5 Movies Starring Togo Igawa

Code 46

Code 46

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-09-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (17454 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Code 46 is a love story set in a Brave New World-type near-future where cities are heavily controlled and only accessible through checkpoints. People cannot travel unless they have "papeles" (papers in Spanish; words and sentences in many languages, especially Spanish, French and Chinese are mixed with English in this new world), a special travel permit issued by the totalitarian government, the "Sphinx". Outside these cities, the desert has taken over and shanty towns are jammed with non-citizens - people without IDs forced to live primitive lives. William is a family man who works as a government investigator. When he is sent to Shanghai to solve a case of fake IDs, he meets a woman named Maria. Although he realizes she is behind the forgeries, he cannot help but fall completely in love with her. He hides her crime and they have a wild, passionate affair that can only last as long as his visa: 24 hours. Back home, William is obsessed with the memory of Maria. When the original investigation is inevitably re-opened a week later and William is sent back to finish the work he started, he tracks her down, only to discover she has been accused of a Code 46 violation and any further relationship is impossible.

Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-12-23

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

145 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (113547 Reviews)

Director:

Rob Marshall

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Robin Swicord (screenplay)

Arthur Golden (book)

Fullplot:

The Hedgehog

The Hedgehog

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-07-03

Languages:

French, Japanese

Countries:

France, Italy

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (5857 Reviews)

Director:

Mona Achache

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Mona Achache (screenplay)

Muriel Barbery (novel)

Fullplot:

Paloma is a serious and highly articulate but deeply bored 11-year-old who has decided to kill herself on her 12th birthday. Fascinated by art and philosophy, she questions and documents her life and immediate circle, drawing trenchant and often hilarious observations on the world around her. But as her appointment with death approaches, Paloma finally meets some kindred spirits in her building's grumpy concierge and an enigmatic, elegant neighbor, both of whom inspire Paloma to question her rather pessimistic outlook on life.

Johnny English Reborn

Johnny English Reborn

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-10-21

Languages:

English, Mandarin, Swiss German, Cantonese, Russian

Countries:

USA, France, UK

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (83196 Reviews)

Director:

Oliver Parker

Cast:

Writer:

Hamish McColl (screenplay)

William Davies (story)

Neal Purvis (characters)

Robert Wade (characters)

Fullplot:

Rowan Atkinson returns to the role of the accidental secret agent who doesn't know fear or danger in the comedy spy-thriller Johnny English Reborn. In his latest adventure, the most unlikely intelligence officer in Her Majesty's Secret Service must stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos. In the years since MI-7's top spy vanished off the grid, he has been honing his unique skills in a remote region of Asia. But when his agency superiors learn of an attempt against the Chinese premier's life, they must hunt down the highly unorthodox agent. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English is back in action. With one shot at redemption, he must employ the latest in hi-tech gadgets to unravel a web of conspiracy that runs throughout the KGB, CIA and even MI-7. With mere days until a heads of state conference, one man must use every trick in his playbook to protect us all. For Johnny English, disaster may be an option, but failure never is.

Kano

Kano

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-02-27

Languages:

Japanese, Min Nan

Countries:

Taiwan

Runtime:

185 min

IMDB Ratings:

(1371 Reviews)

Director:

Chih-Hsiang Ma

Fullplot:

Under Japanese rule, an underdog high school baseball team from southern Taiwan defeats the heretofore superior northern teams and wins a rare opportunity to represent the colony in the 1931 empire-wide tournament. Comprised of Taiwanese, Taiwanese aboriginals and Japanese players, "Kanè," the Kagi Nourin School team, must integrate the ethnically mixed roster and make the best of its unique strengths to not just survive but thrive in the elite league.

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