6 Movies Starring Nao èmori

Ichi the Killer

Ichi the Killer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-07-25

Languages:

Japanese, Cantonese, English

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

129 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (40329 Reviews)

Director:

Takashi Miike

Cast:

Writer:

Hideo Yamamoto (comic)

Sakichi Satè (screenplay)

Fullplot:

When a Yakuza boss named Anjo disappears with 300 million yen, his chief henchman, a sadomasochistic man named Kakihara, and the rest of his mob goons go looking for him. After capturing and torturing a rival Yakuza member looking for answers, they soon realize they have the wrong man and begin looking for the man named Jijii who tipped them off in the first place. Soon enough Kakihara and his men encounter Ichi, a psychotic, sexually-repressed young man with amazing martial arts abilities and blades that come out of his shoes. One by one Ichi takes out members of the Yakuza and all the while Kakihara intensifies his pursuit of Ichi and Ichi's controller Jijii. What will happen as the final showdown happens between the tortured and ultra-violent Ichi and the pain-craving Kakihara?

Vibrator

Vibrator

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-03-04

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (725 Reviews)

Director:

Ryuichi Hiroki

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Mari Akasaka (novel)

Haruhiko Arai (screenplay)

Fullplot:

(Japanese with English subtitles) After meeting a handsome truck driver (Nao Omori) in the midst of an urban mini-mart, a 30-something freelance writer (Shinobu Terajima) embarks on a life-changing emotional journey of sexual self-discovery. Ryuichi Hiroki (I Am an S&M Writer, Tokyo Trash Baby) directs this critically acclaimed road movie based on the novel by Mari Akasaka.

Mushi-Shi: The Movie

Mushi-Shi: The Movie

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-03-24

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

131 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (809 Reviews)

Genres:

Fantasy

Cast:

Writer:

Yuki Urushibara (comic)

Sadayuki Murai (screenplay)

Katsuhiro ètomo (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Ginko, a Mushi-shi has always been attuned to the Mushi, creatures close to life itself and able to affect and alter their surroundings. He cannot stay in one place for too long so he wanders, helping the inhabitants of rural Japan understand the Mushi around them and how to coexist peacefully.

Tokyo!

Tokyo!

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-08-16

Languages:

Japanese, French, English

Countries:

France, Japan, South Korea, Germany

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (6738 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Gabrielle Bell (graphic novel "Cecil and Jordan in New York")

Joon-ho Bong

Leos Carax

Michel Gondry

Fullplot:

Tokyo is a city of transitions in three short films. A young woman who finds her life useless experiences a metamorphosis. A disheveled Caucasian emerges from a manhole to face arrest, trial, and execution; he calls himself "Merde" and speaks a language only his look-alike attorney understands. Is he human? A recluse experiences human contact when a pizza-delivery girl faints at his door during an earthquake. He conquers fear to seek her out. A chair, a corpse, a hermit: sources of urban connection?

Tormented

Tormented

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-08-17

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan, Netherlands

Runtime:

83 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (382 Reviews)

Director:

Takashi Shimizu

Genres:

Horror

Cast:

Writer:

Sètarè Hayashi (screenplay)

Daisuke Hosaka (screenplay)

Takashi Shimizu (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Daigo doesn't speak anymore. His sister, Kiriko, is worried and their father is no help. Now Daigo is missing. He's in danger, and Kiriko will have to follow him into a world of nightmares to discover the truth.

As the Gods Will

As the Gods Will

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-11-15

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

117 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (945 Reviews)

Director:

Takashi Miike

Cast:

Writer:

Muneyuki Kaneshiro (manga)

Akeji Fujimura (manga)

Hiroyuki Yatsu (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A group of high school students are forced to play a game of death without knowing who, why or how.

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