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Funny and trashy 1970's martial arts action where a
horde of Bad Guy underlings are totally useless
against the tough female fighter Etsuko Shihomi.
Exploitation martial arts in 4 films on 2 discs |
Sister
Streetfighter Collection
Direction: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, production: 1974-1975
Cast: Etsuko Shihomi, Emi Hayakawa, Hiroshi Miyauchi
Blu-ray in japanese audio with english subtitles, region B
UK Arrow Video 2 disc bluray edition |
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The visuals and the soundtrack were brilliant in
this forgotten 2005 Kiyoshi Kurosawa J-Horror
and the film was better than i remembered when
re-watching it in 2023. But the acting in some roles
could've been better (looking at you Toyokawa)
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Loft
(Rofuto)
Direction and script: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, production: 2005
Cast: Miki Nakatani, Etsushi Toyokawa, Ren Osugi
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region 3
Malayan PMP Entertainment DVD edition |
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Four Magnificent visually exquisite ghost stories
with a genius soundtrack by Toru Takemitsu make
this collection of weird tales something extra.
Won the Jury Prize in Cannes 1965 |
Kwaidan
(Ghost Stories / Weird Tales)
Direction: Masaki Kobayashi, production: 1964
Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Katsuo Nakamura
Blu-ray in japanese audio with english subtitles,
region B
Nordic Soul Media Nonstop Entertainment bluray 2022 edition |
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Artmovie Drama Horror about dark and evil times in
16th century Japan where panic stricken soldiers are
roaming around fleeing from the war. Masterpiece
about two peasant women, two predators in a grass
field determined to stay alive by killing the soldiers
and selling their armour for food
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Onibaba
(The Hole/The Demon/Devil Woman)
Direction, script and production: Kaneto Shindo 1964
Cast: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato
Blu-ray in japanese audio with swedish subs, b/w,
region B
Nordic Soul Media Nonstop Entertainment bluray 2022 edition |
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Sweet, beautiful and delightfully quirky little mystery
story about the friendship of two teenage girls and
their endeavour to solve the problem with the missing
boy. Free animated adaption sequel to his 2004 film
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The
Case of Hana & Alice (Hana & Alice
Satsujin Jiken)
Direction, story, script, music, edit: Shunji Iwai, production
2015
Cast Animated film: voices - Anne Suzuki, Yu Aoi
Blu-ray in japanese audio with english subtitles, region B
UK All The Anime bluray 2020 edition |
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Sci Fi alien invasion thriller drama.
Maybe too long but pretty good to be nowadays
KK and with that somewhat whimsical and quirky
quality that some of his classics one's once had
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Before
We Vanish
Direction and co-script: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, production:
2017
Cast: Masami Nagasawa, Ryuhei Matsuda, Amano Takasugi
Blu-ray in japanese audio with english subtitles, region B
Arrow Video bluray edition |
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Visual Film Dynamite & an Absolute
Masterpiece.
A Disturbing and painfully beautiful indie drama about
troubled youths. A totally unique viewing experience
with Out of this World Cinematography by Noburo
Shinoda. An emotional and visual full frontal attack
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All
About Lily Chou Chou (Riri Shushu no subete)
Direction, story, script, edit: Shunji Iwai, production:
2001
Cast: Hayato Ichihara, Shugo Oshinaro, Yu Aoi, Ayumi Ito
DVD in japanese audio with english subs, region
1
US Home Vision Entertainment 2005 DVD edition |
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Horror-thriller where crime psychologist cop
turned professor Takakura with wife has moved
into a new house. Everything well if not for that
creepy neighbour Mr. Nishino |
Creepy
(Itsuwari no rinjin)
Direction and co-script: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, production:
2016
Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yuko Takeuchi, Teruyuki Kagawa
Blu-ray in japanese audio with english subtitles, region B
UK Eureka bluray and DVD combo edition |
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Visually dreamlike from Tokyo by night, and
a crime story too, when Belgian Angela works
as a hostess in a nightclub. Chloé Winkel is a
goddess, Tuva Novotny is fine and the ST and
cinematography are exquisite. Unjustly obscure
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The
Stratosphere Girl
Direction, script: M. X. Oberg, production: 2004
Cast: Chloé Winkel, Tuva Novotny, Jon Yang, Rebecca
Palmer
DVD in english & japanese audio with english subs, region all
US TLA Releasing unrated DVD edition |
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A flimsy and whimsical but charming crime
story made for Japanese TV (50 minutes)
about the search for a missing and super rare
tropical fish with Tadanobu Asano in an early
role. Chara sings the beautiful Break These Chain |
Fried
Dragon Fish (Thomas Earwing's Arowana)
Direction & script: Shunji Iwai, Fuji Television production:
1993
Cast: Miyoko Yoshimoto, Asano Tadanobu, Hiroshi Ohguchi
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama DVD edition |
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Powerful drama of the hardships of
a woman in the 17th century.
