Bunshi Katsura Vi

Pom Poko (1994)

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The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. The Raccoons practice and perfect the ancient art of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Takahata
CAST:  Shinchou Kokontei  •  Makoto Nonomura  •  Yuriko Ishida  •  Norihei Miki

The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. The Raccoons practice and perfect the ancient art of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Takahata
CAST:  Shinchou Kokontei  •  Makoto Nonomura  •  Yuriko Ishida  •  Norihei Miki

Porco Rosso (1992)

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In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow turned into a pig during the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hayao Miyazaki
CAST:  Shūichirō Moriyama  •  Tokiko Kato  •  Bunshi Katsura Vi  •  Tsunehiko Kamijô

In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow turned into a pig during the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hayao Miyazaki
CAST:  Shūichirō Moriyama  •  Tokiko Kato  •  Bunshi Katsura Vi  •  Tsunehiko Kamijô

Circus Boys (1989)

Two brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. After an accident, Jinta decides to leave the circus and travels the countryside working as a con-man. After a run-in with a local gang of yakuza, he is invited to join their ranks, where he makes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaizo Hayashi
CAST:  Hiroshi Mikami  •  Moe Kamura  •  Xiu Jian  •  Bunshi Katsura Vi

Two brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. After an accident, Jinta decides to leave the circus and travels the countryside working as a con-man. After a run-in with a local gang of yakuza, he is invited to join their ranks, where he makes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaizo Hayashi
CAST:  Hiroshi Mikami  •  Moe Kamura  •  Xiu Jian  •  Bunshi Katsura Vi

Chie the Brat (1981)

Chie Takemoto is a dependable girl who struggles to help her troublesome father run a small tavern in Osaka. Unbeknown to her dad, she occasionally visits her mother who left him not too long ago. She plans on trying to reunite them, but not until her father gets a job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Takahata
CAST:  Chinatsu Nakayama  •  Norio Nishikawa  •  Kiyoshi Nishikawa  •  Yasushi Yokoyama

Chie Takemoto is a dependable girl who struggles to help her troublesome father run a small tavern in Osaka. Unbeknown to her dad, she occasionally visits her mother who left him not too long ago. She plans on trying to reunite them, but not until her father gets a job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Takahata
CAST:  Chinatsu Nakayama  •  Norio Nishikawa  •  Kiyoshi Nishikawa  •  Yasushi Yokoyama

Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)

The reincarnation of a 10th century Japanese general haunts 1920's Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akio Jissoji
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Kyūsaku Shimada  •  Mieko Harada  •  Junichi Ishida

The reincarnation of a 10th century Japanese general haunts 1920's Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akio Jissoji
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Kyūsaku Shimada  •  Mieko Harada  •  Junichi Ishida

The Invisible Swordsman (1970)

A coward boy fencer becomes invisible and matchless through a magic pill.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiyuki Kuroda
CAST:  Osamu Sakai  •  Yôko Atsuta  •  Bunshi Katsura Vi  •  Hachirō Oka

A coward boy fencer becomes invisible and matchless through a magic pill.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshiyuki Kuroda
CAST:  Osamu Sakai  •  Yôko Atsuta  •  Bunshi Katsura Vi  •  Hachirō Oka

The Racketeer Ishimatsu (1976)

Action-comedy film featuring the adventures of an itinerant merchant (Hiroki Matsukata) that becomes an unlikely hero.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigehiro Ozawa
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Bunjaku Han  •  Linda Yamamoto  •  Asao Koike

Action-comedy film featuring the adventures of an itinerant merchant (Hiroki Matsukata) that becomes an unlikely hero.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigehiro Ozawa
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Bunjaku Han  •  Linda Yamamoto  •  Asao Koike

Golf Before Dawn (1987)

Comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shūe Matsubayashi
CAST:  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Keiko Takahashi  •  Norio Nishikawa  •  Shinsuke Shimada

Comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shūe Matsubayashi
CAST:  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Keiko Takahashi  •  Norio Nishikawa  •  Shinsuke Shimada