Kazuhiro Sano

Sasaki Hiroshi, who loses both his vocal cords and his job due to throat cancer, is shocked to learn that his daughter Kumiko is not his biological child. He and his wife Harumi are anguished as distrust turns into obsession within the speechless Hiroshi.

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Random street attacks have been occurring in a local industrial city. No similarities among the victims, no clues for a motive or the culprit's next move except for sightings of a large figure in a raincoat. On her way home, Nami encounters an attack in progess. She sees the killer eye to eye and is attacked. Tsukishima saves her in a nick of time which brings them closer. In the same city, Detective Shintaro Matsuyama is after the killer responsible for the attacks. He sees a similarity to an unsolved street attack in which his daughter was killer 15 years ago. The city becomes depressed as people are afraid of the attacks and those who try to bring justice. Nami's life grows gloomy along with her symptoms of PTSD, despite falling for Tsukishima. Then she discovers his past. Shintaro becomes emotional with revenge and begins to derail from his police work. The killer is on the loose again.

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Set towards the end of World War II, Nomura (Masatoshi Nagase) is a writer who is in despair. A woman works in bar and is a former prostitute. Many years ago, her father sold her to a brothel due to the family's severe financial hardships. The writer and the woman then agree to live as husband and wife until the war ends. The woman doesn't feel sexual pleasures due to her past, while the man lusts for the woman's body. Meanwhile, Ohira (Jun Murakami) fought for Japan in China. He participated in unconscionable acts against civilians in the name of war. He returns to Japan with only one arm. Ohira then begins to prey on innocent women.

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High school student Tomoyuki (Hoshi Ishida), his father (Kazuhiro Sano), and Yuki (Miwako Wagatsuma), a girl that Tomyuki likes, gather together as a family and performs road shows out of their truck. A sense of loss, farewells, and relations are all brought out.

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While her roommate Arisa is busy looking for a husband, Yoko thinks of love as a hassle and suppresses her desires by finding a partner with no strings attached. Arisa finally succeeds in bringing a man to her house, but is disappointed by how quickly he ejaculates. Meanwhile, Yoko meets a man at her favorite bar...

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Mari's quiet everyday life falls apart when she meets a mysterious boy. Her uncle returns after a long absence and tells her that earth is under alien control and that Mari is half human and half alien, while the strange boy confesses that he is trying to escape because he has stolen the key to liberate human beings from Mari's alien uncle. Mari, who only half believes their stories, meets her sister though she is not supposed to have one. Where is Mari heading for in her upside-down life?

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Tomomi moved from Osaka to Tokyo to study at a video school, but instead she became a hostess at a cabaret club continuing her relationship with her unemployed gigolo boyfriend Akira. One day, she received a call from her mother Tatsuko, who lives in Osaka. Her divorced father Rokuzo was released from prison after six months and was heading to Tokyo. After being released, he visited Tatsuko and declared that he would start afresh in Tokyo opening a takoyaki shop. Rokuzo broke into Tomomi apartment while she was out and found her club. Tomomi couldn't hide her surprise when her father came as a customer. Rokuzo hits it off with Erika, the number one at the club, and spends the night at her apartment. The next day, Rokuzo goes to the motorboat racetrack to raise funds to open a takoyaki shop and asks Tomomi to lend him some money, but she refuses. Meanwhile, Tatsuko becomes immersed in the world of SM with Tsutomu, a customer at the bar and decides to remarry...

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Kenichi, who had fallen into a rut with his long-term girlfriend Miki, was no longer able to get an erection during sex. One day, Kenichi unexpectedly reunites with his high school sweetheart, Yoshiko, and invites her back to his apartment. There, he makes love to her for the first time in 12 years, even though she is a married woman...

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Akira Tachibana who work at Kinoshita foundry can not love other people because of the trauma he suffered by being molested by his manager Kinoshita, who have both been like a father to Akira since he was little. Akira has lived a meaningless life. One day, when Akira driving his motorcycle, he meets a woman dressed in a red dress in a tunnel. He takes back the unconscious woman to his apartment and takes care of her, but when she wakes up, she walks away from his place without a word. This is the moment Akira meets Kaori Yamamoto.

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Hiroko single-handedly runs a bar. Her husband, Kozo, is a habitual cheater. He cheats on her and disappears with another woman about once every six months... This cycle repeats itself. Hiroko is generous, believing that infidelity is a sign of a man's virility, but there was one rule he was supposed to strictly adhere to: 'He never lays a hand on a married woman.' But...

