Movie List for "japanese 2"

Kumonosu-jô (1957) Drama History Movie

A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider’s Web Castle. Year 1957.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writer: Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Ryûzô Kikushima
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada

Umi to dokuyaku (1986) Drama Movie

Downed American fliers in WWII are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in cruel medical experiments. Year 1986.

Generes: Drama
Director: Kei Kumai
Writer: Shûsaku Endô, Kei Kumai
Actors: Eiji Okuda, Ken Watanabe, Takahiro Tamura

Arigatô-san (1936) Comedy Drama Movie

A friendly bus driver and his passengers over the duration of one journey through the mountains to the nearest train station. Year 1936.

Generes: Comedy, Drama
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu
Writer: Yasunari Kawabata, Hiroshi Shimizu
Actors: Ken Uehara, Ryuji Ishiyama, Einosuke Naka

Onna no mizûmi (1966) Drama Movie

A married woman lets her lover take naked pictures of her. The photos end up in possession of a man who starts blackmailing the couple. Year 1966.

Generes: Drama
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida
Writer: Yasunari Kawabata, Toshirô Ishidô, Yasuko Ôno
Actors: Mariko Okada, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Tamotsu Hayakawa

Hana-bi (1997) Crime Drama Romance Movie

Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions. Year 1997.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Writer: Takeshi Kitano
Actors: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Ôsugi

Chikamatsu monogatari (1954) Drama History Romance Movie

Ishun is a wealthy, but unsympathetic, master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out. Year 1954.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Writer: Monzaemon Chikamatsu, Matsutarô Kawaguchi, Yoshikata Yoda
Actors: Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô

The Killer (1989) Action Crime Drama Thriller Movie

A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded, only to be double-crossed by his boss. Year 1989.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: John Woo
Writer: John Woo
Actors: Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Kong Chu

Chungking Express (1994) Comedy Crime Drama Mystery Romance Movie

Two melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant he frequents. Year 1994.

Generes: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Director: Kar-Wai Wong
Writer: Kar-Wai Wong
Actors: Brigitte Lin, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Faye Wong, Takeshi Kaneshiro

Fruits of Passion (1981) Drama Movie

A girl loves an older man. He demands that she goes in a brothel, as evidence that she loves him. Year 1981.

Generes: Drama
Director: Shûji Terayama
Writer: Dominique Aury (novel), Shûji Terayama (adaptation), Rio Kishida (adaptation), Dominique Aury (text)
Actors: Isabelle Illiers, Klaus Kinski, Arielle Dombasle, Pîtâ

The Pillow Book (1996) Drama Movie

A woman with a body writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher. Year 1996.

Generes: Drama
Director: Peter Greenaway
Writer: Sei Shonagon (book), Peter Greenaway
Actors: Vivian Wu, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata, Hideko Yoshida

Natural Born Killers (1994) Action Crime Drama Movie

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. Year 1994.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Oliver Stone
Writer: Quentin Tarantino (story), David Veloz (screenplay), Richard Rutowski (screenplay), Oliver Stone (screenplay)
Actors: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield

Groper Train: The Search for the Black Pearl (1984) Comedy Mystery Movie

The world’s largest black pearl has vanished without a trace, and it’s up to detective Ippei to track it down. His only clue is the mysterious words of a dying man, “Pussy Print!”. Year 1984.

Generes: Comedy, Mystery
Director: Yôjirô Takita
Writer: Isao Takagi (screenplay)
Actors: Kaoru Kaze, Yûka Takemura, Serina Miyabi, Kazumi Kimura

Black Rose Ascension (1975) Drama Movie

Juzo is a self-important director. Production is stopped on his new film whenever lead celebrity Meiko is too obviously expecting to film gender views. Interested in a replacement, he comes… Year 1975.

Generes: Drama
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro
Writer: Giichi Fujimoto (novel), Tatsumi Kumashiro
Actors: Shin Kishida, Naomi Tani, Meika Seri, Hajime Tanimoto

Fireworks (1997) Crime Drama Romance Thriller Movie

Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions. Year 1997.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Writer: Takeshi Kitano
Actors: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi, Susumu Terajima

Ghost in the Shell (1995) Animation Action Crime Drama Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller Movie

A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master. Year 1995.

Generes: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Writer: Shirow Masamune (based on the manga by), Kazunori Itô (screenplay)
Actors: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera, Yutaka Nakano

Run Lola Run (1998) Crime Drama Thriller Movie

After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks. Year 1998.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Tom Tykwer
Writer: Tom Tykwer (screenplay)
Actors: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri