Ryûki Kitaoka

Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies (2001)

Set in a future dystopia where teenaged girls begin dying for no apparent reason -- and often in an elated, chronically happy state of mind. One of these girls, Stacy, is back from the dead, however, and she's ready to gorge herself on human flesh. As more and more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoyuki Tomomatsu
CAST:  Norman England  •  Tomoka Hayashi  •  Yukijiro Hotaru  •  Ryôichi Inaba

Set in a future dystopia where teenaged girls begin dying for no apparent reason -- and often in an elated, chronically happy state of mind. One of these girls, Stacy, is back from the dead, however, and she's ready to gorge herself on human flesh. As more and more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoyuki Tomomatsu
CAST:  Norman England  •  Tomoka Hayashi  •  Yukijiro Hotaru  •  Ryôichi Inaba

The Twins Effect (2003)

An evil Duke attempts to kill and collect the blood of a royal family of European vampires in order to become all powerful. The only surviving member of the family travels to Hong Kong, only to complicate his struggle by falling in love with a mortal girl who just ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dante Lam Chiu-Yin
CAST:  Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin  •  Charlene Choi  •  Gillian Chung  •  Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

An evil Duke attempts to kill and collect the blood of a royal family of European vampires in order to become all powerful. The only surviving member of the family travels to Hong Kong, only to complicate his struggle by falling in love with a mortal girl who just ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dante Lam Chiu-Yin
CAST:  Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin  •  Charlene Choi  •  Gillian Chung  •  Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters (2008)

Set in World War II, the film depicts the story of the real-life Japanese battleship, the Yamato, which is confronted in the Pacific Ocean by giant monsters, including the most fearsome of them all, Reigo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinpei Hayashiya
CAST:  Yukijiro Hotaru  •  Miyu Oriyama  •  Mao Urata  •  Isamu Ago

Set in World War II, the film depicts the story of the real-life Japanese battleship, the Yamato, which is confronted in the Pacific Ocean by giant monsters, including the most fearsome of them all, Reigo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinpei Hayashiya
CAST:  Yukijiro Hotaru  •  Miyu Oriyama  •  Mao Urata  •  Isamu Ago

Tokyo Raiders (2000)

When a private eye, a jilted bride and a mysterious stranger join forces to track down an elusive mobster, there's more than trouble in the air.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jingle Ma Choh-Sing
CAST:  Tony Leung Chiu-wai  •  Kelly Chen  •  Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin  •  Cecilia Cheung

When a private eye, a jilted bride and a mysterious stranger join forces to track down an elusive mobster, there's more than trouble in the air.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jingle Ma Choh-Sing
CAST:  Tony Leung Chiu-wai  •  Kelly Chen  •  Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin  •  Cecilia Cheung

Death Kappa (2010)

When military experiments go haywire and trigger an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic proportions. A monster arrives in the midst of the nuclear fallout, and Japan's defenses are helpless against it. Mankind's only savior is an irradiated water goblin from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomoo Haraguchi
CAST:  Daniel Aguilar Gutiérrez  •  Hideaki Anno  •  Shinji Higuchi  •  Misato Hirata

When military experiments go haywire and trigger an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic proportions. A monster arrives in the midst of the nuclear fallout, and Japan's defenses are helpless against it. Mankind's only savior is an irradiated water goblin from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomoo Haraguchi
CAST:  Daniel Aguilar Gutiérrez  •  Hideaki Anno  •  Shinji Higuchi  •  Misato Hirata

The Burning Buddha Man (2013)

There is a series of Buddha statue thefts in Kyoto. Beniko, a high school girl, gets the Buddha statue at her family's temple stolen and has her parents killed at the same time. She needs to know what caused the death of a parents and dreams of revenge. She goes on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ujicha
CAST:  Chisako Hara  •  Mitsuko Hoshi  •  Yuka Iguchi  •  Ryûki Kitaoka

There is a series of Buddha statue thefts in Kyoto. Beniko, a high school girl, gets the Buddha statue at her family's temple stolen and has her parents killed at the same time. She needs to know what caused the death of a parents and dreams of revenge. She goes on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ujicha
CAST:  Chisako Hara  •  Mitsuko Hoshi  •  Yuka Iguchi  •  Ryûki Kitaoka

Osaka Story (1999)

