Yoshinori Chiba
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(106 min)
1995 - Drama, Gangster - Japan
A strung out yakuza from Osaka finds it difficult to adjust to life after being released from prison for murdering a rival gang boss.
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Director : Rokuro Mochizuki
Cast : Ryo Ishibashi, Asami Sawaki, Tatsuo Yamada, Kazuhiko Kanayama, Tetsuya Yuki, Yukio Yamanouchi
(89 min)
2005 - Chambara, Fantasy, Action - Japan
In an unknown place and unknown time (where ninjas, zombies, motorcycles and rocket launchers co-exist), there is a lone samurai whom the credits label as 'Grave'. His aim is destruction. He's looking for the final battle. For such purposes, he has stolen a mysterious coffin from a temple. It is a powerful object, though few agree on the exact power that resides in it, and some even claim it would unleash destruction upon the Earth if opened. Many people want it. Many people fight to get it. Grave is more than happy to oblige.
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Director : Yuji Shimomura
Cast : Tak Sakaguchi, Takamasa Suga, Yoko Fujita, Kentaro Seagal
(100 min)
1996 - Action, Yakuza - Japan
Ever since Riki Fudoh witnessed his father viciously murder his older brother in order to prevent a gang war from breaking out, his sole goal has been the destruction of the old yakuza generation and replacing it with his. Only his father soon realizes that Riki is behind the past hits and plans to put and end to Riki.
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Director : Takashi Miike
Cast : Shosuke Tanihara, Kenji Takano, Marie Jinno, Tamaki Kenmochi, Tôru Minegishi, Miho Nomoto
(91 min)
1997 - Horror - Japan
Misa Kuroi is an urban legend that tells of a reclusive 18yr old witch who solves mysteries of the paranormal. Upon receiving a clue that evil spirits are appearing at an all girl high school, she masquerades as a transfer student and joins the drama club, which is somehow involved. Misa's plans to discover and eliminate the dark spirits are neglected at first because for once in her life she is accepted by a group of people. As the dark and bizarre events intensify, she sumerises that the girls are somehow involved with a black magic practitioner's plan to create a Homunculus (perfect being created from nothing).
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Director : Katsuhito Ueno
Cast : Hinako Saeki, Ayaka Nanami, Yuki Hagiwara, Ayumi Takahasi, Hitomi Miwa, Yûko Takimura
(115 min)
2005 - Thriller, Horror, Drama - Japan
Juzo is an introverted boy constantly bullied at school. Akai is the leader of the pack which douses Juzo with water and burns him with acid. The scars of these treatments remain. He grows up into a fine looking young man (Shun Oguri), but no one suspects that inside he harbours another self – the one which bears the marks of inhuman acts visited upon him. It is a scarred, ugly and more muscular version of him (Shido Nakamura). This dark doppelganger is bent on vengeance. As it turns out, it is no coincidence that Juzo lives in the same tenement building as his former tormentor. Nor is it pure chance that he starts working for the construction company where Akai (Hirofumi Arai) is still up to his old bullying tricks. Akai's cute wife and a small son do not suspect anything regarding their neighbor from the apartment no. 13...
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Director : Yasuo Inoue
Cast : Shun Oguri, Shido Nakamura, Hirofumi Arai, Yumi Yoshimura
(80 min)
1996 - Swordplay - Japan
Jubei's back to stop the Armageddon from happening. After defeating Botaro Yamiya, Inshun Hozoin, and Miyamoto Musashi, Jubei begins to hunt after the evil sorcerer Yui. With the Armageddon closing in, time's running out. To make matters worse, Inzunokami (Jubei's close friend) is being tempted by the evil forces. In order to stop the Armageddon from happening, Jubei and his men must fight through the demon armies and slay the demon (one of them being his own father) before six o'clock on June 6th.
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Director : Kazumasa Shirai
Cast : Hiroyuki Watanabe, Tomorowo Taguchi, Yuko Moriyama, Hitomi Shimizu, Hiroshi Miyauchi, Kotaro Yoshida
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