Ben, Paul og Frank er født og opvokset i Hong Kong. Uadskillelige venner og kampfæller i de blodige opgør med gadebanderne. Men da de dræber en bandeleder, må de flygte over hals og hoved. De ender i Vietnam. Ikke just noget fredeligt sted. Året er 1967, og Vietnamkrigen raser på sit højeste. Da de får fingrene i en guldskat, begynder tingene at gå helt galt.
Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose relationship is about to be broken apart by the former's parents, who have insisted their son take part in an arranged marriage to his boss' daughter.
Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, his group is attacked in an ambush. The survivors flee and make a decision to lay low at the beach while they await further instructions.
An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
Gabai Granny is based on the bestseller Saga No Gabai Baachan (Gabai Granny from Saga), which is penned by comedian Shimada Yoshichi as he recounts his childhood memories of growing up under the care of his grandmother.
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of the mess, Iwasa and his gang take hold of goods from the US military, black-market and controlled items in order to become the most powerful group in Enko area.
Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.
Takeshi Kitano spiller Otomo, leder af en lille gruppe gangstere, der tilhører Ikemoto banden. Da bossen over alle Tokyos bosser hører, at Ikemoto er blevet lidt for venlig stemt overfor den rivaliserende Murase bande, bestiller han en lærerstreg til Ikemoto. Den skal Otomo stå for. Otomo og hans drenge lokker Murase banden i en fælde, men driver det lidt for vidt. Lidt for mange mishandlede ansigter, lidt for mange afskårne fingrer. Den rasende Murase bande sværger hævn.
Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.
When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman's dreary home and no one will explain or even acknowledge the menacing woman in black he keeps seeing.
Lloyd is a serious young middle-class guy on the make who wants to marry the boss’ daughter. The problem is getting in to see the boss so that he can ask for her hand in marriage as the office is guarded by a bunch of comic, clumsy flunkies who throw everyone out who tries to get in.
Biografisk film om miljøet omkring maleren Salvador Dali, filmskaberen Luis Bunuel og digteren Federico Garcia Lorca, der i 1920ernes Madrid kæmper for at finde deres identiteter både kunstnerisk og seksuelt.
Bonnie and cousin Sylvia, two very young children, are left at home in Willoughby Hall while their parents travel overseas. Only the servants and the prowling wolves are their companions. News arrives that Lord and Lady Willoughby are missing and an evil looking governess suddenly arrives at the hall...
A large family gathers in the country side for their very elderly grannies' birthday. One gift happens to be from their ostracized, black sheep nephew, and upon opening it, the two loveable grannies turn into rabid, flesh-eating monsters.
Jam Films 2 features 4 short films by different Japanese directors.
Buster McHenry is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm, an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster is after, they team up.
Isabelle er en midaldrende kunstner, der som fraskilt mor leder efter manden i sit liv. Men det er ikke så nemt. Med en let desperation efter at finde den store kærlighed, indleder hun affærer med flere mænd, der dog alle har svært ved at leve op til hendes forventninger til den store kærlighed.
Hermann considers suicide until he finds a strange talking hole in the wall that has the power to fulfill his wildest dreams, or become his worst nightmare.
Kim, Tammi og Lisa er tre veninder, som er taget på pigetur til Mallorca. Livlige Kim og sorgløse Lisa er fast besluttede på at feste igennem samt aflede Tammis tanker fra ekskæresten hjemme i England. De tager i byen og fnisende, dansende og flirtende er de ude på sjov og måske en smule ballade. På en natklub møder de tre fyre fra London, som inviterer dem med på en luksus yacht hvor festen fortsætter. Men tingene tager pludselig en overraskende drejning og deres vilde fest med stoffer og sex forvandles til et mareridt og en kamp om liv og død.