5 Movies Starring Tomorowo Taguchi

Tetsuo, the Iron Man

Tetsuo, the Iron Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-07-01

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

67 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

(13287 Reviews)

Genres:

HorrorSci-Fi

Fullplot:

A strange man known only as the "metal fetishist", who seems to have an insane compulsion to stick scrap metal into his body, is hit and possibly killed by a Japanese "salaryman", out for a drive with his girlfriend. The salaryman then notices that he is being slowly overtaken by some kind of disease that is turning his body into scrap metal, and that his nemesis is not in fact dead but is somehow masterminding and guiding his rage and frustration-fueled transformation.

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-08-15

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

83 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (2898 Reviews)

Genres:

HorrorSci-Fi

Fullplot:

Sequel to "Tetsuo" this time has the Iron Man transforming into cyberkinetic gun when a gang of vicious skinheads kidnap his son. When the skinheads capture him, they begin to experiment on him...speeding up the mutative process!

Undo

Undo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-10-07

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

47 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (394 Reviews)

Director:

Shunji Iwai

Fullplot:

Moemi is not overly pleased when Yukio brings home a couple of turtles to keep her company. Although Yukio works at home as a writer, Moemi feels neglected and desired a dog or a cat, but neither is allowed in their apartment. He drills a hole in the front of one turtle's shell so that it can be taken for walks on a leash, but Moemi spares the second from the same fate by proclaiming it "The House Turtle." Their lives seem reasonably happy until she has her braces removed, and Yukio finds kissing her less satisfying. She soon starts tying up everything in her sight with knotted twine, starting with the turtles. A psychiatrist diagnoses "Obsessive Knot-Binding Syndrome" due to deficiencies in her relationship with Yukio. Moemi continues to expand her activities, tying herself in knots with cords stretching across the apartment. The doctor tells Yukio that her illness has reached a critical point, and that he should tie her up that evening. This he proceeds to do, with her encouraging him to bind her more and more. Where will this end ?

Non-Stop

Non-Stop

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-11-09

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

82 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (520 Reviews)

Director:

SABU

Fullplot:

A salaryman, a drug addict and a yakuza go on a breathless three man chase through the streets of Tokyo, each for a different reason and fighting demons.

The Most Beautiful Night in the World

The Most Beautiful Night in the World

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-05-24

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

160 min

IMDB Ratings:

(73 Reviews)

Director:

Daisuke Tengan

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Its streets overrun with children, the village of Kaname has distinguished itself with the highest birth rate in Japan. Its citizens are excited-tomorrow, the Prime Minister arrives to formally celebrate Kaname's demographic distinction. The spirit is festive, except for one 14-year-old girl. She knows the secret of Kaname's fecundity, and she's typing up a tell-all letter to a prominent journalist, revealing the crazy, complicated tale. It all began 14 years ago... Betrayed and disgraced, big-city reporter Kazuya Mizuno is banished to a desk at Kaname's boring little town newspaper. But Kaname isn't as boring as it seems on the surface. Not with characters around like Shimeko, a girl genius with a childlike lack of propriety, and her ace fisherman/folk-singer dad. Or the overbearing and unpleasant local Shinto priest, a former Christian cultist. Or Endo, Kazuya's new colleague, a bitter drunk after his son's suicide. Or Kin, a former (?) Marxist terrorist, now a hermit on his boat engaging in secret "research." Or perhaps most importantly Teruko, the hypnotically beautiful bar owner, the focus of all manner of innuendo and intrigue. Something mysterious, even mystical, is going on Kaname, and hapless Kazuya is about to be thrown into the middle of it.

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