8 Movies Starring Rie Miyazawa

Gè-hime

Gè-hime

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-04-11

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

142 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (132 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaHistory

Cast:

Writer:

Genpei Akasegawa

Masaharu Fuji (novel)

Hiroshi Teshigahara

Fullplot:

47 Ronin

47 Ronin

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-10-22

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

132 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (321 Reviews)

Director:

Kon Ichikawa

Genres:

ActionDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Kon Ichikawa

Kaneo Ikegami (play)

Hiroshi Takeyama

Fullplot:

A group of disgraced samurai plan a decade long revenge against a corrupt lord.

The Twilight Samurai

The Twilight Samurai

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-11-02

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

129 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (17269 Reviews)

Director:

Yèji Yamada

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Shèhei Fujisawa (novels)

Yèji Yamada (screenplay)

Yoshitaka Asama (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Seibei Iguchi, a low-ranking samurai, leads a life without glory as a bureaucrat in the mid-XIX century Japan. A widower, he has charge of two daughters (whom he adores) and a senile mother; he must therefore work in the fields and accept piecework to make ends meet. New prospects seem to open up when Tomoe, his long-time love, divorces a brutal husband. However, even as the Japanese feudal system is unraveling, Seibei remains bound by the code of honour of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedences. The consequences are cruel.

Tony Takitani

Tony Takitani

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-01-29

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (3505 Reviews)

Director:

Jun Ichikawa

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Jun Ichikawa

Haruki Murakami (short story)

Fullplot:

Due to his Western name, Tony was shunned by other kids and spent a solitary childhood. Though gifted as an artist, his drawings lacked feeling, so as an adult, he carved a career as a technical illustrator. Then in middle age, Tony suddenly falls for a pretty young woman, Eiko Konuma, who visits him one day on business. Eiko is like an angel in Tony's daily existence, and for the first time in his life, he feels connected to the outside world. However, Eiko does have one fault: she's a clothing shopaholic. Confusion also begins to develop when it appears that Eiko has a double.

Ashura-jè no hitomi

Ashura-jè no hitomi

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-04-16

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

119 min

IMDB Ratings:

(575 Reviews)

Director:

Yèjirè Takita

Cast:

Writer:

Sei Kawaguchi

Kazuki Nakashima (story)

Masashi Todayama

Fullplot:

Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in the 19th Japan where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, an Kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right as mysterious marks appear on her body as time progresses. At the same time, it is announced that Ashura, the queen of all demons, will be resurrected and bring destruction to the universe.

Hana

Hana

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-05-06

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

127 min

IMDB Ratings:

(928 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.

Oceans

Oceans

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-04-22

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France, Switzerland, Spain, USA, United Arab Emirates

Runtime:

84 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (7101 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Christophe Cheysson

Jacques Cluzaud

Laurent Debas

Stèphane Durand

Laurent Gaudè

Jacques Perrin

Franèois Sarano

Fullplot:

An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.

Pale Moon

Pale Moon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-11-15

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

126 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (274 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Mitsuyo Kakuta (based on the novel by)

Kaeko Hayafune (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A mellow drama following the moral decline of a housewife turned bank employee who embezzles a fortune from her customers and indulges in an affair with a younger man. Set in 1994, shortly after the burst of Japan's economic bubble.

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