Toru Tezuka

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Ichi the Killer (2001)

As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Nao Omori  •  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Paulyn Sun

As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Nao Omori  •  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Paulyn Sun

Love & Pop (1998)

Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into this world to raise money for an expensive ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideaki Anno
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Kirari  •  Hirono Kudo  •  Asumi Miwa

Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into this world to raise money for an expensive ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideaki Anno
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Kirari  •  Hirono Kudo  •  Asumi Miwa

Silk (2007)

Based on the best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, this visually stunning film tells the story of a French trader who finds unexpected love far away from home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Girard
CAST:  Keira Knightley  •  Michael Pitt  •  Kenneth Welsh  •  Koji Yakusho

Based on the best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, this visually stunning film tells the story of a French trader who finds unexpected love far away from home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Girard
CAST:  Keira Knightley  •  Michael Pitt  •  Kenneth Welsh  •  Koji Yakusho

Uzumaki (2000)

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Higuchi
CAST:  Eriko Hatsune  •  Fhi Fan  •  Hinako Saeki  •  Shin Eun-kyung

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Higuchi
CAST:  Eriko Hatsune  •  Fhi Fan  •  Hinako Saeki  •  Shin Eun-kyung

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)

With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Shinobu Nakayama  •  Ai Maeda  •  Yukijiro Hotaru  •  Ayako Fujitani

With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Shinobu Nakayama  •  Ai Maeda  •  Yukijiro Hotaru  •  Ayako Fujitani

Into a Dream (2005)

Low-profile theater troop actor Mutsugoro Suzuki begins an oneiric journey back to his hometown, marked by his quest to find the one responsible of infecting him with a STD.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Tetsushi Tanaka  •  Yûna Natsuo  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Jun Murakami

Low-profile theater troop actor Mutsugoro Suzuki begins an oneiric journey back to his hometown, marked by his quest to find the one responsible of infecting him with a STD.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Tetsushi Tanaka  •  Yûna Natsuo  •  Joe Odagiri  •  Jun Murakami

The Land of Hope (2012)

An old couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that causes a nearby nuclear station to explode. The residents must evacuate, but the family lives on a farm, with only half ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Isao Natsuyagi  •  Naoko Ohtani  •  Jun Murakami  •  Megumi Kagurazaka

An old couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that causes a nearby nuclear station to explode. The residents must evacuate, but the family lives on a farm, with only half ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Isao Natsuyagi  •  Naoko Ohtani  •  Jun Murakami  •  Megumi Kagurazaka

Meatball Machine (2005)

Capable of making bio-mechanical weapons out of human flesh, alien parasites grotesquely invade the Earth, turning their hosts into maniacal killers who seek and destroy each other to the bloody death! And yes, it s also a human love story, even though the budding ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Jun'ichi Yamamoto
CAST:  Aoba Kawai  •  Kenichi Kawasaki  •  Shoichiro Masumoto  •  Tarô Suwa

Capable of making bio-mechanical weapons out of human flesh, alien parasites grotesquely invade the Earth, turning their hosts into maniacal killers who seek and destroy each other to the bloody death! And yes, it s also a human love story, even though the budding ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Jun'ichi Yamamoto
CAST:  Aoba Kawai  •  Kenichi Kawasaki  •  Shoichiro Masumoto  •  Tarô Suwa

Wild Berries (2003)

A portrait of an ordinary family that turns unstable when their frivolous son Shuji returns home after a long absence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miwa Nishikawa
CAST:  Hiroyuki Miyasako  •  Miho Tsumiki  •  Sei Hiraizumi  •  Naoko Ohtani

A portrait of an ordinary family that turns unstable when their frivolous son Shuji returns home after a long absence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miwa Nishikawa
CAST:  Hiroyuki Miyasako  •  Miho Tsumiki  •  Sei Hiraizumi  •  Naoko Ohtani

Miss ZOMBIE (2013)

A doctor and his family receive an unexpected delivery from an old friend at their remote country home - a large wooden crate containing a gun, a female zombie and an instruction sheet telling them not to feed her meat. The family is concerned, of course, but she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Ayaka Komatsu  •  Makoto Togashi  •  Toru Tezuka  •  Taro Suruga

A doctor and his family receive an unexpected delivery from an old friend at their remote country home - a large wooden crate containing a gun, a female zombie and an instruction sheet telling them not to feed her meat. The family is concerned, of course, but she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Ayaka Komatsu  •  Makoto Togashi  •  Toru Tezuka  •  Taro Suruga

Gips (2001)

22-year old secretary Kazuko first bumps into Tamaki on the way back from work. Tamaki is crawling along the sidewalk on crutches at a snail's pace, and stumbles into the young audiotypist after apparently having trouble with an ill-fitting shoe over her cast. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiko Shiota
CAST:  Machiko Ono  •  Hinako Saeki  •  Hiromi Kuronuma  •  Toru Tezuka

