Based on a true-life 18th century tale, this fantasy epic tells a dramatic tale of clan warfare and revenge surrounding a...
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Oishi
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2012
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Historically noteworthy as the first Merchant Ivory production that lacked the involvement of longtime producer...
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Pete
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2010
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2008
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In this third installment of the popular action comedy franchise, LAPD Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) and Chief...
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Kenji
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2007
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As the sun begins to dim along with humankind's hope for the future, it's up to a desperate crew of eight astronauts to reach...
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Kaneda
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2007
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Love and war conspire to create a romantic triangle in this lavish historical epic from director Chen Kaige. A young girl who...
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General Guangming
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2006
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James Ivory directed this historical drama of a man who has shut himself away from a world he cannot change. Todd Jackson...
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Matsuda
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2005
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Veteran filmmaker Yoji Yamada -- who is perhaps most famous for cranking out most of the 48 films of the Tora-san series --...
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Seibei Iguchi
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2004
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Edward Zwick returned to the director's chair for the first time since 1998's The Siege with this sweeping period drama set...
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Ujio
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2003
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Veteran filmmaker Kihachi Okamoto revives his similarly named 1960s television series about happy-go-lucky avenger-for-hire...
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2002
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In a time when demons and ghosts threaten to bring total devastation to a powerful kingdom, betrayal from within the powerful...
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Doson
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2001
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This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka (Japanese teen idol Rene Tanaka) has gotten dumped by...
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Shinichirô Fujiki
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2000
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Hideo Nakata follows up on the phenomenal success of Ringu -- the highest grossing Japanese film up to that point -- with...
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Ryuji Takayama
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1999
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Jun Ichikawa -- who directed such restrained Ozu-esque family dramas as Tokyo Kyodai and Tokyo Yakyoku -- completely departs...
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1998
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1998
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In this psychological horror story from Japan, a legend circulates among teenagers that if one watches a certain video at a...
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Ryuji Takayama
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1998
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The ukiyo-e (woodblock print) artist Sharaku is an enigmatic puzzle in the world of Japanese art. Working at an age when such...
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1995
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Veteran director Kihachi Okamoto spins this genre-bending samurai western. Kamijo Kenkichi (played by gymnast Hiroyuki...
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1995
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Hero Interview was written by Shinji Nojima, directed by Michio Mitsuno, and features the dulcimer tones of pop duo Chage &...
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1994
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Makoto Wada directs this Twilight Zone-like portmanteau film about the grotesque, the bizarre, and the just plain weird. The...
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1994
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Yojiro Takita directs this comedy-drama about a quartet of Japanese salarymen engaging in wacky hijinks in a squalid,...
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1993
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Following up on his wacky documentary-like look at an emergency room (Byoin e Iko), Yojiro Takita returns to a hospital...
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1993
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Kazuki Omori directs this wacky screwball comedy about injured pride and high-strung mobsters. Stockbroker turned yakuza...
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1992
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Screen legend Sonny Chiba makes his feature directorial debut with this tale of a young bear hunter who vows to end the...
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Musical Direction/Supervision
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1990
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This is the fourth of a series of samurai movies based on a popular Japanese television series. Among the other features of...
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Ukyonosuke Okuda
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1987
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1986
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In this ninja cartoon a young ninja is up against a wicked sorcerer ~ Rovi...
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1985
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As might be gathered from its title, The Legend of the Eight Samurai is set in feudal Japan. Princess Hiroku Yokoshimaru's...
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1984
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Shogun's Ninja revolves around two rival ninja clans whose constant battle for superiority has spanned decades and cost...
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1983
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Jo (Hiroyuki Sanada) has just come back to Japan for the funeral of his parents, who were killed in tribal warfare in Africa...
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Jo
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1982
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The world of drugs, mobsters, fascists, and assorted other criminal types is taken on single-handedly (almost) by the hero...
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Joji Hibiki, Toru Hinohara
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1982
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Starring in his third release in 1982 (the others were Moeru Yuja and Hoeru Tekken,) Hiroyuki Sanada plays a fighting hero...
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Aki Hoshino
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1982
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Yuen Kwei directed this hard-hitting Hong Kong action film under the pseudonym "Corey Yuen." Genre veteran Hiroyuki Sanada...
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1982
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Sci-fi meets martial arts in this lively chronicle of a warrior pilot who returns to his native planet to find it controlled...
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1981
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Transported 400 years into the past after falling into a mysterious time slip, a squadron of contemporary Japanese soldiers...
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1981
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In this Japanese fantasy, the wrathful ghost of a shogunate warrior emerges from a thunderstorm to exact revenge on those...
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1981
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A has-been samurai movie star takes unfair advantage of the loyalty of one of his devoted fans in this Japanese...
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1981
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Message from Space, a bargain-rack Japanese Star Wars clone, stars Vic Morrow as the token American. Responding to a plea for...
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1978
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You've seen him as the bone-cracking anti-hero of the Street Fighter films, now watch Sonny Chiba team with Japanese screen...
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1978
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