Released Date:
2002-08-31
Languages:
Japanese, English, Mandarin
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
116 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (10215 Reviews)
Director:
Takashi YamazakiRichard Epcar (dubbed version)
Kenya Hirata
Takashi Yamazaki
After an alien invasion threatens to annihilate the human race, a young Japanese girl, named Milly (Anne Suzuki), travels back in time from 2084 to October 2002, and enlists the reluctant aid of skilled Tokyo gunman, named Miyamoto (Takeshi Kaneshiro), to discover and prevent the start of the war. However, trouble ensues when the two protagonists are forced to deal with a Japanese mafia boss, named Mizoguchi (Goro Kishitani), who is somehow involved in the start of the war by keeping the first alien spaceship and its alien pilot captive, while our two heroes race against the clock to find a way to stop the oncoming destruction from the vengeance-seeking alien invasion fleet on its way to Earth.
Released Date:
2005-11-05
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
133 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (1565 Reviews)
Director:
Takashi YamazakiRyèhei Saigan (comic)
Takashi Yamazaki (screenplay)
Ryèta Kosawa (screenplay)
Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive company but finds that she is employed by a small auto repair shop owned by Norifumi Suzuki. Suzuki's hair-trigger temper is held somewhat in check by the motherly instincts of his wife, Tomoe, and his young son Ippei immediately bonds with Mutsuko as if she were his older sister. The Suzuki shop lies almost in the shadow of the Tokyo Tower as it rises steadily above the skyline during construction in 1958. Others in the neighborhood also are striving to better themselves as Japan continues to emerge from the shadow of war. Hiromi has just abandoned her shady life as a dancer to start a sake bar. Abandoned by his single mother, young Junnosuke is first handed off to Hiromi but she passes him off to Ryunosuke Chagawa, a struggling writer who runs a candy shop and only manages to sell adventure stories for boys as his serious novels continue to be rejected. Junnosuke is an avid reader of Chagawa's stories and begins to idolize him upon learning about his authorship. Junnosuke also writes stories, and makes friends with Ippei and others when they discover his tales that show Japan in the hi-tech future of the 21st century.
Released Date:
2010-12-01
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
138 min
Rated:
TV-14
IMDB Ratings:
6.1 (4627 Reviews)
Director:
Takashi YamazakiLeiji Matsumoto (manga)
Shimako Sato (screenplay)
Yoshinobu Nishizaki (story)
In 2199, five years after the start of the Gamilas attack on Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' radiation bombs and the remnants of humanity have fled underground. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a capsule sent from the planet Iskandar that tells of a device that can remove the radiation from the Earth's surface. The United Nations of Space Administration rebuilds the battleship Yamato, with a new type of propulsion system - the wave motion engine. This enables her to make the long trip to Iskandar and back in hopes of saving the Earth. Within 73 days, the radiation will drive the rest of humanity to extinction.
Released Date:
2013-12-21
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
144 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (817 Reviews)
Director:
Takashi YamazakiTakashi Yamazaki (screenplay)
Tamio Hayashi (screenplay)
Naoki Hyakuta (novel)
A young woman and his brother explore the history of their grandfather, who died in the WW2. They start contacting his colleges who knew him, asking them about his personality.
Released Date:
2014-08-08
Languages:
Japanese, English
Countries:
Japan, USA
Runtime:
95 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (2940 Reviews)
Fujio F. Fujiko (manga)
Takashi Yamazaki (screenplay)
In the suburbs of Tokyo some time ago, there lived a clumsy boy about 10 years old. There appeared in front of him named Sewashi, Nobita's descendant of four generations later from the 22nd century, and Doraemon, a 22nd century cat-type caretaker robot who helps people with its secret gadgets. Sewashi claims that his family is suffering from the debts Nobita made even to his generation, so in order to change this disastrous future, he brought along Doraemon as Nobita's caretaker to bring happiness to his future, although Doraemon is not happy about this. And so Sewashi installed an accomplishment program into Doraemon forcing him to take care of Nobita. Unless he makes Nobita happy, Doraemon can no longer go back to the 22nd century. This is how the life of Doraemon and Nobita begins. Will Doraemon succeed this mission and return to the 22nd century?
Released Date:
2014-11-29
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
109 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (1195 Reviews)
Director:
Takashi YamazakiHitoshi Iwaaki (manga)
Ryèta Kosawa (screenplay)
Takashi Yamazaki (screenplay)
The humanity is suffering from murders all over the globe, called "Mincemeat murders". High school student, Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.
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