Browse by Country - Japan
Last Life in the Universe (2003)
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Starring: Sinitta Boonyasak, Asano Tadanobu, Laila Boonyasak, Yutaka Matsushige, Riki Take...
A macabre, dead-pan comedy/drama chronicling the unlikely and all-too-brief romance that develops between two disparate loners. Kenji is a fastidious... Read more
Premonition (2004)
Director: Norio Tsuruta
Starring: Hiroshi Mikami, Noriko Sakai, Maki Horikita, Mayumi Ono, Daisuke Ban
Yet another addition to the so-called J-horror genre, and a reasonably satisfying one. Based on the Manga by Jiro Tsunoda, Professor Satomi's life is... Read more
Cutie Honey (2004)
Director: Hideaki Anno
Starring: Eriko Sato, Jun Murakami, Mikako Ichikawa, Eisuki Sakai, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Sie K...
A live adaptation of Go Nagai's popular Manga and anime series, featuring Honey Kisaragi, a perky, uninhibited girl with the ability to transform hers... Read more
Tomie: Replay (2000)
Director: Fujiro Mitsuishi
Starring: Yosuke Kubozuka, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Mai Houshou
This sequel to the popular 1999 film sees Tomie now regenerating herself inside a young girl. When doctors operate, Tomie is released upon the world o... Read more
Godzilla vs Spacegodzilla (1994)
Director: Kensho Yamashita
Starring: Megumi Odaka, Jun Hashizume, Zenkichi Yoneyama, Akira Emoto
Godzilla faces a new foe. And this one is a clone of himself, somehow accidentally formed in the outer reaches of the galaxy and returned to Earth in... Read more
The 47 Ronin ( aka Chushingura ) (1962)
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Starring: Yuzo Kayama, Koshiro Matsumoto, Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Mihashi, Yosuke Natsuki,...
One of the most retold stories in Japanese cinema is this historical samurai saga set at the turn of the 18th century, in which 47 loyal ronin seek ve... Read more
Rampo Noir (2005)
Director: Akio Jissoji, Sato Hisayasu, Takeuchi Suguru, Kaneko Atsushi
Starring: Tadanobu Asano
Sensuality and shock bleed together in these vivid adaptations of the short stories by Taro Hirai - the 'Japanese Edgar Allan Poe'. Four auteur direct... Read more
Never Give Up (1978)
Director: Junya Sato
Starring: Ken Takakura, Isao Natsuyagi, Ryoko Nakano
Believing he can leave his dangerous life in the special forces behind, Ajisawa (Ken Takakura) abandons his job as a soldier and adopts Yoriko (Hiroko... Read more
Pulse (2001)
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring: Haruhiko Kato, Kumiko Aso, Koyuki , Kurume Arisaka, Masatoshi Matsuo
After one of their friends commits suicide, strange things begin happening to a group of young Tokyo residents. One sees visions of his dead friend in... Read more
Sleepless Town (1998)
Director: Lee Chi Ngai
Starring: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Mirai Yamamoto, Kathy Chau, Long Sihung
A contraband dealer living in Kabukicho discovers there is danger lurking behind every corner when his untrusting exterior is slowly eroded by love, i... Read more