğini modern sinema diliyle buluşturur. Hikâye, uzak bir dağ köyünde, Demon Pond adlı gizemli bir gölde yaşayan bir varlığa bağlı olarak gelişir. Ana karakter, bu doğaüstü dünyanın içine çekildikçe, gerçeğin algılanışı ve kaderin kaçınılmazlığı üzerine derin bir sorgulama başlar. Terayama’nın teatral anlatımı ve rüya ile gerçek arasında gidip gelen atmosferi, filmi sadece bir halk masalından ibaret olmaktan çıkarır ve felsefi bir boyuta taşır. Destansı görselliği ve şiirsel anlatımıyla Demon Pond, insanın doğayla olan ilişkisini sorgulayan, hipnotik bir sinema deneyimi sunar.

Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known being The Inugami Family. Kosuke Kindaichi is the most famous detective in Japan. Kindaichi gets a new case to figure out who has beheaded a valuable statue and made off with its head.

This is a story about a high school student who had it all going for him. He was great at basketball, he had a love like no other, until a day where he loses the ability to walk. This is the story of his struggle through hardship to regain it all.

This work is an erotic drama depicting the trajectory of the main character who separated from the crowd in the midst of a battle for succession of the organization in a city in the near future where women came to dominate society.

Twenty years after their planet was attacked by the brutal Zone Empire, the five Hoshikawa children, who escaped and were raised on Earth, must prepare for a brand-new war. This time, though, they're ready ... having developed the powerful Fiveman technology that will help them defend Earth from the same empire that conquered their home world.

While the adults were devouring the country in peace the young girls are now plunging into the Sengoku Period. A domination of fear and terror by the Zenchura, a federation of banchos nationwide, began. With 80% of the nation's middle schools already under its control. Yet, there was one girl who was determined to crush those wicked ambitions. Her name is Asuka Kuraku.

After her family breaks apart and she ends up behind bars, a defiant teen fights her way back into the world through rhythm and rebellion, driven by a dream to start a band and rewrite her life.