Movie List for "japanese 2"

Fallen Angels (1995) Comedy Crime Drama Romance Movie

This Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner. Year 1995.

Generes: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Kar-Wai Wong
Writer: Kar-Wai Wong
Actors: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung

Empire of the Sun (1987) Action Drama History War Movie

A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II. Year 1987.

Generes: Action, Drama, History, War
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Tom Stoppard (screenplay), J.G. Ballard (novel)
Actors: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers

Until the End of the World (1991) Action Drama Sci-Fi Thriller Movie

In 1999, Claire’s life is forever changed after she survives a car crash. She rescues Sam and starts traveling around the world with him. Writer Eugene follows them and writes their story, as a way of recording dreams is being invented. Year 1991.

Generes: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Wim Wenders
Writer: Peter Carey (screenplay), Wim Wenders (screenplay), Wim Wenders (original idea by), Solveig Dommartin (original idea by), Michael Almereyda
Actors: Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone, Enzo Turrin, Chick Ortega

Red Sorghum (1988) Drama History Romance War Movie

When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army. Year 1988.

Generes: Drama, History, Romance, War
Director: Yimou Zhang
Writer: Jianyu Chen, Yan Mo (books), Wei Zhu
Actors: Li Gong, Wen Jiang, Rujun Teng, Ji Liu

Seven Samurai (1954) Action Adventure Drama Movie

A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. Year 1954.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writer: Akira Kurosawa (screenplay by), Shinobu Hashimoto (screenplay by), Hideo Oguni (screenplay by)
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki

A City of Sadness (1989) Drama Movie

A beautiful, historical film based upon the complex lives of four brothers. Year 1989.

Generes: Drama
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Writer: T’ien-wen Chu, Nien-Jen Wu
Actors: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Shu-Fen Hsin, Sung Young Chen, Jack Kao

Vostochnaya elegiya (1996)

N/A Year 1996.

Generes: Drama, Short
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Writer: Aleksandr Sokurov
Actors: Aleksandr Sokurov

Silence (1971)

Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and to locate their mentor. Year 1971.

Generes: Drama, History
Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Writer: Shûsaku Endô (novel), Shûsaku Endô (adaptation), Masahiro Shinoda (adaptation)
Actors: David Lampson, Don Kenny, Tetsurô Tanba, Mako

Romance of a Horsethief (1971)

In 1905, Polish horse thieves living near the Russian border find their livelihoods threatened by the new Russo-Japanese conflict because the Russian army requisitions all horses and forcibly conscripts all men for the war. Year 1971.

Generes: Adventure, Drama, History
Director: Abraham Polonsky
Writer: David Opatoshu (screenplay), Joseph Opatoshu (novel)
Actors: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Jane Birkin, Lainie Kazan

Fruits of Passion (1981)

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

Why Not? (1981)

Near the turbulent end of the Edo era, a man returning to Japan after exile in America searches for his wife and becomes swept up in the current of revolution in this incisive period drama from the great Shohei Imamura. Year 1981.

Generes: Drama
Director: Shôhei Imamura
Writer: Shôhei Imamura, Ken Miyamoto
Actors: Kaori Momoi, Shigeru Izumiya, Ken Ogata, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Vengeance Is Mine (1979)

Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run. Year 1979.

Generes: Crime, Drama
Director: Shôhei Imamura
Writer: Masaru Baba (screenplay), Ryûzô Saki (novel), Shunsaku Ikehata
Actors: Ken Ogata, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôchô Miyako, Mitsuko Baishô

1941 (1979)

Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Comedy, War
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Robert Zemeckis (screenplay), Bob Gale (screenplay), Robert Zemeckis (story), Bob Gale (story), John Milius (story)
Actors: Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Lorraine Gary

The Glacier Fox (1978)

The story of a family of foxes struggling to survive in the hostile environment of northern Japan. Year 1978.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara
Writer: Walter Bloch, Koreyoshi Kurahara (Japanese narration)
Actors: Arthur Hill, Eiji Okada

Death Force (1978)

An American Vietnam soldier on his way home is left for dead and is saved by a pair of Japanese stragglers from WWII, who train him in the way of the samurai. Year 1978.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Cirio H. Santiago
Writer: Howard R. Cohen (screenplay), Cirio H. Santiago (story), Robert E. Waters (story)
Actors: James Iglehart, Carmen Argenziano, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Jayne Kennedy

The Cannonball Run (1981)

A wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country road race. However, the eccentric entrants will do anything to win the road race, including low-down, dirty tricks. Year 1981.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Sport
Director: Hal Needham
Writer: Brock Yates
Actors: Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett, Dom DeLuise