Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection

Apr 23, 2004

1h 52m

★ 7.0

Overview

An omnibus drama directed by the genius Sion Sono. Popular idols such as Sakura Mizutani and Yoko Mitsuya will appear, and a fantastic and mysterious story will unfold. Includes Chapter 1 "Woman in the Viewfinder", Chapter 2 "No Memory Woman", Chapter 3 "Virtual Love", and Chapter 4 "Love Doctor".

Genres

Mystery

Drama

Production Companies

Ammo Content

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Cast

Kenji Mizuhashi

Sakura Mizutani

Yoko Mitsuya

Jun Natsukawa

Ayaka Fujimoto

ERIKU

Moe Yoshizawa

Ryosuke Watabe

Nahana

As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.

7.2

The Edukators

Oct 25, 2004

Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.

7.0

Strange Days

Oct 13, 1995

In the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of the murder of a prostitute. With the help of bodyguard Mace, he starts to investigate and is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of murder, blackmail and intrigue.

0.0

Vestige

Jan 19, 2023

A room-scale VR creative documentary that uses multi-narrative and volumetric live capture to take the viewer on a journey into the mind of Lisa as she remembers her lost love, Erik. Within an empty void, fragments of past memories appear of their life together.

0.0

The Goldfish

Sep 12, 2013

This film is an adaptation of Etgar Keret's famed short story 'What Of This Goldfish Would You Wish?' in which a young man named Yoni (Jason Ritter) sets out to make a documentary about the secret longings of everyday Americans. By knocking on strangers doors and asking them this question: 'If you had a magic goldfish that granted you three wishes, what of this goldfish would you wish?' Yoni thinks he will discover the hopes, dreams and greatest wishes his fellow citizens. But Yoni is not prepared when he meets an elderly immigrant named Sergei who we learn has been wrestling with the exact same question for years and is desperate not to lose his old friend-- a beautiful talking goldfish (Lucy Punch).

7.7

La Terra Trema

Dec 3, 1949

In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.

3.9

Tiptoes

Dec 17, 2002

A man is reluctant to tell his fiancee that his parents, uncle and brother are dwarfs.

5.0

100m Freestyle

Jun 1, 2013

Polo and Domingo spend their last days together between Ciudad Mendoza and Cordoba, in Veracruz, Mexico, before Domingo moves to another city for college. Domingo has to say goodbye to his girlfriend, Mina; while Polo deals with his feelings towards his best friend in the little time they have left.

6.2

The Best Man's Wedding

Dec 22, 2000

Roro, a foreign worker in Swedish parks, loves his girlfriend but is about to marry another girl to prevent her from being sent back to Lebanon. Meanwhile, Roro's best friend, Måns, has serious problems getting an erection.

3.3

Bald-Headed Betty

Sep 18, 1975

Poor Betty gets drugged and kidnapped at a teen beach party and finds herself in clutches of a sleazy prostitution ring. After trying to escape, her head is shaved as punishment. Soon enough, she's the star of the stable for all the local bald freaks.

8.2

Tokyo Story

Nov 3, 1953

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.

0.0

Fysh

Aug 13, 2017

This is the story of an old man and a fish that changed his life.

5.5

The Illustrated Man

Mar 26, 1969

A man who has a body almost completely covered in tattoos is searching for the woman who cursed him with the "skin illustrations". Each tattoo reveals a bizarre story, which is experienced by staring at the scene depicted. When the illustrated man meets a fellow tramp on the road a strange voyage begins.

4.8

El Calentito

Jun 24, 2005

Early 80's, Sara is a good-family girl, she has never been with a man, does not drinks, does not take drugs. Following her love, she enters in "El Calentito" a bar where the group "las Siux" is singing.

0.0

Peixes Elétricos

Apr 4, 2024

No overview available.

5.3

Happy Campers

Jan 21, 2001

Chaos and rampant hormones reign when teenage counselors are left in charge during their summer-camp director's absence.

5.2

Flirting with Forty

Dec 6, 2008

A divorcee has a passionate affair with a much younger surfing instructor in Hawaii.

6.5

Love

Jul 15, 2015

Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the seismic effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbor into their bed.

5.9

Homecoming

Jul 17, 2009

A jilted ex-girlfriend plots revenge after her former beau comes back to their hometown with a new lover.

0.0

The Young Girl and the Monsoon

Apr 27, 2001

A photojournalist upsets his daughter and loses his girlfriend by covering stories in remote and dangerous locations.

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