Movies Produced in Japan
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Gantz
[ 2011, Japan ] starting from $1.99Genres: Action
Actors: Kenichi Matsuyama, Kazunari Ninomiya, Takayuki Yamada, Natsuna Watanabe, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kanata Hongô, Tomorowo Taguchi, Shun'ya Shiraishi, Ayako Yoshitani, Kensuke Chisaka, Mukau Nakamura
Directors: Shinsuke Sato
Based on a manga by Hiroyu Oka, Gantz is a live-action feature-length film co-starring Kenichi Matsuyama, the very popular actor who played the eccentric genius “L” in Death Note: L Change the World, and equally famous actor/musician Ninomiya Kazunari aka Nino. The anime adaptation is rated TV-MA and contains some pretty graphic violence and sex. But the movie seems to have managed to veer away from at least some of those more extreme aspects as it was given a PG-13 rating. Gantz is about these two guys who get killed and end up in an apartment version of limbo with a bunch of other recently dead people and a big, black spherical thing that opens up (sort of like the puzzle box from Hellraiser) only instead of demons appearing to torture the victims, they are sent on missions to fight for points. Here is a plot description from the Japan Times: “The sphere, called Gantz and operated by a bald, naked man in some sort of trance, contains exotic weapons and form-fitting suits that they are to use on missions in the world they have just departed. Their goal: to kill monstrous aliens within a set time. If they succeed, they will receive points. A total of 100 will allow them to leave this limbo — or send someone else back to life. If they fail, they get nothing and may even die for good.
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Unknown
[ 2011, Canada, Japan, Germany, UK, USA, France ] starting from $1.99Take back your life.
Genres: Mystery, Drama, Thriller
Actors: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz, Frank Langella, Sebastian Koch, Olivier Schneider, Stipe Erceg, Rainer Bock, Mido Hamada, Clint Dyer, Karl Markovics, Eva Löbau, Helen Wiebensohn, Merle Wiebensohn, Adnan Maral, Torsten Michaelis, Petra Hartung, Sanny Van Heteren, Ricardo Dürner, Marlon Putzke, Herbert Olschok, Karla Trippel, Petra Schmidt-Schaller, Annabelle Mandeng, Janina Flieger, Fritz Roth, Heike Hanold-Lynch, Matthias Weidenhöfer, Kida Khodr Ramadan, Peter Becker, Vladimir Pavic, Oliver Stolz, Oliver Lange, Sebastian Stielke
Directors: Jaume Collet-Serra
Dr. Martin Harris (Liam Neeson, TAKEN) awakens after a car accident in Berlin to discover that his wife (January Jones, MAD MEN) suddenly doesn't recognise him, and another man has assumed his identity. Ignored by disbelieving authorities and hunted by mysterious assassins, he finds himself alone, tired and on the run. Aided by an unlikely ally (Diane Kruger, INGLORIOUS BASTARDS), Martin plunges headlong into a deadly mystery that will force him to question his sanity, his identity, and just how far he's willing to go to uncover the truth.
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Otôto
[ 2010, Japan ] starting from $1.99Genres: Drama
Actors: Ryo Kase, Yû Aoi, Yuriko Ishida, Kôen Kondô, Fumiyo Kohinata, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Takashi Sasano, Haruko Kato, Masahiro Nakai, Nenji Kobayashi, Tsurube Shôfukutei, Leo Morimoto, Gajirô Satô, Akio Yokoyama, Midoriko Kimura, Medaka Ikeno, La Salle Ishii, Sôtarô Tanaka
Directors: Yôji Yamada
Ginko (Yoshinaga Sayuri) seems to be living the good life: She's the respectable owner of a neighborhood drug store in Tokyo, and her daughter Kaharu (Aoi Yu) is about to get married to a doctor. However, Koharu's wedding day also brings homes Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro (Tsurube Shofukutei), a failed actor and a hard drinker who shows up causing trouble. Having covered for him all her life, Ginko is ready to disown her burdensome younger brother, but some things are easier said than done... Written by Anonymous
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Jûsan-nin no shikaku
[ 2010, Japan, UK ] starting from $1.99Genres: Action
Actors: Kôji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yûsuke Iseya, Gorô Inagaki, Masachika Ichimura, Mikijiro Hira, Hiroki Matsukata, Ikki Sawamura, Arata Furuta, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Masataka Kubota, Sosuke Takaoka, Megumi Kagurazaka, Yûma Ishigaki, Kôen Kondô, Ikki Namioka, Shinnosuke Abe, Kazue Fukiishi, Nizaemon Kataoka, Kazuki Namioka
Directors: Takashi Miike
In the era of the Shogun, an evil young lord rapes and kills, assured of immunity by law. But he didn't count on the Thirteen Assassins. A feared secret force, each with their own deadly skill, the Assassins undertake a suicide mission to wipe out the Lord. As he embarks on a perilous journey, the Assassins close off his escape route and ambush him in a village of death. But little do they know, they are outnumbered four to one by the Lord's crack team of bodyguards.