Young Wakana is the daughter of a husband and wife comedy act, who have worked together for 20 years without any big success. Wakana’s parents quarrel constantly, and her mother often threatens to leave. When one day her father disappears, Wakana sets out to find him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Ichikawa
CAST:  Chizuru Ikewaki  •  Kôsuke Nanno  •  Kenji Sawada  •  Yûko Tanaka

Young Wakana is the daughter of a husband and wife comedy act, who have worked together for 20 years without any big success. Wakana’s parents quarrel constantly, and her mother often threatens to leave. When one day her father disappears, Wakana sets out to find him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Ichikawa
CAST:  Chizuru Ikewaki  •  Kôsuke Nanno  •  Kenji Sawada  •  Yûko Tanaka

Dororo (2007)

Hyakkimaru, a warrior on a quest to reclaim 48 of his body parts which were each taken by a demon, is joined by Dororo, a thief on a quest to avenge the death of her parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiko Shiota
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Kiichi Nakai  •  Yoshio Harada

Hyakkimaru, a warrior on a quest to reclaim 48 of his body parts which were each taken by a demon, is joined by Dororo, a thief on a quest to avenge the death of her parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiko Shiota
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Kiichi Nakai  •  Yoshio Harada

ICHI (2008)

Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters problems every step of the way. Fortunately ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fumihiko Sori
CAST:  Haruka Ayase  •  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Takao Osawa  •  Shido Nakamura

Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters problems every step of the way. Fortunately ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fumihiko Sori
CAST:  Haruka Ayase  •  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Takao Osawa  •  Shido Nakamura

Fool Japan: The ABCs of Tetsudon (2014)

Action - 'Testudon', one of the most famous foolish film festivals, made a foolish anthology film about 'Japan' with 26 directors. Naturally, the directors are also foolish enough, so that you might wonder if it is really about Japan or get headache at the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ujicha  •  Akira Ishida  •  Hideki Oka  •  Hajime Ohata  •  Naoyuki Tomomatsu  •  Takeshi Nakazawa  •  Kiyotaka Taguchi  •  Hikaru Tsukuda  •  Chung-Man Leung  •  Reo Anzai  •  Tatsuya Aoi  •  Bueno  •  Satoshi Imai  •  Takeshi Imura  •  Tomohiko Iwasaki  •  Hiroyuki Keitora  •  Kazuki Kiyomoto  •  Devi Kobayashi  •  Sung Hyun Min  •  Yuuki Mizuno  •  Naniwa Tenkaku  •  Akira Nobi  •  Itami Rose  •  Junki Sugishita  •  Sen'ichi Tamura  •  Takashi Iitsuka
CAST:  Keisaku Kimura  •  Ryûki Kitaoka  •  Britani Sugawara

Action - 'Testudon', one of the most famous foolish film festivals, made a foolish anthology film about 'Japan' with 26 directors. Naturally, the directors are also foolish enough, so that you might wonder if it is really about Japan or get headache at the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ujicha  •  Akira Ishida  •  Hideki Oka  •  Hajime Ohata  •  Naoyuki Tomomatsu  •  Takeshi Nakazawa  •  Kiyotaka Taguchi  •  Hikaru Tsukuda  •  Chung-Man Leung  •  Reo Anzai  •  Tatsuya Aoi  •  Bueno  •  Satoshi Imai  •  Takeshi Imura  •  Tomohiko Iwasaki  •  Hiroyuki Keitora  •  Kazuki Kiyomoto  •  Devi Kobayashi  •  Sung Hyun Min  •  Yuuki Mizuno  •  Naniwa Tenkaku  •  Akira Nobi  •  Itami Rose  •  Junki Sugishita  •  Sen'ichi Tamura  •  Takashi Iitsuka
CAST:  Keisaku Kimura  •  Ryûki Kitaoka  •  Britani Sugawara

Nanase futatabi (2010)

A gifted psychic named Nanase teams up with other psychics in order to fight against a mysterious organization determined to hunt them down.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuya Konaka
CAST:  Kei Tanaka  •  Sei Ashina  •  Eriko Sato  •  Dante Carver

A gifted psychic named Nanase teams up with other psychics in order to fight against a mysterious organization determined to hunt them down.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuya Konaka
CAST:  Kei Tanaka  •  Sei Ashina  •  Eriko Sato  •  Dante Carver