Kinuyo Tanaka is fantastic in the
role as Oharu, as a royal court
woman, a courtesan and a degraded
middle-aged prostitute |
The
Life of Oharu
Direction & co-script: Kunji Miziguchi, production:
1952
Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Hisako Yamane, Toshiro Mifune
Blu-ray in japanese with english subs, region B
UK Criterion Collection bluray edition |
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A bewildered widow sees her dead
husband return to home after 3 years
and they embark on a spirital journey
Winner of Best director in Un certain
regard in Cannes 2015, again |
Journey
to the Shore
Direction: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, prod: Japan-France 2015
Cast: Eri Fukatsu, Tadanobu Asano
Blu-ray in japanese with english subs, region B
DVD in japanese audio with english subs, region 2
UK Eureka! bluray DVD combo edition |
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A Sad, Tender, Ugly and Beautiful
Masterpiece. 100% Uniquely Iwai.
The Film that no one wants to see
and it is Not a Horror but Fascinating.
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Vampire
Direction, script, photo, music: Shunji Iwai, prod: US-Japan
2011
Cast: Kevin Zegers, Adelaide Clemens, Yu Aoi
DVD in english audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Lions Gate DVD edition |
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Mästerligt stringent kriminaldrama och
polisprocedur när rik företagare inte får
sin son kidnappad men ändå måste be-
tala. Mästerverk efter Ed McBain
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High
and Low (Heaven and Hell/Tengoku to jigoku)
Direction: Akira Kurosawa, production: 1963
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Tatsuya Nakadai
DVD in japanese audio with english subs, b/w, region all
Hong Kong Mei Ah DVD edition
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Fattiga, smutsiga, sjuka och grälande.
Eländesskildring med svart humor om
utslagna i slumområde efter en pjäs av
Maxim Gorkij - Natthärbärget från 1902
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The
Lower Depths (Donzoko/Natthärbärget)
Direction: Akira Kurosawa, production: 1957
Cast: Bokuzen Hidari, Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada
DVD in japanese audio with english subs, b/w, region all
Hong Kong Mei Ah DVD edition
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Stiliserat mörkt drama i enastående färg
om en lägre samurajs besatta kärlek till
en redan gift hovdam. Året är 1160 och
detta ödesdrama slutar inte lyckligt
Mångfaldigt prisbelönad bl.a i Cannes |
Gate
of Hell (Jigokumon)
Direction & script: Teinosuke Kinugasa, prod: 1953
Cast: Hasegawa Kazuo, Kyo Machiko, Yamagat Isao
Bluray in japanese audio with english subs, region B
UK Eureka! Masters of Cinema bluray & DVD edition |
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Insanely FUNNY comedy about the staging of a Radio
Theatre play and how everything goes absolutely
wrong. Quirky Koki Mitani's 1st and hilarious film
won 3 japanese academy awards. Obscure in the West
but i laughed rolling around on the floor. The funniest
Japanese film i've ever seen
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Welcome
Back Mr. McDonald (Radio no jikan)
Direction & script: Koki Mitani, production: 1997
Cast: Kyoka Suzuki, Keiko Toda, Masahiko Nishimura
DVD in japanese audio with english subs, region 2
Japanese Toho DVD edition |
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The Ghost Trial. Vrickat men charmigt nonsens
om en usel brottmålsadvokat som kallar anden
av en 1500-talssamuraj att vittnai en mordrättegång.
Kul bagatell från komedimästaren Koki Mitani
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A
Ghost of a Chance (Once in a Blue
Moon/Suteki na kanashibari)
Direction & script: Koki Mitani, production: 2011
Cast: Eri Fukatsu, Toshiyuki Nishida, Tadanobu Asano
DVD in japanese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama DVD edition |
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Briljant och mycket välspelat kriminaldrama
om ett mord och dess efterverkningar på 4 flickor
och på offrets mor.
Kiyoshi Kurosawa återvände till Crime i stor stil |
Penance
(Shokuzai
- TV Series 5 episoder)
Direction & script: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, production:
2012
Cast: Kyoko Koizumi, Yu Aoi, Eiko Koike, Sakura Ando
DVD in japanese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong KongEdko Films DVD edition |
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Egensinnigt och svart humoristiskt om en
familjekrasch i den ekonomiska krisens Japan.
Prisbelönad i Cannes och kanske en av Kiyoshi
Kurosawas bästa filmer ?
