Japanese anime guru Kazuaki Kiriya ascended to prominence with his sprawling fantasy Casshern (2004), a tale that coupled...
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Hattori Hanzo
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2009
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A special kind of toy is suddenly introduced to the real world around her in this artful fantasy from Japanese filmmaker...
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2009
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Director Hirokazu Kore-eda writes and directs this family drama that unfolds over the course of a single summer day as the...
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2008
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A courtroom sketch artists takes in the parade of sensationalist trials at work while simultaneously contending with a tragic...
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2008
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When an ambitious underworld thug proves incapable of tracking down a hit-man for his powerful boss as promised, he...
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2008
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A self-referential comedy that serves as prolific Japanese filmmaker Takeshi "Beat" Kitano's latest attempt at "creative...
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2007
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2007
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The Gamera saga continues with this installment that finds the hero to children everywhere doing battle with an evil...
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2006
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Director Hirokazu Koreeda turns the popularly held conventions of the typical samurai evenge tale on their head with this...
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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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2006
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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald director Koki Mitani continues to hone his screwball skills with this crowd-pleasing comedy about...
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2006
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Taste of Tea director Katsuhito Ishii collaborates with filmmakers Shinichiro Miki and Hajime Ishimine) for this outrageous...
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2006
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Katsuhiro Otomo, director of the groundbreaking anime feature Akira (1988), returns with this visually striking fusion of the...
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2005
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In the latest film by Japanese television comic-turned-cinema auteur Takeshi Kitano, a soft-spoken convenience store cashier...
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2005
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Yoichi Sai directs Takeshi "Beat" Kitano in this adaptation of the popular Yang Seok-il novel concerning a violent, ruthless...
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2004
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A genetic discovery that could prove mankind's saving grace is instead used to create the very beings who threaten their...
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2004
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2003
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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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In Sabu's Drive, a group of bank robbers ends up in a panic when their driver, Mickey (Toshio Kakei), double-crosses them,...
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2002
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From the Japanese cult-flick director known simply as Sabu, Koufuku No Kane (The Blessing Bell) follows Igarashi...
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2002
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Directed by Makoto Shinozaki, Asakusa Kid follows a fictional episode in the little known area of old fashioned Japanese...
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2002
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Shinya Tsukamoto's Rokugatsu No Hebi (A Snake of June) is an erotic drama abut a married couple. Rinko (Asuka Kurosawa) and...
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2002
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Four people whose lives are connected by a common tragedy discuss the paths their lives have taken in this drama from Japan....
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Minoru Kai
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2001
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Following up on his acclaimed debut feature, Kichiku Dai Enkai -- an intense portrait of a band of 1970s radicals who descend...
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Ichio
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2001
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Internationally acclaimed director and Japanese media phenomenon Takeshi Kitano follows up his well-regarded Kikujiro with...
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2000
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Takashi Miike takes a dime-a-dozen yakuza script and turns it inside out in this high-octane surrealist crime action...
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2000
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Like his previous drama Maborosi (1995), Hirokazu Kore-eda's After Life is a brilliant meditation on death and memory. The...
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1999
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When oddball auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa received an eccentric offer to make two films in two weeks, on a low budget and using...
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1999
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One-time cartoonist, screenwriter, 'roman porno' director Takashi Ishii continues his famous film-noir series with Black...
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1999
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1998
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Nakamura
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1997
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A courageous but naive boy from one of Japan's smaller islands goes to seek his fortune in Tokyo and ends up involved in...
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1997
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Following his 1995 brush with death in the form of a motorcycle accident, actor/comedian/writer/director Takeshi Kitano spins...
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1996
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Makoto Shinozaki makes his feature film debut with this understated character study about a young bride's descent into...
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Takashi Kitazawa
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1995
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This charming Japanese drama follows the exploits of a Kanako, a dippy young waitress, who promised her old friend "Chestnut...
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1995
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Takeshi Kitano made an international name for himself for directing films of great emotional subtlety and technical...
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1994
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