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Actors: Shinji Takeda, Nanami Fujimoto, Ryoko Hirosue, Mahiru Konno, Hidekazu Akai
Actors: Haruhiko Kato, Kumiko Aso, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka, Masatoshi Matsuo
Synopsis: As one of the most cutting-edge Japanese filmmakers, Kiyoshi Kurosawa once again wraps a lowbrow, much-maligned genre -- in this case horror flicks (which were the rage in Japan at the time of this release) -- around some decidedly highbrow philosophical concepts. At the film's outset, Michi (Kumiko Aso Read More
Actors: Shinji Takeda, Tomoko Tabata, Ryuhei Matsuda, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Kenichi Endo
Synopsis: American fans of maverick Japanese director Takashi Miike may lament the fact that they have never had the privilege of seeing one of his stage productions firsthand, though with this release of Miike's popular, Kabuki-inspired play Demon Pond they can experience the next best thing to being Read More
Actors: Shinji Takeda
Synopsis: The filmmaking collective Trees of Life (aka t.o.L.) created this stylish and offbeat anime adventure, which follows an interstellar, time-tripping kitty as she battles the forces of evil. In 2032, Tamala, a cute and cheerfully foul-mouthed cat, has been having terrible nightmares about a Read More
Actors: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda, Naomi Nishida, Tamaki Miyazaki
Synopsis: One of an amazing seven features directed in 2001 by Japan's prolific shock auteur Takashi Miike, The Happiness of the Katakuris is a gleefully morbid musical comedy about a family of oddballs who open an inn in the mountains. Unfortunately, through no fault of their own, none of their guests Read More
Actors: Shinji Takeda, Ryuichi Oura, Yuma, Shouki Jo, Kanji Tsuda
Synopsis: Two siblings learn that blood may be thicker than water, but jealousy can poison them both in this drama from Japan. Rai (Shinji Tadeka) and Shiba (Ryuichi Oura) are brothers living in a fishing village along the Japanese coast. Rai and Shiba are as different as night and day; Rai is a quiet and Read More
Actors: Beat Takeshi Kitano, Shinji Takeda, Tadanobu Asano, Koji Matoba
Synopsis: After a 13-year absence, partially due to a life-threatening stroke, master filmmaker Nagisa Oshima returns to the silver screen with this revisionist samurai epic. From his first major film, Cruel Story of Youth to his most notorious work Ai no Korrida, Oshima has coupled the political and the Read More
Actors: Shinji Takeda, Miako Tadano, Yutaka Yasui, Masamichi Matsumoto, Kazushige Inami
Synopsis: Maverick Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa creates a surreal yet laconic love story set in the dystopic near future as Tokyo is gripped by mysterious and virulent pollen. The story focuses on Haru, a thoroughly bored music producer who justifiably fears that he might literally disappear into thin Read More
Actors: Shinji Takeda, Hinano Yoshikawa, Kaori Mizushima, Tetta Sugimoto, Beat Takeshi Kitano
Synopsis: In this French-Japanese drama, Tokyo cop Roy (Tetta Sugimoto) is on the "Four Eyes" case, searching for punk K (Shinji Takeda), who goes about shooting at various people in positions of authority. K's thick-lensed glasses have caused him to be nicknamed "Four Eyes" in newspaper articles. Roy's Read More
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