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Tokyo
Sonata
Direction: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, production: 2008
Cast: Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyoko Koizumi, Koji Yakusho
Bluray in japanese audio with english subs, region free
DVD in japanese audio with english subs, region 2
UK Eureuka! Masters of Cinema Series DVD edition |
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Väl gråtmilt men ett oerhört vackert
filmat drama från nordliga Hokkaido
där pensionerad lärarinna återvänder
till ö och gammal tragedi nystas upp
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A
Chorus of Angels (Kita no kanariatachi)
Direction: Junji Sakamoto, production: 2012
Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Mirai Moriyama, Ryuhei Matsuda
DVD in japanese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Panorama DVD edition |
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Finkänsligt och lite vemodigt ungdomsdrama
där en pojke slits mellan flicka och ett stort
sommar-fyrverkeri
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Fireworks,
Should We See it on the Side or Bottom
Direction: Shunji Iwai, production: 1993
Cast: Yuta Yamazaki, Megumi Okina
VCD in japanese audio with english subs, region all
Hong Kong Platinum Classics Video CD edition |
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Stilrent och underhållande kriminal- mysterium
där en industrimagnats arv leder till en hel räcka med dödsfall
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The
Inugami Family
Direction: Kon Ichikawa, production: 1976
Cast: Koji Ishizaka, Yoko Shimada
DVD in japanese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong IVL Kadokawa DVD edition |
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Shunji Iwai's warm-hearted homage to the Film Master
Kon Ichikawa (1915-2008). An experimental style
drama-dokumentary in black & white with white text
against black narration, stop motion photos and some
film clips. Beautiful 2 disc edition with a booklet
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The
Kon Ichikawa Story (Ichikawa Kon monogatari)
Direction, script, editing: Shunji Iwai, production: 2006
Cast: Kon Ichikawa
DVD in japanese audio with english subs, b/w, region 2
Japan Pony Canyon 2 disc DVD edition |
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Klassisk våldsam Female Revenge swordplay
med legendariska Kaji på Koike's mangaserie
läs mer på bildlänken om filmen
och
om Meiko Kaji - kultaktrisen Nr. 1 |
Lady
Snowblood (Shura Yukihime/Fighting Lady Snow)
Direction: Toshiya Fujita, production: 1973
Cast: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon
DVD in japanese audio with english subs, region
1
US AnimEigo DVD edition |
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Meiko Kaji's legendary and luscious looking
WIP-Female Revenge films after Toru
Shinohara's manga comic.
Läs mer om Meiko Kaji, Hasebe
och Scorpion filmerna på bildlänken |
Female
Prisoner 701 Scorpion Collection (3 disc edition)
Direction: Shunya Ito/Yasuharu Hasebe, production: 1972-1973
Cast: Meiko Kaji, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Yayoi Watanabe m
fl
DVD in japanese audio with english subs, region 1
US Media Blasters unrated 3 disc DVD edition |
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Mizoguchi's Masterpiece. A Dark and poetic
drama about illusions and the madness of War.
One of the greatest films ever made
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Ugetsu
monogatari (Tales of Ugetsu/Sagor om en blek
mystisk måne efter regnet)
Direction: Kenji Mizoguchi, production: 1953
Cast: Masayuki Mora, Machiko Kyo
DVD in japanese audio with english subs, b/w, region 6
China DVD edition |
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Hysterically inspired cyberpunk experimental
classic and Rock' N' Roll insanity in the same
vein as his groundbreaking Burst City or the
Tetsuo films by Shinya Tsukamoto
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Electric
Dragon 80000 Volt
Direction: Sogo Ishii, production: 2001
Cast: Asano Tadanobu, Masakutsu Funaki, Masatoshi Nagase
DVD in japanese audio with english subs, black & white, region 1
US Discotek 2 disc unrated DVD edition |
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Briljant och upplyftande drama om en
något knubbig kvinna i sina bästa år
på flykt från polisen
This could be anunknown film masterpiece ?
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Face
(Kao)
Direction: Junji Sakamoto, production: 2000
Cast: Naomi Fujiyama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Jun Kunimura
DVD in japanese audio with english subs, region
1
US Home Vision Entertainment DVD edition |
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Tiden är i olag för unga Kazuko i ett märkligt
och romantiskt Sci-Fi drama.
Baserad på den mycket populära berättelsen av
Tsutsui Yasutaka
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Girl
of Time (The Little Girl Who Conquered
Time)
Direction: Nobuhiko Obayashi, production: 1983
Cast: Tomoyo Harada
DVD in japanese audio with english subs, region 3
Hong Kong IVL DVD edition |
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Klassisk spökhistoria där onda jordägare,
utsugare, drabbas av en förbannelse från
den andra sidan
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Snake
Woman's Curse (Kaidan hebi onna)
Direction: Nobuo Nakagawa, production: 1968
Cast: Sizaburo Kawasu, Yukie Kagawa, Sachiko Kuwahara
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
all
US Synapse Panik House DVD edition |
Kiyoshi
Kurosawa |
Born
1955, the idiosyncratic film-auteur |
som främst
hittat sin uttrycksform inom kriminal-drama/thrillerns område |
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A Ghost Story in the special style
of Kurosawa
where a tired cop investigates murders where
the evidence points at himself as the perp.
