Touching the Skin of Eeriness

A maiden work by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, and the origin to his later masterpieces "PASSION" (08), and the 255 min long "Intimacies" (12). The unusual, usual life and the ever wandering souls of 5 young men and women, captured in 8mm film. This is the long version that was initially made before being cut into a shorter one.

Yuzo, a mosaic engineer for porn videos, lives under the same roof as Mitsuki, a high school student with whom he leads a peculiar life. One day, Yuzo receives a phone call from Mitsuki's sister.

A short film by Ryusuke Hamaguchi when he was at Tokyo University of the Arts.

A short film by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, about a story between a man and a strange girl.

A maiden work by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, and the origin to his later masterpieces "Passion" (2008), the 255 minute long "Intimacies" (2012), and the 317 minute long "Happy Hour" (2015). The unusual, usual life and the ever wandering souls of 5 young men and women, captured on 8mm film.

College student Asako falls in love at first sight with Baku after meeting at a photography exhibit. Romance sparks between the two but doesn't last long when Baku suddenly disappears from her life. Two years later, she spots a man that bears a striking resemblance to him. Even though it is only his physical similarities to Baku that attracted her to him, she doesn't say so and starts dating the soft-spoken young man called Ryohei.

Once an idol, a Japanese girl studies abroad at a theatre school in Paris, where she gains new values and energy for her future through meeting people from different backgrounds.

First opus of a Japanese cinematographic series. Four women. All in their 30s. Three married, one divorcee. They are able to tell each other anything. Or at least they thought. One day, after losing in divorce court, one of them gives up on a future with their partner and disappears. The three remaining women take a second look at their lives. The long night is full of questions. 'Are you really the you you wanted to be?'

Here is a couple who have their wedding close at hand. In the middle of the celebration party where their friends get together, it is accidentally exposed that the prospective groom had an affair in the past.