Movies by Yƍichi Higashi

The Rape

The Rape

Yahagi Michiko is accosted and raped walking home one evening. From there she maneuvers the logistics of the police, hospital, and criminal justice system while balancing her home life including romantic relationships.

Jealousy Game

Jealousy Game

Set in the wilderness of Hokkaido, the story of a couple in their 30s and a couple in their 20s is drawn, and the subtle emotions of the two men and women are depicted with intense Eros and delicate images under the theme of marriage exchange.

Love Letter

Love Letter

Yuko is in love with an old poet who happens to be also a married man. She waits patiently for him and only him, yet she is constantly being lust by others.

Somebody's Xylophone

Somebody's Xylophone

A married woman obsesses over a hairstylist she becomes involved with.

Four Seasons: Natsuko

Four Seasons: Natsuko

A young woman breaks off her long-term relationship with her boyfriend to move to Tokyo in search of new experiences.

No More Easy Life

No More Easy Life

Mariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more of her time balancing boyfriends and part-time jobs than on her schoolwork. She finds herself torn between a former boyfriend who's the tough, insensitive-but-sexy, type, and a new acquaintance who's more sensitive to her feelings, but who still acts childishly selfish at times. Will she choose one of them, or decide to go her own way?

A Tale of Happiness

A Tale of Happiness

A department manager at his company, buys a one-room apartment to have some space to himself. He signs an agreement with a young woman and has an affair with her once a week at the apartment.

A Japanese Demon

A Japanese Demon