With our eternal favourite Koji Yakusho |
Retribution
(Sakebi)
Direction: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, production: 2006
Cast: Koji Yakusho
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
3
Hong Kong Asia Video DVD edition |
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Again, a Kiyoshi quirky and unique Drama and a
Crime Comedy based on the Doppelganger motive,
and with Koji Yakusho as the high-strung inventor
of a robotic chair
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Doppelgänger
(Dopperugenga)
Direction: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, production: 2003
Cast: Hiromi Nagasaku, Koji Yakusho, Akira Emoto
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region 3
Korean Cinexus DVD edition |
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An unusual but fascinating and beautiful drama
about Yuji and Mamoru, a murder and a red
jellyfish. The images just get stuck in your mind and
especially the haunting ending with the Jellyfish
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Bright
Future (Akarui mirai/Jellyfish Alert)
Direction: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, production: 2003
Cast: Asano Tadanobu, Jo Odagiri, Tatsuya Fuji
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
3
Korean Cinexus DVD edition |
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Apocalyptic Masterpiece
of artmovie horror one of
the absolute highlights
the mindblowing Japanese Golden Era
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Kairo
(Pulse)
Direction: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, production: 2001
Cast: Haruhiko Kato, Kumiko Aso
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Magnolia Pictures DVD edition |
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Fine Crime Drama (made for TV?) about a
medium, her husband and a kidnapped girl.
From the time of the Genius Kurosawa
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Séance
(Korei: ushiro o miru na)
Direction: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, production: 2000
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Jun Fubuki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Home Video Entertainment DVD edition |
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Another unique masterpiece from KK.
A fascinating, enigmatic and delightfully
quirky Eco Drama Thriller with a burnt out cop
and the strange things going on in a forest
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Charisma
(Karisuma)
Direction: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, production: 1999
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Ren Osugi, Jun Fubuki
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Home Vision Entertainment DVD edition |
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Maybe the masterpiece of Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
A fascinating psychological art-horror-thriller
with a cop investigating a series of apparently
unrelated murders. Just mindblowing stuff.
Interview with the director
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Cure
(Kyua) -ett kriminalfilmsmästerverk!
Direction: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, production: 1997
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Masato Hagiwara
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
1
US Home Video Entertainment DVD edition |
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Visually impressive about a series of hypnosis
related murders and with somewhat odd locations
and an interesting soundtrack. A precursor to
his apocalyptic horror masterpiece Kairo/Pulse.
letterbox, 2.0
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Direction: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, production: 1997
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Masato Hagiwara
VCD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
all
Hong Kong Universe Video CD edition |
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Psycho horror-slasher made in the unique style
of Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Quirky and with black
humour. Akiko starts the new job where a guard
is murdering the employees
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The
Guard From the Underground (Jigoku no keibiin)
Direction: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, production: 1992
Cast: Makiko Kuno, Matsushige Yutaka, Ren Osugi
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
1
US Artsmagic edition - NO! A Bad quality DVD edition |
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The first entry in a delicious series of Female
Revenge Action, and where Junko Miyazono
deals with her tormentors
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Female
Demon Ohyaku -
Legends of the Poisonous Seductress
(Yoen dokufo-den: Hannaya no Ohyaku)
Direction: Yoshihiro Ishikawa, production: 1968
Cast: Junko Miyazono, Koji Nanbara, Tamisaburo Wakayama
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, b&w, region all
US Synapse DVD edition |
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The second entry in the Female revenge action
series where Junko Miyazono avenges the evil
deeds done to her by male devils
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Quick-Draw
Okatsu - Legends of the Poisonous Seductress
(Yoen dokufo-den: Hitokiri Okatsu)
Direction: Nobuo Nakagawa, production: 1969
Cast: Junko Miyazono, Reiko Oshida, Tamisaburo Wakayama
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region all
US Synapse DVD edition |
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A Feverish Punk Rock Futurama Drama
by the young Sogo Ishii, and this indie
experiment would have a big influence on
the modern Japanese indie filmmaking
and the coming of Cyber Punk Cinema
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Burst
City (Bakuretsu toshi)
Direction: Sogo Ishii, production: 1982
Cast: Michirou Endo, Shigeru Izumiya, Takanori Jinnai
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Discotek Media DVD edition |
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Absurd and surrealistic entertainment based
on the theme of Doppleganger. The elder
Kitano reflects over his own career
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Takeshis
Direction: Takeshi Kitano, production: 2005
Cast: Beat Takeshi Kitano, Ren Osugi, Kyono Kotomi
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region 2
Japanese Emotion DVD edition |
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Brilliant and disturbing Drama Thriller where
a child gets in trouble being torn between two
parents
From the creator of the excellent Castle of Sand
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The
Demon
Direction: Yoshitaro Nomura, production: 1978
Cast: Shima Iwashita, Ken Ogata, Hiroki Iwase
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
?
