4 Movies Starring Aki Maeda

Battle Royale

Battle Royale

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-12-16

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (130103 Reviews)

Director:

Kinji Fukasaku

Cast:

Writer:

Koushun Takami (novel)

Kenta Fukasaku (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Forty-two students, three days, one deserted Island: welcome to Battle Royale. A group of ninth-grade students from a Japanese high school have been forced by legislation to compete in a Battle Royale. The students are each given a bag with a randomly selected weapon and a few rations of food and water and sent off to kill each other in a no-holds-barred (with a few minor rules) game to the death, which means that the students have three days to kill each other until one survives--or they all die. The movie focuses on a few of the students and how they cope. Some decide to play the game like the psychotic Kiriyama or the sexual Mitsuko, while others like the heroes of the movie--Shuya, Noriko, and Kawada--are trying to find a way to get off the Island without violence. However, as the numbers dwell down lower and lower on an hourly basis, is there any way for Shuya and his classmates to survive?

The Cat Returns

The Cat Returns

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-07-19

Languages:

Japanese, English

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

75 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (27280 Reviews)

Director:

Hiroyuki Morita

Cast:

Writer:

Aoi Hiiragi (comic "Neko no Danshaku

Baron")

Reiko Yoshida (screenplay)

Cindy Davis Hewitt (screenplay)

Donald H. Hewitt (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A young girl rescues a mysterious cat from traffic and soon finds herself the unwelcome recipient of gifts and favors from the King of the Cats, who also wants her to marry his son, Prince Lune. With the assistance of a fat, grouchy real cat and a an elegant cat statuette come to life (both characters featured in Studio Ghibli's earlier anime "Whisper of the Heart"), the girl visits the Cat Kingdom and narrowly escapes again.

Linda Linda Linda

Linda Linda Linda

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-07-23

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

114 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (2267 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Kèsuke Mukai

Wakako Miyashita

Nobuhiro Yamashita

Fullplot:

A music group of girls need to learn to play a song before the school festival.

The Boy Who Saw the Wind

The Boy Who Saw the Wind

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-07-22

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

97 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (129 Reviews)

Director:

Kazuki Ohmori

Cast:

Writer:

Izuru Narushima

C.W. Nicole (novel)

Kazuki Ohmori

Fullplot:

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