6 Movies Starring Anne Suzuki

Snow Falling on Cedars

Snow Falling on Cedars

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-01-07

Languages:

English, Japanese, German

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

127 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (12092 Reviews)

Director:

Scott Hicks

Cast:

Writer:

David Guterson (novel)

Ronald Bass (screenplay)

Scott Hicks (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Carl, a fisherman in the waters off Washington state, has been found dead, drowned in his own nets, but with a serious head wound. Was he murdered? Post-war anti-Japanese sentiments are still running high, and a murder suspect is found in the local Japanese-American community in the form of Kabuo, another fisherman, who had a grudge against Carl's family. Ishmael, the small town's newspaperman, may have the information that would acquit Kabuo, but can he ever put his jilted love for Hatsue (Kazuo's wife) aside?

Returner

Returner

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-08-31

Languages:

Japanese, English, Mandarin

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

116 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (10215 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Epcar (dubbed version)

Kenya Hirata

Takashi Yamazaki

Fullplot:

After an alien invasion threatens to annihilate the human race, a young Japanese girl, named Milly (Anne Suzuki), travels back in time from 2084 to October 2002, and enlists the reluctant aid of skilled Tokyo gunman, named Miyamoto (Takeshi Kaneshiro), to discover and prevent the start of the war. However, trouble ensues when the two protagonists are forced to deal with a Japanese mafia boss, named Mizoguchi (Goro Kishitani), who is somehow involved in the start of the war by keeping the first alien spaceship and its alien pilot captive, while our two heroes race against the clock to find a way to stop the oncoming destruction from the vengeance-seeking alien invasion fleet on its way to Earth.

Steamboy

Steamboy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-03-18

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (12932 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Sadayuki Murai

Katsuhiro ètomo

Fullplot:

Rei is a young inventor living in the U.K. in the middle of the 19th century. Shortly before the first ever World Expo, a marvelous invention called the "Steam Ball", behind which a menacing power is hidden, arrives at his door from his grandfather Roid in the U.S. Meanwhile the nefarious Ohara Foundation has sent men to acquire theSteam Ball so that they can use its power towards their own illicit ends.

Hana and Alice

Hana and Alice

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-03-13

Languages:

Japanese, Mandarin

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

135 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (2532 Reviews)

Director:

Shunji Iwai

Genres:

DramaComedy

Fullplot:

Upon entering high school, two best friends named Hana and Alice notice a boy a year older them while waiting for the train, and they both develop a pretty strong crush on him. One day while secretly following him home, Hana witnesses the boy walk right into a wall and pass out. When he wakes up, she lies and convinces him that he must have amnesia, because he doesn't remember the fact that she was his girlfriend. After this, hilarity ensues as the two girls attempt to run with the lie. Of course, complications soon arise.

Hanging Garden

Hanging Garden

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-07-06

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

114 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (546 Reviews)

Director:

Toshiaki Toyoda

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Mitsuyo Kakuta (novel)

Toshiaki Toyoda (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-07-14

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

127 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (845 Reviews)

Director:

Mika Ninagawa

Genres:

DramaHorror

Cast:

Writer:

Kyèko Okazaki (manga)

Arisa Kaneko (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Top star Ririko undergoes multiple cosmetic surgeries to her entire body. As her surgeries show side effect, Ririko makes the lives of those around her miserable as she tries to deal with her career and her personal problems.

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