US Home Vision Entertainment DVD edition |
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Brilliant, beautiful and atmospherical haunting
crime drama about a murder investigation in a
hot Japanese summer with clues backwards in
time and an old stigma. Masterful after a novel
by Matsumoto Seicho. Unfortunately with a
messed up fullscreen ratio .... aaargh!
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The
Castle of Sand (Suna
no utsuwa)
- A Crime Movie Masterpiece
Direction: Yoshitaro Nomura, production: 1974
Cast: Tamba Tetsuro, Kato Go, Morita Kensaku
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Platinum Classics 4:3
ratio DVD edition |
Teruo
Ishii |
1924
- 2005 |
The
Loose Cannon of Japanese film, the Rebel director and
Bizarro film-maker. The Proto - Takashi Miike and Sion Sono |
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Deliriously bizarre artmovie horror crime mystery
after the Edgar Allan Poe of Japan, Edogawa Rampo.
From the demented mind of Japanese films Rebel
Film Maker, and long before Miike. A Japanese
Cult Classic. Teruo Ishii died in 2005, 81 years old |
Horrors
of Malformed Men (Kyofu
kikei ningen)
Direction: Teruo Ishii, production: 1969
Cast: Teruo Yoshida, Tatsumi Hijikata, Minoru Ohki
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
all
US Synapse Panik House DVD edition |
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The Cult Actress Meiko Kaji as a
swordswoman
in a Bizarre Yakuza-horror from the wild outsider
of Japanese film, Teruo Ishii. He was the Proto-
Takeshi Miike & Sion Sono of today.
Read more about Meiko Kaji on the picture link |
Blind
Woman's Curse (Kaidan nobori ryu/Rising Dragon)
Direction: Teruo Ishii, production: 1970
Cast: Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Tatsumi Hijikata
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
1
US Discotek Media DVD edition |
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A very odd and bizarre Ishii-esque drama
about a loser's inner travel and fantasies
finely acted by the great Tadanobu Asano.
Strange, but Great Fun
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Screwed
(Neji-shiki/Wind-Up Type)
Direction: Teruo Ishii, production:
1998
Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Miki Fujitani, Yuko Fujimori
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region all
US Panik House DVD edition |
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Brilliant and a record bizarre (even for Ishii)
Crime Mystery and Artmovie -Horror based on
the writings of the great Edogawa Rampo, the Poe
of Japan. The Master was 77 years old when
making this film, and what a great title it is
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Blind
Beast vs. Killer Dwarf (Moju tai issun boshi)
Direction, script, photo & production: Teruo Ishii
2001
Cast: Shinya Tsukamoto, Little Franky, Tetsuro Tanba
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
all
US Panik House DVD edition |
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A violent Yakuza film
classic from the
acknowledged Master of the genre Kinji
Fukasaku, and where a rockhard cop is
drawn into the mobster world. Meiko Kaji
can be seen in a regular non-sleaze role
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Yakuza
Graveyard (Yakuza no hakaba-kuchinashi no hana)
Direction: Kinji Fukasaku, production: 1976
Cast: Meiko Kaji, Tetsuya Watari, Nagisa Oshima
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
US Kino Video DVD edition |
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Old yakuza film Master Kinji Fukasaku's
controversial Action Masterpiece based on a
Manga. Ultra Violent dystopy about teenage
school kids sent to an island where games is to
be played and only one winner is to survive
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Battle
Royale
Direction: Kinji Fukasaku, production: 2000
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Ando Masanobu, Kuriyama Chiaki
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Universe DVD edition |
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Part 3 in the Youth delinquency street-gang
Stray Cat Pinky violence series with Cult actress
Meiko Kaji as the leader of a really tough girl gang
ledaren av en tuff tjejliga.
Read more on the picture link about director Hasebe
and
the legendary actress Meiko Kaji
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Stray
Cat Rock: Sex Hunter (Nora neko rokku - sekkusu
hantaa)
Direction: Yasuharu Hasebe, production: 1970
Cast: Meiko Kaji, Tatsuya Fuji, Rikiya Yasuoka
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
1
US Home Vision Entertainment DVD edition |
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A visually exquisite Nunsploitation sleaze Cult
movie about terror going on in a Convent. Possibly
a masterpiece of the genre (even if this genre may
a questionable such). Maya goes undercover in a
Catholic convent and is whipped for her efforts
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School
of the Holy Beast (Convent of the Sacred Beast)
Direction: Norifumi Suzuki, production: 1974
Cast: Yumi Takigawa, Emiko Yamauchi
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
?