22-year old secretary Kazuko first bumps into Tamaki on the way back from work. Tamaki is crawling along the sidewalk on crutches at a snail's pace, and stumbles into the young audiotypist after apparently having trouble with an ill-fitting shoe over her cast. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiko Shiota
CAST:  Machiko Ono  •  Hinako Saeki  •  Hiromi Kuronuma  •  Toru Tezuka

The Tokyo Siblings (1995)

Living in an old Tokyo district, Kenichi works at a second-hand bookshop to support his sister, Yoko, a high school student. When Yoko graduates, she starts work at a photo shop. By the time, Kenichi's girlfriend has decided to marry someone else as she is tired of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Ichikawa
CAST:  Yuriko Hirooka  •  Urara Awata  •  Rie Minemura  •  Naoto Ogata

Living in an old Tokyo district, Kenichi works at a second-hand bookshop to support his sister, Yoko, a high school student. When Yoko graduates, she starts work at a photo shop. By the time, Kenichi's girlfriend has decided to marry someone else as she is tired of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Ichikawa
CAST:  Yuriko Hirooka  •  Urara Awata  •  Rie Minemura  •  Naoto Ogata

Dead Sushi (2012)

A disgruntled researcher injects his former employers' meal with a serum that turns their sushi into flesh-eating monsters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Iguchi
CAST:  Rina Takeda  •  Shigeru Matsuzaki  •  Kentarō Shimazu  •  Kanji Tsuda

A disgruntled researcher injects his former employers' meal with a serum that turns their sushi into flesh-eating monsters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Iguchi
CAST:  Rina Takeda  •  Shigeru Matsuzaki  •  Kentarō Shimazu  •  Kanji Tsuda

Blessing Bell (2003)

Existential study on a misplaced workers and ex-prisoner who moves through the city and his influence on other characters' lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Susumu Terajima  •  Naomi Nishida  •  Itsuji Itao  •  Ryoko Shinohara

Existential study on a misplaced workers and ex-prisoner who moves through the city and his influence on other characters' lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Susumu Terajima  •  Naomi Nishida  •  Itsuji Itao  •  Ryoko Shinohara

Arakawa Under the Bridge (2012)

Riku, the heir to a corporate conglomerate, is determined to go through life never owing anything to anyone on principle. However, one day he nearly drowns in a river and is saved by a homeless girl named Nino. To repay his debt, he begins living together with her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Iizuka
CAST:  Kento Hayashi  •  Mirei Kiritani  •  Nana Katase  •  Yu Shirota

Riku, the heir to a corporate conglomerate, is determined to go through life never owing anything to anyone on principle. However, one day he nearly drowns in a river and is saved by a homeless girl named Nino. To repay his debt, he begins living together with her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Iizuka
CAST:  Kento Hayashi  •  Mirei Kiritani  •  Nana Katase  •  Yu Shirota

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

Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie Wars 2010 (2009)

Movie War 2010 is split into three parts. The Kamen Rider Decade portion of the film, written by Shoji Yonemura, is titled Kamen Rider Decade: The Last Story. It follows the series cliffhanger ending at the climax of the Rider War. The film is billed as the "True ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuta Tasaki
CAST:  Masahiro Inoue  •  Kimito Totani  •  Ryota Murai  •  Kanna Moriya

Movie War 2010 is split into three parts. The Kamen Rider Decade portion of the film, written by Shoji Yonemura, is titled Kamen Rider Decade: The Last Story. It follows the series cliffhanger ending at the climax of the Rider War. The film is billed as the "True ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuta Tasaki
CAST:  Masahiro Inoue  •  Kimito Totani  •  Ryota Murai  •  Kanna Moriya

Kanikôsen (2009)

On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserable conditions, with minimum wages. Some can not cope with conditions and even death from malnutrition, and is also the supervisor of the more vicious variety. Shinjo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Kengo Kora  •  Hirofumi Arai

On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserable conditions, with minimum wages. Some can not cope with conditions and even death from malnutrition, and is also the supervisor of the more vicious variety. Shinjo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Kengo Kora  •  Hirofumi Arai

Cutie Honey (2004)

When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him. Meanwhile the same crime group has been responsible for a number of other crime sprees across Tokyo. In the process, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideaki Anno
CAST:  Eriko Sato  •  Mikako Ichikawa  •  Jun Murakami  •  Mitsuhiro Oikawa

When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him. Meanwhile the same crime group has been responsible for a number of other crime sprees across Tokyo. In the process, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideaki Anno
CAST:  Eriko Sato  •  Mikako Ichikawa  •  Jun Murakami  •  Mitsuhiro Oikawa

Japan Sinks (2006)

In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Higuchi
CAST:  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Mao Daichi  •  Ko Shibasaki

In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Higuchi
CAST:  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Mao Daichi  •  Ko Shibasaki
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