Ryūichi Honda
2021ハヴァ、ナイスデー
Kenji Yamauchi, Asako Hyuga
Sayuri Oyamada, Go Ayano
Compilation film featuring short works from directors Hitoshi Yasaki ("Short Cakes"), Yuki Tanada (scriptwriter "Sakuran," "Tsuki to Cherry"), Hiroyuki Nakano ("Stereo Future," "Samurai Fiction"), Masahiko Nagasawa ("Yoru no Picnic"), Masaya Kakehi ("Bijokan), and more for a total of 18 shorts. This time around the theme is "24 hours," where filming for each work must have been completed in 24 hours in order to appear in this film.
Have a Nice Day
大木家のたのしい旅行 新婚地獄篇
Ryûichi Honda
Yutaka Takenouchi, Asami Mizukawa
Although Nobuyoshi and Saki just got married and moved into a new apartment, their relationship still lacks spark. Things start to change as they meet a weird fortune-teller who also happens to operate tours to hell. Without further ado the young couple books a honeymoon trip which takes them to the most bizarre, colorful and fun vision of hell you could ever dream of.
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
GSワンダーランド
Ryûichi Honda
Chiaki Kuriyama, Takuya Ishida
"GS Wonderland" is about the 1960's Group Sounds bands - A Japanese pop movement inspired by the Beatles and other mid-1960's Brit Pop. Three young men set out to start their own band "The Diamonds" when they are signed to a recording contract during their very first rehearsal. Things turn for the unexpected when their agent brings Mick (Chiaki Kuriyama) into the group as their keyboardist.
GS Wonderland
Dappi waifu - peau de mon épouse
Ryûichi Honda
Tomoyuki Mashiko, Miko
A failing musician, Hajime decides to settle for a local DJ. He marries Miki, one of his fans, but it turns out that once in a while, she "sheds" her skin after they make love - freaking Hajime out.
My Wife's Shell
Sabaibu
Takashi Motoki, Ryûichi Honda
Miko, Hiromi Nakata
Experience two erotic tales of survival that will thrill you to the very core. In "The Hunger," a suicidal woman ventures into the woods intending to take her own life. After failing repeatedly, she wanders in a daze until she happens across an isolated house in the woods. Now, the fight for her life begins. The second story, entitled, "The Hidden," tells the tale of a young woman named Saki who is taking a shower while awaiting the return of her boyfriend Toshi. When a stranger who bears a striking resemblance to Toshi appears in her bedroom, Saki scrambles to find her missing contact lenses, and prepares to fight for her life.
Survive Girls
プッシーキャット大作戦
Ryûichi Honda
Kei Mizutani, Nao Eguchi
Three curvaceous go-go dancers (Kei Mizutani, Nao Eguchi and Yukari Nunokawa) on a rampage, looking for a big bag of cash that might be hidden in the kitchen of wheelchair-bound gangster. Director Ryuichi Honda keeps it flush with 60s flavors, mood-indigo music, paisley-print fashions in dayglo colors, outrageous zooms and dizzying pans, and best of all, it looks like it was made on a budget of 10 dollars - and when the money ran out the film ended.
Pussycat Great Mission!
ウォーターメロン
Ryûichi Honda
Runa Akatsuki, Akira Asai
Chika always hated her over-sized breasts that got attention wherever she went. When she meets a man that, for once, didn’t immediately stare at her chest, she decides to marry him. Yet she starts to doubt that he may have an uncontrollable habit of lying…
Watermelon
Sakugoe
Ryûichi Honda
Yasuhi Nakamura, Tomohisa Yuge
Tired of life, Morita climbs up to a roof with a suicide note. But there he meets the drifter Tommy, who convinces Morita to climb Mt. Fuji with him. Morita begins to learn about Tommy’s past, where he was betrayed by his best friend. The two men, with secrets they cannot tell, decide to face their pasts. -- Nippon Connection
Beyond the Fence