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The lecherous monk Chingen collapsed during a tryst with his mistress and remains unconscious in the hospital. Rin offers her body in an attempt to revive him. Rin is the sister of Chinen, who became the temple's head priest after Chingen's collapse. Chinen also died in an accident. The atmosphere of the temple and the village had completely changed under the leadership of Kenchin, who succeeded her. When Chingen regains consciousness and goes to the temple, he finds the bizarre sight of the head priest Kenchin tying up a village woman and copying Buddhist scriptures onto her body...

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When the beautiful Kumiko joins the editorial desk at a small local newspaper, the most deeply kept secrets of the rich and powerful leader of a religious cult suddenly begin finding their way into print in blistering exposes. Scandalous exposes which have even more shocking repercussions for the paper's sales manager, Okomoto, and his elegant wife Shizuyo. Ensnared in the escalating war of wits and chains between the sadistic cult master and Kumiko, his former sex slave, Shizuyo finds herself strung in the rope bonds of a ruthless game that mixes sensuality with humiliation. Could it be that Shizuyo's only hope of release may come in the form of her own husband's mistress? Or is that exactly what the Devil has been planning on all along?

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Kohei and Akira are a couple running away together without a destination. They meet a geology researcher namend Shiraki on the way and the three visit a log cabin of a famous geologist Kanbe. With fortune teller Eiko, ex-girlfriend of Kanbe, joining the party, five people of diverse ages, sexes, statutes, and professions happen to spend a night together in the log cabin deep in the mountains. As the strangers get to know each other and grow closer, each one of their hidden pasts is brought to light. Meanwhile, following a thunderstorm and an earthquake, something even worse is approaching them...

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Older brother Kenichi and younger brother Takashi had not seen each other for a while, but they meet at their estranged father's funeral. The father had moved to a small town and remarried and has a daughter, who is supposed to be their half-sister. Her whereabouts are unknown, as she left home at a very young age. One of the brothers mistakenly meets her, under very strange and disturbing circumstances...

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Ah, my body's on fire! Roku, a company employee, learns that his ex-girlfriend, Nanako, has broken up with her lover and heads to her parents' house, only to be told that she has died. Roku meets Nanako's childhood friend, Emi, spends the night with her, and returns to Tokyo...

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Hayato comes back to his home village after father breaks his legs and cannot walk anymore. He brings his wife Ami along with him, who had a miscarriage and has been dysfunctional and depressed ever since. Hayato hangs with his old friends and enjoys the life of the village, but Ami is a city girl and is growing lonelier. She finds comfort in the arms of Hayato's father. It's not long before everybody in the small village is aware of their relationship... except Hayato... A drama about betrayal and the illogical nature of love and happiness.

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Kosuke Sakamaki is a super veteran groper. He's a real pro. On his way to his junior colleague Bunkichi's house to ask for money, Sakamaki gropes him as usual, but the sensation is different than usual. He finally meets the woman he's been looking for. However, he arrives at the station he was aiming for and reluctantly breaks up with her...

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Sobue, part of the underground, is tasked with tracking down Shiro, a runaway employee. After a failed capture, Shiro is found wounded by Maggie, a kind gay bar owner, leading to an unexpected and tense connection.

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Sex Machine tells of the affable but simple Hiroshi, who during one sweltering summer in a small, parochial town, moves in with his girlfriend, Haruka. Their lovemaking is as athletic as it is bizarre but a dark storm comes looming when Haruka's ex boyfriend comes knocking at the door.

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Miki has a good job and works in an office. She's been dating Ryosuke and they're happy together... except for the fact that Miki is also in a relationship with her college professor Tanaka. Tanaka is trying to break up with Miki because of his wife, but Miki won't hear of it. Ryosuke is also unfaithful, and he has a one-night stand with Chihiro, who also has a boyfriend. The plot thickens when both girls discover they are pregnant, and don't know who to name as father. This romantic drama about relationships is proof that love can also come in squares.

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A young couple in love prepares to marry, but--contrary to the popular stereotype--the woman develops a classic case of "cold feet" and seeks the advice of an older man. In no position to offer solid counsel since his own marriage is failing, he instead allows her to seduce him.

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In a certain rural town, there was a monk named Chingen who was a sex maniac. He had a beautiful wife named Miki, but when a widow he liked appeared, he made her his woman, and today, the widow Yuriko was his victim again...