US Cult Epics DVD edition |
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Akira Kurosawa's version of Shakespeare's
MacBeth is a Horror Drama Masterpiece, and
often considered to be the maybe greatest
ever film adaption of the Shakespeare Play
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Throne
of Blood
Direction: Akira Kurosawa, production: 1957
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region 6
China DVD edition |
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Akira Kurosawa's first film in Color and a
really disturbing Feel Bad masterpiece, where
a boy drives an imaginary Tram in a Junkyard.
Extremely depressing and heavy Feel Bad.
Made at a time when Kurosawa is said to have
been trying to commit suicide.
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Dodes'
ka-den
Direction: Akira Kurosawa, production: 1970
Cast: Yoshitaka Zushi
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region all
Hong Kong Mei Ah DVD edition
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Masterful Imamura about a man and his Eel.
Elegant DVD edition but with the shorter
South Korean version
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Unagi
(The Eel)
Direction: Shohei Imamura, production: 1996
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region 3
Korean Spectrum The short 112 min version DVD edition |
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Chilly, precise and masterful depiction about a
Serial Killer and his tour of murders. Widely
regarded as one of the best Japanese 1970's films
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Vengeance
is Mine
Direction: Shohei Imamura, production: 1979
Cast: Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Rentaro Mikuni
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
3
Hong Kong Platinum Classics DVD edition |
Yasujiro
Ozu
(1903-1962) |
Master
Ozu, considered as the greatest in Japan
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Stillsamt
rogivande familjedramer med statisk kamera är minimalistiska
film-mästerverk. Motsatsen till de i väst föredragna filmerna
med
högljudda, våldsbenägna och ständigt satta i röreöse
samurajer
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Peaceful and gripping drama about the sorrow
of two girls because their mother has deserted
them. A Masterpiece
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Tokyo
Twilight (Tokyo boshoku)
Direction: Yasujiro Ozu, production: 1957
Cast: Hara Setsuko, Arima Ineko, Ryu Chishu
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, b&w, region 1
Hong Kong Platinum Classics DVD edition |
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A finely tuned drama about the Miwa family
about marriage and good old friends. Film master
Yasujiro Ozo once again penetrates the japanese
family and relations between the generations
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Late
Autumn (Akibiyori)
Direction and co-script: Yasujiro Ozu, production: 1960
Cast: Hara Setsuko, Tsuka Sayoko, Sada Keiji
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Platinum Classics DVD edition |
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Delightful drama about the friendship between two
teenage girls and in a much lighter vein than his
powerful and disturbing 2001 All About Lily CC.
135 mins. Iwai made a sort of an animated
sequel
in 2015 - The Case of Hana & Alice (see at top)
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Hana
& Alice (Hana to Arisu)
Direction: Shunji Iwai, production: 2004
Cast: Anne Suzuki, Yu Aoi, Tomohiro Kaku
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
3
Hong Kong Panorama DVD edition |
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Soundtrack to some Iwai films in a double CD
with Ghost Soup, Undo, Love Letter,
Picnic, Fried Dragon Fish, Fireworks
Read more on the picture link
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Original
Soundtrack Shunji Iwai Films
(2 disc soundtrack CD)
Music: Remedios m fl
(Korea Pony Canyon CD Soundtrack 2002
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An astonishingly beautiful but painful drama
about some really fragile Japanese youngsters
obsessed with the ethereal pop idol Lily Chou
Chou. A much debated film masterpiece from Iwai
and one of the greatest films this millennia |
All
About Lily Chou Chou (Riri shu shu no subete)
Direction: Shunji Iwai, production: 2001
Cast: Hayato Ichihawa, Takao Osawa, Ayumi Ito, Masanobu
Ando
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
3
Hong Kong Panorama DVD edition |
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Charming every-day drama about a very cute
Hokkaido student (Matsu) who moves to Tokyo,
starts at the University and is hoping for a miracle.
Whimsical and cute Feel Good |
April
Story (Shigatsu monogatari)
Direction & script: Shunji Iwai, production: 1998
Cast: Takako Matsu, Kahori Fujii, Kazuhiko Kato
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region all
Korean Daewoori DVD edition |
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The 3" CD single with the modern Japanese classic
and the title song - Swallowtail Butterfly plus "Mama's
Alright" from Iwais miracle of a unique film.
The Amazing artist Chara sings and plays the role of
Glico, the chinese singer and prostitute in the film |
Swallowtail
Butterfly (music 3" CD-single)
Music CD: Epic/Sony, production: 1996
Grupp: Yentown Band (Chara, Takeshi Kobayashi, Shunji
Iwai)
Musik CD single
Japanese Epic/Sony CD single edition |
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A phenomenal yarn about dreams and making
music in Yentown where the guest workers live.
From when the Yen ruled the world, and with
magical music from Chara & Takashi Kobayashi.
