Japan movies

Rain Fall (2009)

Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Japan
Actors: Shiina, Kippei | Oldman, Gary | Hasegawa, Kyoko | Shimizu, Misa | Bando, Takumi | Emoto, Akira | Hunter, Dirk | McFall, David
Directors: Mannix, Max
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Based on the bestselling novel by author Barry Eisler, this action thriller from director Max Minnix follows a seasoned assassin as he races to prevent CIA hit men from killing the daughter of a former target. The Special Forces taught John Rain (Kippei Shiina) how to kill, and he’s the best at what he does. After dispensing with a government bureaucrat, John discovers that the CIA has marked the women he loves for death. Saving her won’t be easy, but John won’t stop until he’s sure she’s safe. Gary Oldman co-stars.

Halo Legends (2010)

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
Genres: Action | Animation | Sci-Fi
Countries: Japan | USA
Actors: Abe, Atsushi | Adley, Mark | Akabane, Kenji | Anderson, Deke | Anzaldua, Leraldo | Ayres, Chris | Ayres, Greg | Bolden, Joshua | Chiba, Susumu | Doran, Justin | Ebara, Masashi | Faulkner, James | Fleck, Marty | Fujiwara, Keiji | Grelle, Josh
Directors: Aramaki, Shinji
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A collection of seven stories from the Halo Universe created by Japan’s most creative minds. First up is “Origins” a two part episode showing the expansive history of the Halo Universe and the history of the 100,000 year long franchise timeline, told through the eyes of Cortana. Second comes “The Duel” Taking place long before the Human-Covenant War, it tells the story of an Arbiter, Fal ‘Chavamee, who refuses to accept the Covenant Religion. Taking a turn to the Spartan side of the story “Homecoming” focuses on the tragedies involving the Spartan-II recruitment in 2517, and the Spartans coming to terms with their origins. Taking a turn in tone comes “Odd One Out” a non-cannon parody of the Halo storyline. “Prototype” tells the story of a Marine who goes against his orders to destroy an advanced prototype armor and uses the suit to buy time for civilians evacuating from the planet. “The Babysitter” tales of the the rivalry between the Spartan-II Commandos and the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers as they’re sent to Covenant-controlled world to assassinate a Covenant Prophet. And finally “The Package” a two-part all CGI film follows Master Chief and an elite squad of Spartan-II super soldiers as they execute a top-secret mission to retrieve a highly valuable UNSC asset on a Covenant Assault Carrier.

Blue Tiger (1994)

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Genres: Action | Crime | Thriller
Countries: Japan | USA
Actors: Madsen, Virginia | Nakamura, Tôru | Hallo, Dean | Ishibashi, Ryo | Lopez, Sal | Okumoto, Yuji | Stanton, Harry Dean | Varda, Brenda | Chau, François | Mortensen, Henry | Templeton, Claudia | Obata, Toshirô | Hammil, John | DeRose, Chris | Boguski, Thomas 'Doc'
Directors: Barba, Norberto
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Gena is a sweet and dedicated mother to her little son. One day, whilst shopping with him for a halloween mask, her son is accidently shot through the chest by a Japanese Gunman, trying to kill an opposing gang of bus operators. Gena notices that the gunman has a picture of a blue tiger on his chest. She is turned into an obsessed person and has an identical red tiger etched into her skin. She then tracks down the killer and plots his death. This leads her into the world of the Japanese Mafia….

Ponyo (2008)

Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
Countries: Japan
Actors: Nara, Yuria | Doi, Hiroki | Tokoro, Jôji | Yamaguchi, Tomoko | Amami, Yûki | Nagashima, Kazushige | Yano, Akiko | Hatori, Shinichi | Hidari, Tokie | Hiraoka, Eimi | Hîragi, Rumi | Naraoka, Tomoko | Ohashi, Nozomi | Yoshiyuki, Kazuko | Ishizumi, Akihiko
Directors: Miyazaki, Hayao
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The son of a sailor, 5-year old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa. One fateful day, he finds a beautiful goldfish trapped in a bottle on the beach and upon rescuing her, names her Ponyo. But she is no ordinary goldfish. The daughter of a masterful wizard and a sea goddess, Ponyo uses her father’s magic to transform herself into a young girl and quickly falls in love with Sosuke, but the use of such powerful sorcery causes a dangerous imbalance in the world. As the moon steadily draws nearer to the earth and Ponyo’s father sends the ocean’s mighty waves to find his daughter, the two children embark on an adventure of a lifetime to save the world and fulfill Ponyo’s dreams of becoming human.