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A stranger, a man and a woman, meet at a certain place. Despite the fact that they have never met before, they both begin to become aware of the other. Various erotic images of the woman flash through the man's mind.... And the woman lets the man free his mind....

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An erotic drama depicting men visiting their ex-girlfriends. Kenichi learns online that Yoshiko, a classmate he dated in high school, is working as a prostitute in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture. He goes to meet her with his friends Minoru and Yoshiyuki, but gradually the feelings of the three men begin to intertwine.

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A sensual drama depicting the changing state of mind of a married woman who reunites with her former affair partner.

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Setsuo is a single man in his thirties with no future prospects, no relationships with women, and lives alone. Sometimes, while working overtime, he fantasizes about his coworker Hiromi. But his days change when he starts living with Yaoko. When Yaoko tries to commit suicide on the beach, Setsuo saves her. But just as they get used to living together like a married couple, a man who claims to be Yaoko's relative arrives...

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Miki’s office affair leaves her wracked with guilt—only her friend Buuyan truly understands. Buuyan, secretly pining for their charismatic judo sensei, finds herself drawn into an unexpected bond when she stumbles on Kazumi and his young son attempting a petty heist during her night patrol. Instead of calling security, Buuyan’s compassion sparks a series of clandestine, tension‑filled encounters that blur the lines between duty, desire, and fierce protectiveness—each grapple on the tatami igniting raw, forbidden longing filled with lust and sex.

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Kajikawa, a popular film director, committed suicide—yet he had no apparent reason to take his own life. His career was thriving, and every installment of the film series starring his wife, actress Fei Meibi, had been a hit. Suspicious of the circumstances surrounding his death, entertainment reporter Mizutani began investigating the truth. He eventually discovered that a massive insurance policy had been taken out on Kajikawa, but...

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Yuji is an engaged businessman, who decides to grope Asuka, a pretty young girl, on a busy Tokyo commuter train. The cheap thrill turns expensive as Yuji discovers she took this opportunity to steal his wallet. Later on, Asuka finds Yuji and approaches him with an indecent partnership proposal. This film is another quality installment from the Chikan Densha Groper Train series – the longest running film series in the world. (Over 500 Groper Train films have been made!)

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What lasts longer, the time before birth or the time after death? In the 1990's, Kenjo dies in a terrorist gas attack. His girlfriend Haruka is killed by a man she meets as a street prostitute. In 2002, Kenji and Haruka who should already be dead, meet again and a new story begins.

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Ryohei, a gay gangster, dreams of becoming a full-fledged gangster, even though he is bossed around by his elder brother Yamabe. One day, Yamabe accidentally kills Morishima, a member of the gang's leadership. Thinking that he will be killed by the gang if he continues like this, Yamabe takes Ryohei with him to an abandoned house deep in the mountains to dispose of Morishima's body...

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The lecherous monk Chingen collapsed during a tryst with his mistress and remains unconscious in the hospital. Rin offers her body in an attempt to revive him. Rin is the sister of Chinen, who became the temple's head priest after Chingen's collapse. Chinen also died in an accident. The atmosphere of the temple and the village had completely changed under the leadership of Kenchin, who succeeded her. When Chingen regains consciousness and goes to the temple, he finds the bizarre sight of the head priest Kenchin tying up a village woman and copying Buddhist scriptures onto her body...

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Kosuke Sakamaki is a super veteran groper. He's a real pro. On his way to his junior colleague Bunkichi's house to ask for money, Sakamaki gropes him as usual, but the sensation is different than usual. He finally meets the woman he's been looking for. However, he arrives at the station he was aiming for and reluctantly breaks up with her...

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Sobue, part of the underground, is tasked with tracking down Shiro, a runaway employee. After a failed capture, Shiro is found wounded by Maggie, a kind gay bar owner, leading to an unexpected and tense connection.

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In a certain rural town, there was a monk named Chingen who was a sex maniac. He had a beautiful wife named Miki, but when a widow he liked appeared, he made her his woman, and today, the widow Yuriko was his victim again...

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Reimu, an office worker, has been having strange dreams lately and is not feeling well, so she takes her junior from college, Ariya, to her favorite gay bar...

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Setsuo is a single man in his thirties with no future prospects, no relationships with women, and lives alone. Sometimes, while working overtime, he fantasizes about his coworker Hiromi. But his days change when he starts living with Yaoko. When Yaoko tries to commit suicide on the beach, Setsuo saves her. But just as they get used to living together like a married couple, a man who claims to be Yaoko's relative arrives...

