Movie List for "japanese 2"

Yurusarezaru mono (2013) Action Crime Drama Movie

Japanese-Korean filmmaker Sang-il Lee (Villain) has decided to reinterpret Eastwood’s Oscar®-winning Unforgiven as a Japanese period film. Year 2013.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Sang-il Lee
Writer: David Webb Peoples, Sang-il Lee
Actors: Ken Watanabe, Shioli Kutsuna, Jun Kunimura

Kiraware Matsuko no isshô (2006) Comedy Drama Musical Movie

When Matsuko dies of murder, her nephew Sho gets to progressively unveil many details of her mysterious past, discovering she wasn’t only a forgotten outcast but led a very interesting yet bizarre life. Year 2006.

Generes: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
Writer: Tetsuya Nakashima, Muneki Yamada
Actors: Miki Nakatani, Eita Nagayama, Yûsuke Iseya

Chihwaseon (2002) Biography Drama History Movie

In a time of political and social unrest in nineteenth-century Korea, an uncouth, self-taught painter explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him. Year 2002.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Kwon-taek Im
Writer: Kwon-taek Im, Yong-ok Kim, Byung-sam Min
Actors: Choi Min-sik, Sung-Ki Ahn, Ho-jeong Yu

Shinobi (2005) Action Drama Fantasy Movie

Star-crossed lovers must fight on opposing sides in a battle that will determine the next Shogun. Year 2005.

Generes: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Director: Ten Shimoyama
Writer: Kenya Hirata, Fûtarô Yamada
Actors: Yukie Nakama, Joe Odagiri, Tomoka Kurotani

Kamera o tomeru na! (2017) Comedy Horror Movie

Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies. Year 2017.

Generes: Comedy, Horror
Director: Shin’ichirô Ueda
Writer: Shin’ichirô Ueda, Ryoichi Wada
Actors: Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama

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