7 Movies Starring Rinko Kikuchi

The Brothers Bloom

The Brothers Bloom

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-06-19

Languages:

English, French, Czech, Japanese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (39648 Reviews)

Director:

Rian Johnson

Fullplot:

Brothers - older Stephen and three years junior Bloom - have been con artists since they were kids. Stephen is the mastermind, for who the intricacy of the story used in the con is as important as the positive outcome of the swindle. Bloom is the main character of Stephen's stories, the character he considers the anti-hero. As adults, they travel the world and never enlist the same people twice in their cons, except for their consistent sidekick, the mysterious and primarily silent Bang Bang, a Japanese woman who just appeared in their lives one day and who has a penchant for blowing things up. As Bloom hits his mid-thirties, he wants to quit the business as he is losing his own identity to that of the characters he portrays; he doesn't know anymore what is real and what is make-believe. Stephen talks him into one last con, the mark to be the eccentric, lonely but beautiful New Jersey heiress, Penelope Stamp. Penelope's primary past-time in life is to, as she calls it, "borrow hobbies": when she sees something she likes, she learns how to do it solely through reading books. As the brothers go through their final con on Penelope, three main problems may occur to thwart the plan. First, the brothers' former mentor and now arch enemy, Diamond Dog, may exact his long awaited revenge on the brothers. Second, Penelope may end up being more unpredictable than all their former marks. And third, Bloom, who has let love slip by in his life, may fall for Penelope. But through the process, no one ever really knows who is conning who.

The Sky Crawlers

The Sky Crawlers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-08-02

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (4211 Reviews)

Director:

Mamoru Oshii

Cast:

Writer:

Hiroshi Mori (story)

Chihiro Itè (adaptation)

Fullplot:

A group of eternally young fighter pilots known as Kildren experience the sudden loss of innocence as they battle the enemy in astonishing dogfights above the clouds.

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-08-28

Languages:

Japanese, English, Catalan

Countries:

Spain

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (1670 Reviews)

Director:

Isabel Coixet

Fullplot:

A dramatic thriller that centers on a fish-market employee who doubles as a contract killer.

Norwegian Wood

Norwegian Wood

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-12-11

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

133 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (8125 Reviews)

Director:

Tran Anh Hung

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Haruki Murakami (novel)

Tran Anh Hung

Fullplot:

Upon hearing the song "Norwegian Wood," Toru (Matsuyama) remembers back to his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend. As the two try, in very different ways, to contend with their grief, Toru forms a bond with another woman, Midori.

Pacific Rim

Pacific Rim

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-07-12

Languages:

English, Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

131 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(345103 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Travis Beacham (screenplay)

Guillermo del Toro (screenplay)

Travis Beacham (story)

Fullplot:

When monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes - a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) - who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

Nobody Wants the Night

Nobody Wants the Night

Basic Info:

Languages:

English, Inuktitut

Countries:

Spain, France, Bulgaria

Runtime:

118 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (89 Reviews)

Director:

Isabel Coixet

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Nobody Wants the Night is about the relentless icy landscape both separates and draws these two women together during the long, tense wait for the man they both love in such different ways.

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-02-20

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (5253 Reviews)

Director:

David Zellner

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

A lonely Japanese woman becomes convinced that a satchel of money buried and lost in a fictional film, is in fact, real. With a crudely drawn treasure map and limited preparation, she escapes her structured life in Tokyo and embarks on a foolhardy quest across the tundra of Minnesota in search of her mythical fortune.

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