Chara is a Japanese singer, actress and video jockey. She debuted in 1991 with the single Heaven. She is most well known for her song "Swallowtail Butterfly (Ai no Uta)", the theme song for the 1996 Shunji Iwai film Swallowtail Butterfly (in which she starred), her 1997 hit single "Yasashii Kimochi", and her collaboration with Judy and Mary vocalist Yuki, "Ai no Hi Mittsu Orange". Chara later formed a band with Yuki, called Mean Machine.
M, a mystery writer, has a girlfriend of five years named F, who disappeared on Halloween night. When a woman comes and claims to be her sister, M begins the search for his girlfriend. Along the way, the people he meets describe a woman very unlike the F he knew....
The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan....
Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to view the final event....
A short film consisting of rotoscoped clips from 'Swallotwail Butterfly,' set to the music of the film's Yentown band....
Making-of documentary for Swallowtail Butterfly...
Swallowtail Butterfly 20th Anniversary concert at Inujima Seirensho Museum as part of Setouchi Triennale 2016...
"m-flo Tour 2007 COSMICOLOR at Yokohama Arena" is the 6th DVD released by m-flo with live concert performances from Yokohama Arena. It is the second DVD to be released that is predominantly part of the m-flo loves series....
m-flo 10 Years Special Live "we are one" is the 7th DVD released by m-flo celebrating their 10th anniversary in the music business. It features both performances with LISA and from the "loves" series....
Hamaji, a young huntress from the mountains, stumbles into the middle of a shogun’s vendetta against a group of human-dog hybrids, the Fusé. Rumors of Fusé murdering innocent people in the bustling city of Edo have sparked a bounty for their heads. Along with her brother, Hamaji joins the hunt for this dangerous quarry, but after accidentally befriending one of them, Hamaji is torn between two worlds: her life as a self-reliant huntress, and the young woman her new friend has helped her to uncov...
Promo film by Sogo ishii...
Five loosely connected storylines concerning the secrets and lies, the fears and tears, and the puerile potty jokes that punctuate the characters' daily (and in one eerie case, nightly) encounters....