Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.Read More »
Tadanobu Asano
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Takeshi Kitano – Kubi (2023)
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Shin’ya Tsukamoto – Vital (2004)
2001-2010DramaJapanShinya TsukamotoThrillerAfter a tragic car accident where his girlfriend Ryôko Ooyama (Nami Tsukamoto) died, Hiroshi Takagi (Tadanobu Asano) suffers amnesia with his memories completely blanked. When he sees a book about dissection, he decides to join the medical school with the support of his parents. In the dissection class, his group participates of the autopsy of a young woman, and while cutting apart the tissue, he partially recalls his accident. Later, when he sees a tattoo in the arm of the corpse, he discloses that she was his girlfriend and becomes obsessed to go further in the examination of the body.Read More »
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Gakuryû Ishii (Sogo Ishii) – Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001)
2001-2010ActionFantasyJapanSogo IshiiA violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-merged with a metallic Buddha.Read More »
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Kôji Fukada – Fuchi ni tatsu AKA Harmonium (2016)
Drama2011-2020JapanKôji FukadaQuote:
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Hsiao-Hsien Hou – Kôhî jikô AKA Café Lumière (2003)
Drama2001-2010ArthouseHsiao-hsien HouJapanShochiku Studio of Japan commissioned several directors to create films reflecting on the themes of Ozu Yasujiro on the centenary of the director’s birth. Here we find Inoue Yoko, an apparently single young woman who is pregnant, searching for a small cafe that was often visited by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching. She herself is back from Taiwan and receiving help from a book store clerk, but she first has to contend with the her own reality which includes her parents.Read More »
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Takashi Miike – Koroshiya 1 AKA Ichi the Killer (2001)
2001-2010ActionCrimeJapanTakashi MiikeAs sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of achieving.Read More »
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Khavn – Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore AKA Pusong wasak: Isa na namang kwento ng pag-ibig sa pagitan ng kriminal at puta (2014)
2011-2020ArthouseKhavnMusicalPhilippinesSynopsis : Somewhere in Manila, a crime boss rules with an iron fist. He uses religion and violence to stay in power. What superstition and razzle dazzle don’t accomplish, his goons do. To his most loyal henchman he gives the task of guarding his woman, who is headstrong and impulsive, and often gets into trouble. Before long, she falls in love with the henchman, and the star-crossed lovers decide to leave town. Fighting ensues. It is while on the run that they finally get to know each other for the first time…Read More »
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Shunji Iwai – Pikunikku AKA Picnic (1996)
1991-2000DramaFantasyJapanShunji IwaiSynopsis:
The story follows 3 members of a mental asylum, Tsumiji, Coco and Satoru, as they escape from the asylum, and into the real world. On the way, they find a vicar, who changes their out-view on life, by giving them a bible. Tsumiji takes interest and starts believing in god, while Coco believes the world began when she was born. While they look around town, they must walk ontop of the fences and walls to avoid the floor. They read in the bible that the world will end on the 10th July, so they roam around town attempting to find the perfect place for a picnic with the best vantage point to view the final event.Read More » -
Nobuhiko Obayashi – Seishun dendekedekedeke AKA The Rocking Horsemen (1992)
1991-2000AsianJapanNobuhiko ObayashiIt is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara Yasufumi Hayashi) hears “Pipeline” by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called “The Rocking Horsemen.” A warm and comic glimpse into high-school and small-town life in Japan in the 60’s.Read More »