Kingdom (2019)

Set in Qin Dynasty during the warring states period in ancient China. Shin was a war orphan. He has a dream of becoming a great general Shin has a fateful encounter with young King Eisei. King Eisei aims to unify all of China.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinsuke Sato
CAST:  Kento Yamazaki  •  Ryo Yoshizawa  •  Masami Nagasawa  •  Kanna Hashimoto

Set in Qin Dynasty during the warring states period in ancient China. Shin was a war orphan. He has a dream of becoming a great general Shin has a fateful encounter with young King Eisei. King Eisei aims to unify all of China.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinsuke Sato
CAST:  Kento Yamazaki  •  Ryo Yoshizawa  •  Masami Nagasawa  •  Kanna Hashimoto

Vamp (2019)

A troubled teenager who is about to kill herself has a life changing encounter with a female vampire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuya Konaka
CAST:  Sion Nakamaru  •  Mayu Takahashi  •  Makoto Tanaka  •  Tokika Hayasaka

A troubled teenager who is about to kill herself has a life changing encounter with a female vampire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuya Konaka
CAST:  Sion Nakamaru  •  Mayu Takahashi  •  Makoto Tanaka  •  Tokika Hayasaka

Mirrorman Reflex (2006)

After dying in battle, Japanese soldier Akira Kageyama (Karato) is resurrected as a ‘mirror demon’ a supernatural agent capable of growing to enormous size. He uses his new abilities to defend the Manifest Realm from evil spirits.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuya Konaka
CAST:  Ryo Karato  •  Miku Ishida  •  Nobuyuki Ishida  •  Yûko Itô

After dying in battle, Japanese soldier Akira Kageyama (Karato) is resurrected as a ‘mirror demon’ a supernatural agent capable of growing to enormous size. He uses his new abilities to defend the Manifest Realm from evil spirits.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuya Konaka
CAST:  Ryo Karato  •  Miku Ishida  •  Nobuyuki Ishida  •  Yûko Itô

The Go Master (2007)

The life of Go master Wu Qingyuan from his meteoric rise as a child prodigy to fame and fortune as a revolutionary strategic thinker, as well as the tumultuous conflicts between his homeland of China and his adopted nation of Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tian Zhuangzhuang
CAST:  Chang Chen  •  Sylvia Chang  •  Akira Emoto  •  Aki Fujî

The life of Go master Wu Qingyuan from his meteoric rise as a child prodigy to fame and fortune as a revolutionary strategic thinker, as well as the tumultuous conflicts between his homeland of China and his adopted nation of Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tian Zhuangzhuang
CAST:  Chang Chen  •  Sylvia Chang  •  Akira Emoto  •  Aki Fujî

Outer Man (2015)

Fun

The story is set in a world where a tokusatsu hero TV series "Outer Man" has gained national popularity for 50 years (just like the Ultraman series). One day, a giant alien looking exactly like Outer Man appears in Japan. The truth is soon revealed that, unlike the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Kawasaki
CAST:  Yasuhisa Furuhara  •  Shun Shioya  •  Junki Tozuka  •  Takumi Tsutsui

The story is set in a world where a tokusatsu hero TV series "Outer Man" has gained national popularity for 50 years (just like the Ultraman series). One day, a giant alien looking exactly like Outer Man appears in Japan. The truth is soon revealed that, unlike the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Kawasaki
CAST:  Yasuhisa Furuhara  •  Shun Shioya  •  Junki Tozuka  •  Takumi Tsutsui

Single8 (2023)

In the summer of 1978, Hiroshi, a high school student, is so inspired by "Star Wars" that he wants to film a giant spaceship himself, so he builds a miniature one with his best friend, Yoshio, and films it with his 8mm movie camera. Terao, a camera shop clerk, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuya Konaka
CAST:  Yu Uemura  •  Akari Takaishi  •  Noa Fukuzawa  •  Ryuta Kuwayama

In the summer of 1978, Hiroshi, a high school student, is so inspired by "Star Wars" that he wants to film a giant spaceship himself, so he builds a miniature one with his best friend, Yoshio, and films it with his 8mm movie camera. Terao, a camera shop clerk, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuya Konaka
CAST:  Yu Uemura  •  Akari Takaishi  •  Noa Fukuzawa  •  Ryuta Kuwayama