6 Movies Directed by Katsuhiro ètomo

Akira

Akira

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-07-24

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (92594 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Katsuhiro ètomo (screenplay)

Izè Hashimoto (screenplay)

Katsuhiro ètomo (graphic novel)

L. Michael Haller (dialogue)

Heidi Wilbur (dialogue)

Kevin Seymour (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a government secret project known as Akira. On his way to save Tetsuo, Kaneda runs into a group of anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader. The confrontation sparks off Tetsuo's supernatural power leading to bloody death, a coup attempt and the final battle in Tokyo Olympiad where Akira's secrets were buried 30 years ago.

Memories

Memories

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-12-23

Languages:

Japanese, English, Italian

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (10412 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Satoshi Kon (segment)

Katsuhiro ètomo (mangas)

Fullplot:

"Memories" is made up of three separate science-fiction stories. In the first, "Magnetic Rose," four space travelers are drawn into an abandoned spaceship that contains a world created by one woman's memories. In "Stink Bomb," a young lab assistant accidentally transforms himself into a human biological weapon set on a direct course for Tèkyè. The final episode, "Cannon Fodder," depicts a day in the life of a city whose entire purpose is the firing of cannons at an unseen enemy.

Akira

Akira

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-07-24

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (93041 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Katsuhiro ètomo (screenplay)

Izè Hashimoto (screenplay)

Katsuhiro ètomo (graphic novel)

L. Michael Haller (dialogue)

Heidi Wilbur (dialogue)

Kevin Seymour (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Kaneda is a bike gang leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a government secret project known as Akira. On his way to save Tetsuo, Kaneda runs into a group of anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military leader. The confrontation sparks off Tetsuo's supernatural power leading to bloody death, a coup attempt and the final battle in Tokyo Olympiad where Akira's secrets were buried 30 years ago.

Steamboy

Steamboy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-03-18

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (12932 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Sadayuki Murai

Katsuhiro ètomo

Fullplot:

Rei is a young inventor living in the U.K. in the middle of the 19th century. Shortly before the first ever World Expo, a marvelous invention called the "Steam Ball", behind which a menacing power is hidden, arrives at his door from his grandfather Roid in the U.S. Meanwhile the nefarious Ohara Foundation has sent men to acquire theSteam Ball so that they can use its power towards their own illicit ends.

Mushi-Shi: The Movie

Mushi-Shi: The Movie

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-03-24

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

131 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (809 Reviews)

Genres:

Fantasy

Cast:

Writer:

Yuki Urushibara (comic)

Sadayuki Murai (screenplay)

Katsuhiro ètomo (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Ginko, a Mushi-shi has always been attuned to the Mushi, creatures close to life itself and able to affect and alter their surroundings. He cannot stay in one place for too long so he wanders, helping the inhabitants of rural Japan understand the Mushi around them and how to coexist peacefully.

Short Peace

Short Peace

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-04-18

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

68 min

IMDB Ratings:

(502 Reviews)

Fullplot:

A traveler is confronted by spirits in an abandoned shrine; a story of honor and firefighting in ancient Japan; a white bear defends the royal family from a monstrous red demon; ragtag soldiers battle a robotic force in futuristic Japan.

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