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Takao escaped from prison to take revenge on his wife who had informed him of his crimes. Along the way, I met Izumi, a high school girl who had been dating a middle-aged man, and spent the night. Takao appears in front of his wife with a gun in his hand ... The protagonist and the sexually unrestrained school girls, who have revenge but cannot give up their feelings for their wives, dramatically gloss various sexual forms.

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It's a tribute to The Doors, but it's not just a tribute to them, it's also a criticism of rock stars who die too easily.

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A harsh youth film reminiscent of "The Last Picture Show." The last scene is the best. masterpiece.

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The heroine gives herself to a man in order to get money for overseas trips and luxuries, and the story depicts the human drama that surrounds her throughout the day.

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A mother, daughter, and their fiancé are enjoying a vacation at a villa near the ocean when suddenly a trio of people - a middle-aged man, a woman, and a young man - break in. Three outsiders and three ordinary people feel what it means to "live" through abnormal behavior. All of them are antisocial.

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A member of the Air Self-Defense Force learns of a crucial national secret: that conscription will be introduced to Japan. Pursued by the state, the man and his wife attempt to flee to her parents' home, but along the way they meet a carefree young man who loves movies. Meanwhile, back in his rural hometown, his father-in-law is in critical condition, but his sister-in-law neglects to care for him and instead engages in phone sex with him.

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The wife's older sister, a former high school teacher, moves in with a couple who are living an ordinary life. Eventually, the sister's lover, who was supposed to be dead, appears... Loosely based on "A Streetcar Named Desire."

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An isolated resort lures a host of individuals looking to fulfill their desires and sexual fantasies

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In a gritty coastal town, scandal and perverse desire ignite a relentless spiral of illicit encounters. The tale centers on Tamayo Mochizuki, a married woman whose secret trysts with her lover Yoshiyuki unfold in a secluded, rocky cove—while a group of lecherous onlookers spy with voyeuristic glee, tossing crude, provocative remarks. As passion intensifies, the rendezvous devolves into a chaotic melee of lust, sex and betrayal; what begins as daring escapades quickly darkens into brutal power plays where forbidden desire and violence blur. Amid raucous seaside parties and seething rivalries, erotic debauchery unravels in a night marked by twisted seduction, intense sexual acts, shocking coercion, and the irrevocable shattering of lives by uncontrolled, corrupt passion.

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After his wife and child committed suicide, Sasaki was so shocked that he quit his job and has been living a modest life painting. Then, by chance, he meets up with an old colleague and heads to the home of his colleague's wife, Sachiko, who is waiting for him. In fact, Sachiko and Sasaki have been having an affair for a long time, and that day they have sex next to their colleague as he sleeps. Sasaki also begins to have a physical relationship with Sachiko's younger sister.

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A sequel to "Destroy the Evil", it follows the protagonist of the previous film, who is pursued by the yakuza and moves to a rural town in Chiba. The story concludes with a tragic ending, but as the title "Keep running, keep running!" At the end of the film, there is an image shot of the protagonists who continue to run, as the title suggests, and this is a strong statement to the director himself and to the audience.

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Shinji, who has been writing a screenplay that is not going to be made into a movie, has a girlfriend who is a model. One day Shinji receives a call from the husband of his old lover Yoko, and goes to see her. When he meets Yoko again after five years, he cannot resist embracing her. A sensual film of love and jealousy, directed by and starring Kazuhiro Sano.

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The story centers on a gangster living in the city and the woman who lives with him, the people they meet, and the incidents they become involved in. The entire film has a whiff of American New Cinema, while the outlaw-like protagonist played by Kazuhiro Sano is reminiscent of the chivalrous films of the past.

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Sho is a loner who works at a small factory. He has no friends, hardly associates with his work-mates and is regarded as a weirdo because of his love for gun models. One day he buys a real gun from a local yakuza. This boosts his self-confidence and he overcomes his insecurities and presents a bouquet of flowers to Eiko, who lives in a classy apartment and with whom he had fallen in love.

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Kazuhiro's second self produced offering. He himself played lead role.

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After appearing in independent films by Matsui Yoshihiko and Ishii Sogo, Sano directed this independent film himself. Although this is his first film as a director, he has already established his own style of acting by playing the role of the main character, a young man with a lonely life and a gun in his hand. The film was selected for the Pia Film Festival in 1983 and was exhibited at the Edinburgh Film Festival, Antwerp Film Festival, and other film festivals overseas. This is the origin of Sano's hard and sad films.

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