Movies Produced in Japan
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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
[ 2009, Canada, India, USA, Japan ] starting from $1.99Some fight for power. Some fight for us.
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Actors: Brahim Achabbakhe, Edmund Chen, Michael Clarke Duncan, Cullet Eric, Chris Klein, Tim Man, Neal McDonough, Brendan Miller, Robin Shou, Taboo, Moon Bloodgood, Pei-pei Cheng, Josie Ho, Kristin Kreuk, Krystal Vee
Director(s): Andrzej Bartkowiak
Based on the popular video game franchise, female fighter Chun Li embarks on a quest for justice.
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Blood: The Last Vampire
[ 2009, Hong Kong, Japan, France, Argentina ] starting from $1.99Now that She's Here, There Will Be Blood...
Genres: Action, Horror, Thriller
Actors: Gianna Jun, Allison Miller, Masiela Lusha, JJ Feild, Koyuki, Liam Cunningham, Yasuaki Kurata, Michael Byrne, Colin Salmon, Andrew Pleavin, Larry Lamb, Constantine Gregory, Ailish OConnor, Joey Anaya, Jamal Duff
Director(s): Chris Nahon
A vampire named Saya, who is part of covert government agency that hunts and destroys demons in a post-WWII Japan, is inserted in a military school to discover which one of her classmates is a demon is disguise.
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Astro Boy
[ 2009, Hong Kong, USA, Japan ] starting from $1.99Built for Adventure
Genres: Action, Animation, Sci-Fi
Actors: Moises Arias, Sterling Beaumon, Victor Bonavida, Nicolas Cage, Freddie Highmore, Nathan Lane, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas, Bill Nighy, Donald Sutherland, Kristen Bell, Madeline Carroll
Director(s): David Bowers
When a scientist's young son dies, he secretly creates a powerful robot child to replace him, however the robot uses it's incredible powers to become a world famous super-hero, and faces his biggest challenge when an alien race threatens Earth...
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The Limits of Control
[ 2009, Spain, USA, Japan ] starting from $1.99For every way in, there is another way out.
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Actors: Isaach De Bankolé, Alex Descas, Jean-François Stévenin, Óscar Jaenada, Luis Tosar, Paz de la Huerta, Tilda Swinton, Youki Kudoh, John Hurt, Gael García Bernal, Hiam Abbass, Bill Murray, Héctor Colomé, María Isasi, Norma Yessenia Paladines
Director(s): Jim Jarmusch
The story of a mysterious loner, a stranger in the process of completing a criminal job.
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One Missed Call
[ 2008, Japan, USA, Germany ] starting from $1.99What will it sound like when you die?
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Actors: Edward Burns, Shannyn Sossamon, Azura Skye, Ana Claudia Talancón, Ray Wise, Rhoda Griffis, Margaret Cho, Jessica Brown, John Bailey, Charles W. Beasley, Brian Beegle, Baxter Bradham, Matthew Browning, Neill Calabro, Robert Cannon
Director(s): Eric Valette
In this remake of the Japanese horror film "Chakushin Ari" (2003), several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves — messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths.
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The Machine Girl
[ 2008, Japan, USA ] starting from $1.99Actors: Minase Yashiro, Asami, Kentaro Shimazu, Honoka, Nobuhiro Nishihara, Yûya Ishikawa, Ryôsuke Kawamura, Demo Tanaka, Nahana, Taro Suwa, Kentaro Kishi, Ryôji Okamoto, Noriko Kijima
Director(s): Noboru Iguchi
The Machine Girl is about a teenager named Ami who sets out for revenge on a gang of bullies who tortured her little brother to death. She winds up losing an arm along the way, and replaces it with a high-powered gun, à la Rose McGowan in Grindhouse. But she doesn't stop at one limb; Ami continues to lose body parts and replace them with more weapons.
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Batman: Gotham Knight
[ 2008, USA, Japan ] starting from $1.99Get Ready....To Rage Against Evil
Actors: Kevin Conroy, Gary Dourdan, David McCallum, Corey Burton, Will Friedle, Brian George, Jason Marsden, Scott Menville, Jim Meskimen, George Newbern, Corey Padnos, Rob Paulsen, Kevin Michael Richardson
Anime-inspired direct-to-DVD anthology film. Comprised of six short stories, from diverse creators, including Academy Award-nominated Josh Olsen (A History of Violence), Batman Begins writer David S. Goyer, and comics scribe Brian Azzarello. It's planned for a release window of two to four weeks prior to the release of The Dark Knight, and would bridge the gap between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
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Resident Evil: Degeneration
[ 2008, Japan ] starting from $1.99Genres: Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi
Actors: Alyson Court, Paul Mercier, Steve Blum, Crispin Freeman, Roger Craig Smith, Michael Sorich, Laura Bailey, Michelle Ruff
Director(s): Makoto Kamiya
Resident Evil: Degeneration, known in Japan as Biohazard: Degeneration, is the first full-length CG animation feature based upon the Resident Evil series of games.
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Blindness
[ 2008, Canada, Brazil, Japan ] starting from $1.99In a world gone blind, what if you were the only person who could see?
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Actors: Yusuke Iseya, Jason Bermingham, Eduardo Semerjian, Don McKellar, Ciça Meirelles, Antônio Fragoso, Lilian Blanc, Douglas Silva, Daniel Zettel, Yoshino Kimura, Joe Pingue, Susan Coyne, Danny Glover, Fabiana Guglielmetti, Mitchell Nye
Director(s): Fernando Meirelles
When a big city has a mysterious outbreak of blindness, the victims are quarantined by the government in a hospital without any medical care, treatment or hygiene. Among the first people affected by the so called "white blindness" are an ophthalmologist and his reluctant health wife that has not lost her sight but stays with him to help him in the difficult moment. The place immediately crowds and a group of criminals takes the power, demanding jewels and electronics first and sex later for the limited ratio of food they control.
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The Ramen Girl
[ 2008, USA, Japan ] starting from $1.99In food as in life, sometimes the missing ingredient is love.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Actors: Brittany Murphy, Toshiyuki Nishida, Tammy Blanchard, Sohee Park, Kimiko Yo, Renji Ishibashi, Justin Berti, Daniel Evans, Masayoshi Haneda, Judai Ikeshita, Hajime Inoue, Takanobu Kaneko, Man Kato, Tomoyuki Kuramoto, Hideki Kurauchi
Director(s): Robert Allan Ackerman
An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
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Newcastle
[ 2008, Australia, Japan ] starting from $1.99You're only young forever once.
Genres: Drama
Actors: Lachlan Buchanan, Xavier Samuel, Reshad Strik, Kirk Jenkins, Anthony Hayes, Shane Jacobson, