Movie List for "japanese 2"

Minimum-Maximum (2005)

The first-ever official concert film of the electronic band Kraftwerk, taped on its 2004 world tour, supporting its first album of new material in 17 years, “Tour de France Soundtracks.” Year 2005.

Generes: Documentary, Music
Director: Kraftwerk
Writer: N/A
Actors: Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider-Esleben, Fritz Hilpert, Henning Schmitz

Hanasaku iroha (2011–)

Ohana Matsumae, a girl from Tokyo, is forced to leave her hometown to live at an inn with her grandmother whom she’s never met. When she arrives, she finds out she’ll have to work at the … Year 2011–.

Generes: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
Actors: Jun’ichi Suwabe

The State Counsellor (2005)

Third film based on Boris Akunin’s “Priklucheniya Erasta Petrovicha Fandorina” series of novels. On a train from St. Petersburg to Moscow general Khrapov was killed and no one else but … Year 2005.

Generes: Drama, Crime
Director: Filipp Yankovskiy
Writer: Boris Akunin (novel), Boris Akunin (screenplay)
Actors: Oleg Menshikov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Mashkov

The Sun (2005)

Third part in Aleksandr Sokurov’s quadrilogy of Power, following Moloch (1999) and Taurus (2001), focuses on Japanese Emperor Hirohito and Japan’s defeat in World War II when he is finally confronted by General Douglas MacArthur who offers him to accept a diplomatic defeat for survival. Year 2005.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Writer: Yuriy Arabov, Jeremy Noble
Actors: Issei Ogata, Robert Dawson, Kaori Momoi, Shirô Sano

Conversation with a Cactus (2017)

A documentary that investigates experiments into conversing with plant matter, and asks the question whether a cactus could have given crucial evidence in the suspicious death of a reporter investigating the Fukushima meltdown. Year 2017.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Élise Florenty, Marcel Türkowsky
Writer: Élise Florenty, Marcel Türkowsky
Actors: Ayumi Yoshida

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. Year 2019.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Dougherty
Writer: Michael Dougherty (screenplay by), Zach Shields (screenplay by), Max Borenstein (story by), Michael Dougherty (story by), Zach Shields (story by)
Actors: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe

Ad Astra (2019)

Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe. Year 2019.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: James Gray
Writer: James Gray, Ethan Gross
Actors: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland

The Farewell (2019)

A Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies. Year 2019.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Lulu Wang
Writer: Lulu Wang
Actors: Shuzhen Zhao, Awkwafina, X Mayo, Hong Lu

Treasure Hunters (2017)

Two teams of treasure hunters go on a illegal dig in Corregidor Island, Philippines to find missing gold buried by the Imperial Japanese during WWII. Year 2017.

Generes: Action, Adventure
Director: Filip Maciejewicz
Writer: Berenika Maciejewicz, Filip Maciejewicz (contributing writer), Jeff Solema
Actors: Martin Santander, Irit Hoffenberg, Omar Hansen, Alex Sturman

The Fixies: Top Secret (2017)

Seen only by kids, the Fixies are tiny creatures who mend broken appliances, gadgets and electrical circuits. When one of the Fixies gets a hold of special bracelets that transform him into… Year 2017.

Generes: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Director: Vasiko Bedoshvili, Andrey Kolpin, Ivan Pshonkin
Writer: Eugeniy Antropov, Jeffrey Hylton (English adaptation, additional material), Georgy Vasilyev
Actors: Larisa Brokhman, Prokhor Chekhovskoy, Jodi Eichelberger, Felix Golovnin

Genocidal Organ (2017)

Set in a time when Sarajevo was obliterated by a homemade nuclear device, the story reflects a world inundated with genocide. An American man by the name of John Paul seems to be … Year 2017.

Generes: Animation, Sci-Fi
Director: Shûkô Murase
Writer: Deborah Crane (script adaptation), Project Itoh (based on the novel by), Shûkô Murase (screenplay)
Actors: Josh Grelle, Ian Sinclair, Clifford Chapin, Joel McDonald

Tokyo Bicycle Tour (2017)

This fun drama involves a group of international tourists on a bicycle tour of Tokyo with an American man as their guide. They stop at famous sites and parks, learn about Japanese culture, … Year 2017.

Generes: N/A
Director: Neil Garscadden
Writer: N/A
Actors: Blake Crawford, Cynthia Cheston, Mark Chinnery, Edward L. Papazian

Batman Ninja (2018)

Batman, along with a number of his allies and adversaries, finds himself transplanted from modern Gotham City to feudal Japan. Year 2018.

Generes: Animation, Action
Director: Junpei Mizusaki
Writer: Kazuki Nakashima (screenplay), Leo Chu (English screenplay), Eric Garcia (English screenplay), Bob Kane (character created by: Batman), Bill Finger (character created by: Batman), Marv Wolfman (Deathstroke and Nightwing created by), George Pérez (Deathstroke and Nightwing created by), Paul Dini (character created by: Harley Quinn), Bruce Timm (character created by: Harley Quinn), Chuck Dixon (character created by: Bane), Doug Moench (character created by: Bane), Graham Nolan (character created by: Bane)
Actors: Kôichi Yamadera, Wataru Takagi, Ai Kakuma, Rie Kugimiya

The Chicken Party (2018)

Two Japanese sisters come to Los Angeles for the first time, during their travels they are invited to a Chicken Party, a place to make international friends. At first the party is nice and … Year 2018.

Generes: Horror, Thriller
Director: Carlos R. Valencia
Writer: Carlos R. Valencia
Actors: Megumi Kabe, Ami Shimada, Schafer Bourne, Kathy M. Freeman Johnson

Time Thieves (2018)

Forget water, oil and rare earths – there is a new resource everyone wants: our time. This documentary investigates how time has become money, and how we can claim back control over this precious but finite resource. Year 2018.

Generes: N/A
Director: Cosima Dannoritzer
Writer: Cosima Dannoritzer
Actors: N/A

Golden Job (2018)

A group of mercenaries come together to pull of an epic heist. Year 2018.

Generes: Action, Adventure
Director: Kar Lok Chin
Writer: Susan Chan, Chi-Yin Cheung, Kar Lok Chin, Dong-kyu Kim (script writer), Kin-Lok Kwok (screenplay), Erica LI (screenplay), Heiward Mak (screenplay)
Actors: Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Michael Tse, Kar Lok Chin