A miracle of a film and another Iwai masterpiece |
Swallowtail
Butterfly (Suwaroteiru)
Direction: Shunji Iwai, production: 1996
Cast: Chara, Hiroshi Mikami, Ayumi Ito, Yosuke Eguchi
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region 3
Hong Kong Panorama DVD edition |
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A Cult Classic and a modern film masterpiece
from Shunji Iwai and with Chara, Yen Town and
people on the hunt for a bill prototype
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Swallowtail
Butterfly (Suwaroteiru)
Direction: Shunji Iwai, production: 1996
Cast: Chara, Hiroshi Mikami, Ayumi Ito, Yosuke Eguchi
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
2
Japan Pony Canyon DVD edition |
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Visually gorgeous, brilliant and gripping story
about three mental asylum patients and their
journey to the Sea. Like an avantgarde fairytale.
Short feature length movie 68 min and the
film
where Chara and Asano became a couple
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Picnic
(Pikunikku)
Direction: Shunji Iwai, production: 1994, 1996
Cast: Chara, Asano Tadanobu, Koichi Hashizume
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
2
Japan Ponyo Canyon DVD edition |
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Magnificent and different Love Story Melodrama
from the great Shunji Iwai, and a film that became
a huge Hit in Japan and something as a break-
through for him as a feature film length director
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Love
Letter
Direction: Shunji Iwai, production: 1995
Cast: Miho Nakayama, Takashi Kashiwabara
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region all
Korean SRE DVD edition |
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Obscure but absolutely fascinating artmovie if
short - 58 minutes. Visual fireworks from one of
the most underrated film masters of Japan.
This film flew under the radar. Probably unseen
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Dead
End Run
Direction: Sogo Ishii, production: 2004
Cast: Iseya Yusuke, Asano Tadanobu, Nagase Masatoshi
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
2
Japan Geneon DVD edition with Fotobook |
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Slick looking and a different take on the Fantasy
Action Swordplay saga from the great Sogo Ishii
But unfortunately a big flop as most didn't like it
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Gojoe:
Spirit War Chronicle
Direction: Sogo Ishii, production: 2000
Cast: Asano Tadanobu, Masatoshi Nagase, Daisuke Ryu
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region 1
US Media Blasters Tokyo shock DVD edition |
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A Brilliant psychological thriller from the Great
indie filmmaker Master Sogo Ishii. Suggestive
and complex (and i would love to see this on a
Blu-ray with english subtitles)
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Angel
Dust
Direction: Sogo Ishii, production:
1994
Cast: Kaho Minami, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takeshi Wakamatsu
VCD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region all
Hong Kong Platinum Classics Video CD edition
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Classic claustrophobial Art Horror about a
demented blind sculptor who kidnaps a model.
From the Japanese New Wave director Masumura
and based on the writings of Edogawa Rampo
The Edgar Allan Poe of Japan |
The
Blind Beast (Moju)
Direction: Yasuzo Masumura, production: 1969
Cast: Eiji Funakoshi, Mako Midori, Noriko Sengoku
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region all
US Fantoma DVD edition |
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A controversial teenage drama with critic
against the Japanese society and the growing
prostitution problem along teenage girls, and
the perverted middle-aged men who buys sex
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Bounce
Ko Gals
Direction Masato Harada, production: 1997
Cast: Yukiko Okamoto, Hitomi Sato, Yasue Sato
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
all
Korean Infinity DVD edition |
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A slow and intricately made Thriller about a
faked kidnapping. Nicely made by the Ringu
director in the spirit of Alfred Hitchcock
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Chaos
(Kaosu)
Direction: Hideo Nakata, production: 1999
Cast: Masato Hagiwara, Miki Nakatani, Ken Mitsuishi
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
all
Korean Spectrum DVD edition |
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Masterful Samurai drama dealing with Revenge
and the Japanese suicide ritual Seppuku
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Harakiri
(Seppuku)
Direction: Masaki Kobayashi, production: 1961
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Tetsuro Tanba
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
3
Hong Kong Platinum Classics black & white DVD edition |
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Highly stylized surrealistic artmovie about the
professional killer Stray Cat and with fights
between ranked assassins
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Pistol
Opera
Direction: Seijun Suzukii, production: 2001
Cast: Makiko Esumi, Masatoshi Nagase, Sayoko Yamaguchi
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
1
US Media Blasters DVD edition |
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Hyllat drama om den från Nordkorea
ättade Sugiharas utanförskap i Japan,
men vars boxningstalang löser
vissa av hans problem.
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Go
Direction: Isao Yukisada, production: 2001
Cast: Yosuke Kubozuka, Kou Shibasaki, Shinobu Otake
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
3
Hong Kong IVL DVD edition |
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Vackert atmosfäriskt om en mystisk hednisk
by där kvinnor har kontakt med gamla andar,
gudar, Inugami
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Inugami
Direction: Masato Harada, production: 2001
Cast: Yuki Amami, Atsuro Watabe, Koichi Sato
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
3
Hong Kong Universe DVD edition |
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Blandning av drama och skräck.
