The Shell Collector

Marine, who’s loved to fantasize since she was young, is now a student and a popular erotic comic writer. Her happiest moment is when she goes into an erotic fantasy while writing a story. One day, Tomomi, her best friend, calls to tell her that she’s broken up with Yoshio, a senior student in the swimming team. Having had feelings for him, Marine wrote her debut story about a man modeled after him. Her editor, Eto, suggests that her stories have become too mannered. Is what stimulates her fantasy running out? In the meantime, Marine receives a strange aphrodisiac from Yoshio. What change will it bring to her when she takes it?

When filmmaker Yoshifumi Tsubota learns about his slightly autistic uncle who lives alone, he decides to visit him. Drawn to his uncle’s unique personality, he begins to roll his camera as he visits him over the years. Tsubota himself had been diagnosed with a developmental disability and so understanding his uncle is also an act of understanding himself. Through intimate and personal footage, this charming film is gem of a documentary that also highlights contemporary social issues surrounding aging and social care for the disabled.

Based on the life of pioneering manga artist Shinichi Abe, "Miyoko asagaya kibun" starts from the 1970's in Asagaya District of Tokyo where Shinichi Abe began his career with then model girlfriend Miyoko.

This entry digs even deeper into the terror of being hunted and trapped, with women forced into choices that test both body and mind. The suspense builds as desperation clashes with determination, making every scene feel like a fight to hold on to identity as much as life itself. It’s unsettling, unpredictable, and lingers long after the credits roll.

The breakup of a family is vividly captured. But this is no mere shock document, the crystalline images combine the abstract quality of reshot footage and trimming wit cold hard stare at its subject. "Get to first base, second is like the land of the dead. to third, need to get home! The hell- ish tour continues through this world and the la of the dead.