Masayuki Mori
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(114 min)
2000 - Drama, Gangster - Japan
Anaki Yamamoto was a high ranking member of a Yakuza family but during the midst of a war with another Yakuza family, the leader was killed and Anaki's family fell into chaos. The defeated family joined up with the victorious family but Anaki did not wish to know anything about it. He decided to go to America and track down his younger brother who had gone to study there. He managed to tracked down his brother but he was surprised to see his brother had become a local drug dealer, within a few day Anaki gets involved and he is back to his old Yakuza ways and starts to rebuild his family.
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Director : Takeshi Kitano
Cast : Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, Kuroudo Maki, Masaya Kato, Ren Osugi, Susumu Terajima
(113 min)
2002 - Drama - Japan
Young executive Matsumoto (Hidetoshi Nishijima) is forced to marry his employer’s daughter. His true love Sawako (Miho Kanno) is destroyed by this and attempts suicide just before the wedding. When Matsumoto hears this news he leaves his arranged bride to be waiting and seeks out Sawako. Upon arrival he finds that Sawako’s mind was shattered from the failed suicide attempt and she is left with little more than a shadow of her former self. Matsumoto, out of guilt and love, decides to remove Sawako from the hospital and the two embark on a tragic crusade to regain the lives they’ve lost.
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Director : Takeshi Kitano
Cast : Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi, Cheiko Matsubara, Kyoko Fukada, Tsutomu Takeshige
(103 min)
1997 - Drama - Japan
Nishi, a haunted and "violent" ex-cop, is on the downward spiral of life: His wife is dying from Leukemia, his ex-cop partner/friend (now crippled from Nishi's absence on a stakeout) teeters on the edge of suicide, and also helps financially the wife of another dead police officer from the same stakeout. Nishi's first decision to solve his problem involves borrowing money from the local Yakuza but since he cannot pay the interest his last option is to masquerade as a police officer in order to rob a bank.
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Director : Takeshi Kitano
Cast : Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi, Susumu Terajima, Tetsu Watanabe, Hakuryu
(108 min)
1994 - Comedy - Japan
I bet you twenty dollars I can explain the whole story with one sentence. Ready? It's about a horny and nerdy guy who wants to get some hot sex and the crazy shenanigans that follow. You owe me twenty bucks.
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Director : Takeshi Kitano
Cast : Moeko Ezawa, Hakuryu, Tokie Hidari, Yojin Hino, Minoru Iizuka, Takeshi Kitano
(111 min)
2003 - Chambara, Drama - Japan
A clan of thieves and scoundrels has put the inhabitants of a village in check. By enforcing a policy of intolerable cruelty and fear, the villagers are rendered poor and helpless against the cruel uprising of the Kuchinawa clan. A wandering blind masseuse stumbles upon the village. This blind man is none other than the legendary Zatoichi. With a deadly walking stick at his side, he serves swift justice to the Kuchinawa clan. Along the way, he meets a compulsive gambler, two geishas who are more than what meets the eye, and a deadly mercenary; all contributing to yet another stunning tale of the blind swordsman, Zatoichi.
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Director : Takashi Kitano
Cast : Takashi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Ookusu, Gadarukanaru Taka, Yuuko Daike, Daigoro Tachibana
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