Released Date:
1999-11-27
Languages:
Mandarin, Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
105 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (5917 Reviews)
Director:
Takashi MiikeWithout a home and feeling no obligation to Japanese society or Yakuza, Ryuichi (Takeuchi Riki) and his small group decide to make their own place by trying to take over the Shinjuku underworld and the drug trade from Taiwan. As they plan an all-out-assault on the remaining Chinese and Japanese mafia kings, only Detective Jojima (Aikawa Sho) stands between them and complete domination.
Released Date:
2000-12-02
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
97 min
IMDB Ratings:
(2733 Reviews)
Director:
Takashi MiikeTwo contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their past lives they decided to team up and use their talents in killing for good... much to the upset of the crime syndicates.
Released Date:
2007-06-02
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
113 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (2500 Reviews)
Director:
Hitoshi MatsumotoAn eccentric man aged about 40 lives alone in a decrepit house in Tokyo. He periodically transforms into a giant, about 30 meters tall, and defends Japan by battling similarly sized monsters that turn up and destroy buildings. The giant and the monsters are computer-generated.
Released Date:
2012-04-28
Languages:
Japanese, Latin
Countries:
Japan, Italy
Runtime:
108 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (1350 Reviews)
Director:
Hideki TakeuchiMari Yamazaki (manga)
Shègo Mutè (screenplay)
Shègo Mutè
Ancient Roman architect Lucius is too serious. His inability to keep up with the fast-moving times costs him his job. When a friend takes the dejected Lucius to the public bathhouse to cheer him up, Lucius accidentally slips through time and resurfaces in a modern-day public bath in Japan. There, he meets aspiring young manga artist Mami, along with others of the "flat-faced clan". Shocked by the many inventive aspects of Japan's bathing culture, Lucius returns to ancient Rome and garners tremendous attention when he implements these novel ideas back in Rome. As he time-slips back and forth between ancient Rome and modern-day Japan, Lucius' reputation as the ingenious, new bath architect begins to grow.
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