Noble swordsman Kanemi Sanzaemon is sentenced to a year in solitary confinement for the murder of his lord's deceitful...
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2010
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This third installment of the blockbuster Japanese sci-fi series 20th Century Boys 3 unfurls in 2017 A.D. - popularly (and...
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Otcho
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2009
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2009
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A burned-out rocker discovers his doom-struck adolescent fantasies are coming true in this futuristic thriller from Japan....
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2008
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2008
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A group of grotesque supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore enlist the aid of a young boy recently bestowed with the...
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2006
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As the Korean War draws to a close and the pressing demand for copious amounts of coal takes a sudden plunge, the remote...
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Yojiro
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2006
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Suffering from manic depression and looking to start life anew in a small suburban community, a manic depressive...
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2006
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2005
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A Christmas Eve power outage provides a collection of troubled Tokyo denizens the opportunity to come clean on the misdeeds...
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2005
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One young man's struggle to find happiness in a family and a city fraught with strife sets the stage for this coming-of-age...
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Father Yuichi
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2005
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A pair of sadistic killers finds their bloody game turned against them in director Toshiharu Ikeda's screen adaptation of...
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2004
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2004
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Combining yakuza, science fiction, and vampire elements may sound like an outlandish recipe for campy excess in the United...
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2003
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Famed pink eiga turned indie impresario Zeze Takehisa directs this very odd romance yarn between a young lass with a heart of...
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2002
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Two old friends on opposite sides of the law are brought together under dangerous circumstances in a taut gangland drama from...
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2000
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Junji Sakamoto spins this tale of a socially inept yet indomitable woman searching for freedom and self-respect. Set in Kobe...
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2000
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Director Shunji Iwai, who has gained wild popularity in his native Japan, creates this gorgeously rendered tale of love,...
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Shigeru Akiba
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1998
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Revenge after an investigation gone-wrong turns into a family affair in this made-for-television movie. When an FBI operation...
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1996
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1994
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The technical achievements in this gripping Japanese psycho-thriller are as fascinating as the story itself. Tokyo is in a...
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Tomoo
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1994
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Joji Matsuoka directs this poignant romantic drama about a love triangle between an alcoholic woman and a gay couple. Hiroko...
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Mitsuki Kishida
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1993
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