2 Movies Starring Kana Hanazawa

King of Thorn

King of Thorn

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-05-01

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

120 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (1395 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Yuji Iwahara (manga)

Kazuyoshi Katayama (screenplay)

Akiko Yajima

Hiroshi Yamaguchi (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A mysterious virus, nicknamed Medusa, is spreading around Japan, turning its victims into stone. Given the impossibility of finding an immediate cure, the government opts for cryopreserving a select group of patients until they come up with a solution. Kasumi, one of the chosen ones, has been asleep for years and her awakening, more than a bed of roses, is a bed of thorns, and happens in the midst of total chaos where monstrous creatures lie in wait all around. Based on Yuji Iwahara's manga by the same name, King of Thorn puts animated images to a sensational cross between Aliens and the series Lost. Enigmatic and highly explosive.

The Garden of Words

The Garden of Words

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-05-31

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

46 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (5719 Reviews)

Director:

Makoto Shinkai

Fullplot:

Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days.

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