Movies Like Painted Skin

Thor

Community rank #305 · 2011

Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.

Summer Romance

1992

This delightful short is a world away from Tomomatsu's later works. It's a lovely story, told well. The reason that I tracked it down is because I'm quite a fan of Alice Sailor's music. She fronts new wave band Amaryllis and I was curious to see her acting. She has frequently supplied theme songs and other music to several of Tomomatsu's films. Indeed, the most disturbing sequence in this movie is accompanied by a psychotic Amaryllis track, 'Haha', and the closing piece is another Amaryllis song, 'Usagi'. This rip comes from the 'Eat The Schoolgirl' DVD, where it was one of the extras. Having just watched the main feature from that disc, I can say with some certainty that I found this tale far more enjoyable.

The Trap

2019

Isolation and loneliness converge on an unexpected journey when intrigue and new come to town.

Touching Gold Captain

2022

Although Cao Shun is a descendant of a Mojin, his father never taught him any skills. In the village, he has no skills under his belt and lived as a glib full of deceit. One day, an evil man entered the village and picked Cao Shun, a descendant of a Mojin, to help him find a mysterious treasure. If he refused, he would kill the village. Cao Shun had to bite the bullet and disguise himself as a senior Mojin, and went into a real tomb with a group of people...

The Lie Game

2018

A desperate computer scientist struggling to fund her anti-depression AI application faces her toughest challenge yet.

Dream Girl

2016

Humans use technology to improve their lives, to forge connections, to create time that doesn’t exist, to replace real interactions. When we devise a second version of ourselves on social media, do we lose a piece of our true selves in the process? Do our digital connections threaten our real life relationships? What happens if the filtered characters we’ve imagined take on a life of their own?

The Surf Report

2016

A ghostly love story unfolds as two men look for answers where ocean meets sky and city meets wild in Rockaway Beach, NY.

A Search Through Nine Lifetimes

2021

For love to travel for thousands of years, they will eventually meet.

A Tale of Yearning

2022

This is a sad tale of a noble lady who is entranced by an opera singer. Hoping to get closer to the singer, the lady takes up lessons with her. Despite their affection, they must face obstacles.

Big Red House

2024

The documentary sheds light on the lives of children who suffered physical and psychological trauma due to the terrorist attacks by Armenia on the eve of the Second Karabakh War.

Conséquent

2010

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A scheming office janitor devises a plan to have her husband steal from the safe in the president's office. Hiroyuki Nakao directs.

Mudai

2021

Itsuki, a young director, begins making a film with a homeless girl she meets one day as the protagonist. However, this leads her to confront the distorted reality that she had been pretending not to notice.

Patrick

2021

A charismatic mortician finds love when he meets David, a shy southern boy attending his grandfather’s funeral. Their brief romance is cut short when Patrick’s old flame tries to rekindle a relationship, and a crowded house party quickly turns violent. Emotionally shattered, David must confront his feelings of betrayal and loss, while also learning to accept his sexual identity and reconcile it with his family’s faith.

Supreme

2018

When his credit card doesn't work, the biggest problem for a middle class man is finding enough change to buy a sandwich on sale.

The Fox Spirit and The Little Priest

2021

She has waited 300 years for the other to be born again. Can their relationship find a new start when one is a fox spirit, and the other a priestess?

The Fox Spirit Repays a Debt

2022

A wife and a concubine seek freedom. In a game of seduction, together they join forces to defeat their oppressors.

The Governor's Daughters

1915

An important man's death brings forth a secret, revealing a daughter from another woman, previously unknown to his wife - and bringing about the meeting of the two sisters.