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Gekijouban Naruto Shippuuden: Za rosuto tawâ
[ 2010, Japan ] starting from $1.99Actors: Kazuhiko Inoue, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Chie Nakamura, Junko Takeuchi
Directors: Masahiko Murata
Assigned on a mission to capture Mukade, a missing-nin, Naruto Uzumaki sets out for the once glorious historic ruins of “Ouran”, where he pursues and corners the rogue ninja. Mukade’s goal is revealed to be a dormant leyline within the ruins; he unleashes the power of the leyline, causing a light to envelop Naruto, sending him into the past, 20 years before the series began. When Naruto awakens, he comes into contact with the Fourth Hokage, His father, Minato Namikaze.
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Paranômaru akutibiti: Dai-2-shô - Tokyo Night
[ 2010, Japan ] starting from $1.99The project is a direct continuation of the events of Oren Peli and Jason Blum’s original and takes place in Japan as a girl who visited San Diego as an exchange student unwittingly brings the evil that haunted Katie Featherston into her family’s house. The film chronicles the young woman’s videotape recordings in their house and the shocking realization of the supernatural force that her family must defeat. The Yamano family lives in a remote area of Tokyo, Japan. With their father away on business, 19 year old Koichi is left to look after his wheelchair-bound sister Haruka; who has returned to Japan early after surviving a car accident whilst traveling in America. Soon after Haruka’s return from that states, strange and unexplainable things start to happen in the Yamano home. As the incidents continue to grow increasingly stranger and more severe, Koichi persuades his sister to set up a video camera to try and capture them on film. What Koichi discovers is beyond anything he could have ever imagined and, as the situations intensify, a terrible fact is revealed...
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Alien vs. Ninja
[ 2010, Japan ] starting from $1.99Genres: Action, Fantasy, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Actors: Mika Hijii, Ben Hiura, Shûji Kashiwabara, Masanori Mimoto, Yûki Ogoe, Donpei Tsuchihira
Directors: Seiji Chiba
A band of Ninja warriors, led by an Iga Ninja named Yamata, witness a giant ball of fire drop from the sky and crash into the forest. When the warriors find and attempt to identify the object, they discover aliens that attack and feast on the ninjas. Yamata and the survivors swear vengeance, but in challenging the aliens, they learn that their weapons have no effect
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Halo Legends
[ 2010, Japan, USA ] starting from $1.99Genres: Action, Animation, Sci-Fi
Actors: James Faulkner, Luci Christian, Greg Ayres, John Swasey, Chris Patton, Deke Anderson, Shelley Calene-Black, Brittney Karbowski, Atsuko Tanaka, Chris Ayres, Akio Ôtsuka, Houko Kuwashima, Ai Maeda, Kazuhiko Inoue, Tomokazu Seki, Hiroki Touchi, David Matranga, Keiji Fujiwara, Kikuko Inoue, Mamiko Noto, Josh Grelle, Emily Neves, David Wald, Motoyuki Kawahara, Kenta Miyake, Andy McAvin, Yasunori Matsumoto, Masashi Ebara, John Gremillion, Leraldo Anzaldua, Joshua Bolden, Carli Mosier, Susumu Chiba, Atsushi Abe, Sendai Eri, Melissa Davis, Chris Hutchison, Tomoko Kaneda, Mika Doi, Ryûzaburô Ôtomo, Yasuyuki Kase, Blake Shepard, Takako Honda, Andrew Love, Satomi Sato, Kalob Martinez, Marty Fleck, George Manley, Hajime Iijima, Kenji Takahashi, Atsuki Tani, Reiko Kiuchi, Keiji Hirai, Yui Shoji, Hiromu Miyazaki, Takashi Ohara, Ao Takahashi, Mark Adley, Mark Laskowski, Joanne Bonasso, Yumi Touma, Tomo Shigematsu
Directors: Shinji Aramaki, Hideki Futamura, Toshiyuki Kanno, Tomoki Kyôda, Kôichi Mashimo, Yasushi Muraki, Daisuke Nishio, Frank O'Connor, Mamoru Oshii, Koji Sawai, Keiichi Sugiyama, Takahiro Tanaka, Hiroshi Yamazaki
