Movie List for "japanese 2"

Gôruden suranbâ (2010) Action Drama Thriller Movie

Aoyagi meets an old friend and ends up framed for the murder of the prime minister. Year 2010.

Generes: Action, Drama, Thriller
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
Writer: Kôtarô Isaka
Actors: Yûko Takeuchi, Nao Ômori, Teruyuki Kagawa

Kûki ningyô (2009) Drama Fantasy Romance Movie

A life-size blow-up doll develops a soul and falls in love with a video store clerk. Year 2009.

Generes: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Writer: Yoshiie Goda, Hirokazu Koreeda
Actors: Bae Doona, Arata Iura, Itsuji Itao

Nanjing! Nanjing! (2009) Drama History War Movie

In 1937, Japan occupied Nanjing, the Chinese capital. There was a battle and subsequent atrocities against the inhabitants, especially those who took refuge in the International Security Zone. Year 2009.

Generes: Drama, History, War
Director: Chuan Lu
Writer: Chuan Lu
Actors: Ye Liu, Wei Fan, Hideo Nakaizumi

Toki o kakeru shôjo (2006) Animation Adventure Comedy Movie

A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own. Year 2006.

Generes: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Writer: Yasutaka Tsutsui, Satoko Okudera
Actors: Riisa Naka, Takuya Ishida, Mitsutaka Itakura

Tokyo! (2008) Comedy Drama Fantasy Movie

A cinematic triptych of three Tokyo-set stories. Year 2008.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Leos Carax, Michel Gondry, Bong Joon Ho
Writer: Gabrielle Bell, Leos Carax, Michel Gondry
Actors: Ayako Fujitani, Ryô Kase, Ayumi Itô

Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no tobira (2001) Animation Action Crime Movie

A terrorist explosion releases a deadly virus on the masses, and it’s up the bounty-hunting Bebop crew to catch the cold-blooded culprit. Year 2001.

Generes: Animation, Action, Crime
Director: Shin’ichirô Watanabe, Tensai Okamura, Hiroyuki Okiura
Writer: Keiko Nobumoto, Hajime Yatate
Actors: Beau Billingslea, Melissa Fahn, Nicholas Guest

Genomu hazâdo: Aru tensai kagakusha no 5-kakan (2013) Drama Thriller Movie

Ishigami comes home from work and discovers his wife dead. Just then, he receives a phone call from his wife and falls in utter confusion. Unexplainable things keep happening as Ishigami struggles to find his wife. Gradually, Ishigam Year 2013.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Seong-soo Kim
Writer: Shirô Tsukasaki, Seong-soo Kim
Actors: Takumi Bando, Masatô Ibu, Risa Kameda

Mo gong (2006) Action Drama War Movie

Story centers on a battle during China’s Warring States Period, a series of civil wars, which spanned from the 5th to the 3rd century B.C. Based on a popular Japanese manga, which was in turn based a Japanese novel inspired by Warrin Year 2006.

Generes: Action, Drama, War
Director: Chi Leung ‘Jacob’ Cheung
Writer: Chi Leung ‘Jacob’ Cheung, Tin Nam Chun, Ken’ichi Sakemi
Actors: Andy Lau, Sung-Ki Ahn, Zhiwen Wang

Embun (2002) Romance War Movie

Set in Malaya during the Japanese occupation in the 1940s, this film tells the story of a girl, Embun, who’s thrown into the forefront of the struggle against the Japanese when her freedom-fighter brother, Bayu, and father are detain Year 2002.

Generes: Romance, War
Director: Erma Fatima
Writer: Rohiman Haroon
Actors: Umie Aida, Aqasha, Normah Damanhuri

Bushi no ichibun (2006) Drama Romance Movie

A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai (Kimura) and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband’s honor. Year 2006.

Generes: Drama, Romance
Director: Yôji Yamada
Writer: Shûhei Fujisawa, Yôji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu
Actors: Takuya Kimura, Rei Dan, Mitsugorô Bandô

Guizi lai le (2000) Comedy Drama War Movie

During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant’s home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The village leaders Year 2000.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, War
Director: Wen Jiang
Writer: Wen Jiang, Haiying Li, Xing Liu
Actors: Wen Jiang, Kenya Sawada, Hongbo Jiang

Stranger: Mukô hadan (2007) Animation Action Adventure Movie

A swordsman from a strange land is caught in a struggle between morality, righteousness, and devotion as he reluctantly agrees to take a raggedy boy and his dog to a remote, Buddhist temple. Year 2007.

Generes: Animation, Action, Adventure
Director: Masahiro Andô
Writer: Fumihiko Takayama
Actors: Tomoya Nagase, Yuri Chinen, Kôichi Yamadera

Sanka (1972) Drama Movie

The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind Shamisen teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel beatings. Year 1972.

Generes: Drama
Director: Kaneto Shindô
Writer: Kaneto Shindô, Jun’ichirô Tanizaki
Actors: Nobuko Otowa, Tokuko Watanabe, Jiro Kawarazaki

Kozure Ôkami: Oya no kokoro ko no kokoro (1972) Action Thriller Movie

Ogami is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin. Gunbei Yagyu, an enemy samurai, happens upon Ogami’s son, and sees his chance for revenge. Year 1972.

Generes: Action, Thriller
Director: Buichi Saitô
Writer: Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima
Actors: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Yoichi Hayashi, Michi Azuma

Geuddae geusaramdeul (2005) Comedy Drama History Movie

A look at the life of President Park Chung-hee and the events leading up to his assassination. Year 2005.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, History
Director: Im Sang-soo
Writer: Im Sang-soo
Actors: Han Suk-kyu, Yun-shik Baek, Jae-ho Song

Cut (2011) Drama Thriller Movie

Shuji is an uncompromising young filmmaker at odds with Japanese society. One day he learns that his loan shark brother, who had helped to finance his films, has been executed by his own yakuza gang for failing to repay his debts. De Year 2011.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: Amir Naderi
Writer: Amir Naderi, Shinji Aoyama, Abou Farman
Actors: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Takako Tokiwa, Takashi Sasano