4 Movies Starring Masato Hagiwara

The Cure

The Cure

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-07-08

Languages:

Japanese, Spanish

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

111 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (5781 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Kiyoshi Kurosawa (novel)

Kiyoshi Kurosawa (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist Sakuma are called in to figure out the connection, but their investigation goes nowhere. An odd young man is arrested near the scene of the latest murder, who has a strange effect on everyone who comes into contact with him. Detective Takabe starts a series of interrogations to determine the man's connection with the killings.

Chaos

Chaos

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-10-21

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (1088 Reviews)

Director:

Hideo Nakata

Fullplot:

A man gets involved in a kidnapping scheme with the wife of a wealthy businessman. She lets herself be tied up and confined in his house while he sends the ransom demand. When he returns home that night, however, he finds her laying dead on the floor. In a panic he buries her body deep in the woods and tries to return to his ordinary life. One day, he thinks he spots her walking down the street. Is his mind playing tricks on him, or has she somehow returned from the grave?

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-11-20

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

91 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (7237 Reviews)

Director:

Makoto Shinkai

Cast:

Writer:

Makoto Shinkai (story)

Makoto Shinkai (screenplay)

Steven Foster (adaptation)

Fullplot:

The story takes place in a alternate postwar period, in 1996, where Japan is divided. Hokkaido is ruled by the "Union" while Honshu and other southern islands are under US authority. A tall tower was built on Hokkaido, which could even be seen from Tokyo. In the summer of 1996, three middle-school students make a promise that they'll cross the border with a self-constructed plane and unravel the tower's secret, but their project was abandoned after the girl, Sayuri Sawatari, became mysteriously ill and transferred to Tokyo. Years later on the brink of another war Hiroki Fujisawa finds out that Sayuri had been in coma since then, and he asks Takuya Shirakawa to help him finding a way to wake her up.

Cafè Lumière

Cafè Lumière

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-09-01

Languages:

Japanese, English

Countries:

Japan, Taiwan

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

(2107 Reviews)

Director:

Hsiao-hsien Hou

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Hsiao-hsien Hou (screenplay)

T'ien-wen Chu (screenplay)

Fullplot:

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