Whisper of the Spirits

A young man is unable to have relations with the girls he likes. A pimp meets him after having a strange experience and they are althogether on a bizarre ride through a gloomy and disconnected Tokyo.

In 1945, after the horrific fire-bombings of the Pacific War levels Japan to the ground, the government consults spiritual psychics to aid them in winning the war. Unfortunately, the souls' resentment and agony of the victims culminate together to revive the evil Onmyoji, Yasunori Kato. Only a young, psychically imbued priests' apprentice will dare fight the evil magician.

When a married woman (Yuki) living in a large housing complex is tracked down by a dangerous lover from her past (Saito), her peaceful life unravels into a web of taboo encounters, voyeuristic neighbors, and hidden infidelities.

An omnibus film directed by Ueoka, Hisauchi Michio, Kawasaki Toru and Masui Kouji, is about love in four seasons and four films, with the heroine played by Sumino Mako.

From the day a stranger falls from a building and brings a stranger with him, the protagonist's house is covered with grass and trees and turns into a jungle.

An omnibus film in which Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Yoshiharu Ueoka and others took part.

A tragedy occurs when a man and his daughter encounter a tofu shop owner who is grieving after his wife leaves him. A collaboration between an instructor and a student at the Film School of Tokyo.

The story of a serial gourd robbery murderer and the police pursuing him is interspersed with episodes from a film director whose motif is based on Ueoka himself.

A yakuza man who falls to the bottom of the earth and a woman he meets there get together, and 50 years later their son and daughter rise up to take revenge.

In the town of Arkham in 1927, a series of female murders occur. An exorcist arrives in a town gripped by fear.

A young woman, Yoriko, who has repeatedly attempted suicide since the disappearance of her beloved brother, runs barefoot through heaven and hell, dreams and reality.

Makoto Tezuka's 16mm debut.

This is the first 16mm film by Makoto Tezuka, a multi-talented artist known as a “visualist” who engages in a wide range of creative activities. It depicts the story of fairies inhabiting a modern city through experimental imagery. “SPh” stands for “Spiritual Phenomenon” (fairy phenomenon). It could be described as a unique hybrid of science fiction, mystery, and experimental film.