A collection of seven stories from the Halo Universe created by Japan's most creative minds. First up is "Origins" a two part episode showing the expansive history of the Halo Universe and the history of the 100,000 year long franchise timeline, told through the eyes of Cortana. Second comes "The Duel" Taking place long before the Human-Covenant War, it tells the story of an Arbiter, Fal 'Chavamee, who refuses to accept the Covenant Religion. Taking a turn to the Spartan side of the story "Homecoming" focuses on the tragedies involving the Spartan-II recruitment in 2517, and the Spartans coming to terms with their origins. Taking a turn in tone comes "Odd One Out" a non-cannon parody of the Halo storyline. "Prototype" tells the story of a Marine who goes against his orders to destroy an advanced prototype armor and uses the suit to buy time for civilians evacuating from the planet. "The Babysitter" tales of the the rivalry between the Spartan-II Commandos and the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers as they're sent to Covenant-controlled world to assassinate a Covenant Prophet. And finally "The Package" a two-part all CGI film follows Master Chief and an elite squad of Spartan-II super soldiers as they execute a top-secret mission to retrieve a highly valuable UNSC asset on a Covenant Assault Carrier. Written by arorashadow_2003
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Confessions (Kokuhaku)
[ 2010, Japan ] starting from $1.99Genres: Drama
Actors: Takako Matsu, Masaki Okada, Yoshino Kimura, Mana Ashida, Kaoru Fujiwara, Kai Inowaki, Sora Iwata, Daichi Izumi, Karin Katô, Takuya Kusakawa, Ayaka Miyoshi, Hiroki Nakajima, Yukito Nishii, Hotaru Nomoto, Rena Nônen, Naoya Shimizu, Tsutomu Takahashi, Makiya Yamaguchi, Kasumi Yamaya, Ayuri Yoshinaga
Directors: Tetsuya Nakashima
Tetsuya Nakashima wrote and directed this edgy drama about a woman who plots revenge against a handful of irresponsible youths. Yuko Moriguchi (Takako Matsu) is a teacher who spends her days looking after a class of frequently unruly seventh graders. One day, Yuko calmly announces to her class that she's leaving her job soon as she's still struggling with the recent death of her young daughter. She adds that she knows who was responsible for the child's drowning, they happen to be among the students in her class -- and that the milk they're drinking may just be infected with a deadly disease. Though a series of flashbacks, we become witnesses to Yuko's difficulties with her students, the actions of the nameless students she believes are guilty of murder -- one of whom is planning vengeance against Yuko, while the other sinks deep into paranoia -- and the incidents that suggest the likely innocence and guilt of the parties involved. Kokuhaku (aka {#Confessions) received its North American premiere at the 2010 New York Asian Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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The Real Robin Hood
[ 2010, Japan, USA ] starting from $1.99A special about the origins of the English folk hero.
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The King of Fighters
[ 2010, Canada, Japan, Germany, UK, USA, Taiwan ] starting from $1.99Actors: Maggie Q, Sean Faris, Will Yun Lee, Ray Park, David Leitch, Françoise Yip, Hiro Kanagawa, Bernice Liu, Monique Ganderton, Doug Abrahams, Candus Churchill, Robin Nielsen, Scott Patey, Toshi Haraguchi, Sam Hargrave, Keanu Lam, Mike Dopud
Directors: Gordon Chan
A throwback to an earlier era, 1964's Ballad in Blue is an undemanding musical vehicle for Ray Charles, The Genius of Soul. Traditional movie stories built around a popular musical celebrity would typically show a star using his off-stage hours to aid young lovers, find a family for an orphan or encourage a budding talent. With a professional cast providing dramatic support, non-acting star Charles is free to concentrate on presenting a pleasant image for fans that may only have heard him on the radio.
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Tekken
[ 2010, Japan, USA ] starting from $1.99Twitch
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Actors: Jon Foo, Kelly Overton, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Luke Goss, Mircea Monroe, Tamlyn Tomita, Candice Hillebrand, Marian Zapico, Gary Daniels, Lateef Crowder, Anton Kasabov, Ian Anthony Dale, Kiko Ellsworth, Louise Griffiths, Louis Herthum, Roger Huerta, Jonathan Kowalsky, Cung Le, Jourdan Lee, Andrew Wei Lin, James Dallas Liu, Monica Mal, Jevon Miller, David Pitt, John Pyper-Ferguson, Randal Reeder, Jason Rosario, Michael Showers, Gary Ray Stearns, Cassie Shea Watson, Laine Dubroc, Nedal Yousef, Krystal Mayo, Cory Patt, Kalah Roberts, Thomas Wallace
Directors: Dwight H. Little
Woody, Buzz and the whole gang are back. As their owner Andy prepares to depart for college, his loyal toys find themselves in daycare where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice. So, it's all for one and one for all as they join Barbie's counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear to plan their great escape.
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