Body Count aka Codename: Silencer (1995)

Friday, February 5th, 2010
Genres: Action | Thriller
Countries: Japan | USA
Actors: Davi, Robert | Bauer, Steven | Nielsen, Brigitte | Chiba, Sonny | Vincent, Jan-Michael | Ambuehl, Cindy | Keener, Eliott | LeJohn, Lawrence | Codora, Eric | Opinato, Mario | Chimento, Jim | McAuley, Annie | Weston, Eric | Melerine, Celeste | Johnson, Angela
Directors: Hsu, Talun
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A cold-blooded assassin is out for revenge against an elite corps of Special Crimes Agents headed by Eddie Cook and Vinnie Rizzo. When Cold blooded hit man Makoto escapes from prison, he and his sexy and lethal partner set out to execute the agents who sent them away. As the Special Crimes Agents are systematically gunned down, Cook and Rizzo find themselves in a deadly race to find the assassins and stop the bloodbath.

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)

Friday, January 29th, 2010
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War
Countries: Japan | USA
Actors: Balsam, Martin | Yamamura, Sô | Cotten, Joseph | Mihashi, Tatsuya | Marshall, E.G. | Whitmore, James | Tamura, Takahiro | Tôno, Eijirô | Robards, Jason | Addy, Wesley | Shimada, Shogo | Aletter, Frank | Senda, Koreya | Ames, Leon | Usami, Junya
Directors: Fleischer, Richard
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In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. “Tora! Tora! Tora!”, named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.

My Neighbour Totoro (1988)

Monday, January 18th, 2010
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
Countries: Japan
Actors: Hidaka, Noriko | Sakamoto, Chika | Itoi, Shigesato | Shimamoto, Sumi | Kitabayashi, Tanie | Takagi, Hitoshi | Maruyama, Yûko | Washio, Machiko | Suzuki, Reiko | Hirose, Masashi | Amagasa, Toshiyuki | Chiba, Shigeru | Tatsuta, Naoki | Tarako | Nishimura, Tomohiro
Directors: Miyazaki, Hayao
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Two young girls, Satsuke and her younger sister Mei, move into a house in the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother. Satsuke and Mei discover that the nearby forest is inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros (pronounced toe-toe-ro). They soon befriend these Totoros, and have several magical adventures.

Shogun Assassin (1980)

Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Genres: Action | Adventure
Countries: Japan | USA
Actors: Wakayama, Tomisaburo | Matsuo, Kayo | Ohki, Minoru | Kobayashi, Akiji | Kishida, Shin | Tomikawa, Akihiro | Johnson, Lamont | Efron, Marshall | Bernhard, Sandra | Davis, Vic | Weinrib, Lennie | Cooke, Lainie | Weisman, Sam | Lindsay, Mark
Directors: Houston, Robert
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Shogun decapitator, lone wolf, ronin. Travels with his son, Daigoro, in search of the Shogun that is paranoid of his skills. In the attempts to kill Lone Wolf, Shogun’s ninja kills his wife and leaves him to care for the boy. Lone Wolf swears that Shogun will pay for his deeds. Revenge and justice drive Lone Wolf through Japan’s forests and deserts in search of vengeance.

Fatal Beauty (1987)

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama
Countries: Japan | USA
Actors: Goldberg, Whoopi | Elliott, Sam | Blades, Rubén | Yulin, Harris | Ryan, John P. | Warren, Jennifer | Dourif, Brad | Jolly, Mike | Hallahan, Charles | Harris, David | LeGros, James | Barry, Neill | Pellegrino, Mark | Landey, Clayton | Asparagus, Fred
Directors: Holland, Tom
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Rita Rizzoli is a narcotics cop with a plethora of disguises. When a drug shipment is hijacked, the thieves don’t know that the drug is unusually pure and packs of ‘Fatal Beauty’ begin turning up next to too many dead bodies. Mike works for the original owner of the drugs and tries to tell himself that since he does not handle the drugs, he is ‘clean’. Mike becomes Rita’s constant companion as the drug hijackers (who are nearly psychotic and very well armed) are hunted, while more and more bodies continue to turn up.

L: Change the World (2008)

Monday, January 11th, 2010
Genres: Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Japan
Actors: Matsuyama, Ken'ichi | Aoyama, Sota | Bueno, David | Fujimura, Shunji | Fujiwara, Tatsuya | Fukuda, Narushi | Groot, Lex de | Hiraizumi, Sei | Hosokawa, Shigeki | Ishibashi, Renji | Kanai, Yuta | Man, Tim | Masana, Bokuzô | Nakamura, Shido | Namioka, Kazuki
Directors: Nakata, Hideo
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A spin-off of the popular Death Note films, L: Change The World focuses on the legendary detective L as he uses his final 23 days to solve crimes all over the world. When a young girl and boy come to him for aid, L is soon faced with what may be his most difficult case yet: stopping a group of corrupted scientists from spreading a lethal virus throughout the earth.