Cronenbergskt om tvillingar och en
familjehemlighet efter en berättelse av
Japans Edgar Allan Poe, Edogawa Rampo
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Gemini
Direction: Shinya Tsukamoto, production: 1999
Cast: Motoki Masahiro, Asano Tadanobu, Ryo
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
3
Hong Kong Ocean Shores DVD edition |
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Really intense Cyber-Punk Horror nightmare
where a family man are hunting Cyborgs.
More polished than the wild first film, but
still crazy and entertaining
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Tetsuo
2: Body Hammer
Direction: Shinya Tsukamoto, production:
1992
Cast: Shinya Tsukamoto, Tomoro Taniguchi, Kei Fujiwara
VCD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region all
Hong Kong Asia Video Video CD edition |
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A Cyber-Punk Masterpiece and an absolute
experimental Cult Classic in the same spirit as
David Lynch's "Eraserhead". Shot in black &
white about a Man turning into Metal
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Tetsuo:
The Iron Man
Direction: Shinya Tsukamoto, produkcion: 1988
Cast: Kei Fujiwara
VCD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
all
Hong Kong Asia Video black & white Video CD edition |
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My least favourite Kitano film at that time, 2002.
Beautiful colors at least when Kitano is intertwining
three storys that are inspired by Japanese theatre
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Dolls
Direction: Takeshi Kitano, production: 2002
Cast: Miho Kanno, Tatsuya Mihashi, Hidetoshi Nishijima
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
3
Hong Kong Panorama Entertainment DVD edition
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Violent and stylished with Takeshi Kitano as
rock-hard Japanese Yakuza on a visit to the USA.
Pretty entertaining but not as good as his in
Japan made films
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Brother
Direction: Takeshi Kitano, production: 2000
Cast: Beat Takeshi, Omar Epps
DVD in japanese & english audio with english
subs, region 3
Hong Kong Universal DVD edition |
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Maybe my favourite Kitano film. A Roadmovie
where the not too enthusiastic Kitano is asked
to escort a little boy who seeks after his mother
who has deserted him. Naive but enchanting
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Kikujiro
(Kikujiro's Summer/Kikujiro no natsu)
Direction: Takeshi Kitano, production: 1999
Cast: Takeshi Kitano
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
3
Hong Kong Edko Films DVD edition |
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A burnt-out ex-cop wants to use the time that
is left with his dying wife, but he's threatened
by yakuzas. Violent, pensive and beautiful
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Hana-bi
Direction: Takeshi Kitano, production: 1997
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Yoshitaka Nishi
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
3
Korean Spectrum DVD edition |
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Amazing growing up youth drama about dreams
and short-comings. About two friends where
one becomes a Boxer and the other a Yakuza
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Kids
Return (Kidzu ritan)
Direction: Takeshi Kitano, production: 1996
Cast: Masanobu Ando, Ken Kaneko, Leo Morimoto
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
3
Korean Spectrum DVD edition |
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A Kitano oddity in his film Oeuvre and a, for
westerners, probably quite bizarre comedy
about a typical Japanese "Comedy Act".
From the Ex-Comic Kitano
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Getting
Any ? (Minna yatteruka)
Direction: Takeshi Kitano, production: 1994
Cast: Dankan, Shoji Kobayashi, Takeshi Kitano
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
3
Hong
Kong Platinum Classics DVD edition |
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The Yakuza member Marukawa, played by Takeshi
Kitano, is sent to the southern island of Okinawa
where he opposes the local mobster boss.
Masterful about the meaning and Vanitas of life
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Sonatine
Direction: Takeshi Kitano, production: 1993
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Tetsu Watanabe
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
3
Hong Kong Platinum Classics DVD edition |
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The Deaf-mute Shigeru and his girlfriend are
are drawn to the Sea, and where they become
surfers. Quirky and nice from favourite Kitano
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A
Scene at the Sea (Ano natsu ichiban shizuka
na umi)
Direction: Takeshi Kitano, production: 1991
Cast: Claude Maki, Hiroko Oshima
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
3
Hong Kong Platinum Classics DVD edition |
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Violent Crime Drama where a young guy is
taking on the Yakuza, and gets help from
a disturbed ex-yakuza gangster played by
director Takeshi Kitano
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Boiling
Point (3-4x jugatsu)
Direction: Takeshi Kitano, production: 1990
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Masahiko Ono, Yuriko Ishida
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region
all
US Winstar DVD edition
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Impressive directorial debut from Takeshi Kitano
where Kitano plays the role of Azuma, a film neo-
noirich cop á la Don Siegel's Dirty Harry
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Violent
Cop (Sono Otoko kyobo Ni Tsuski)
Direction: Takeshi Kitano, production: 1989
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Ashikawa, Hakuryu
DVD in japanese audio with english subtitles, region all
US Wellspring DVD edition |
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2001-2024
Gunnar Strange Things |
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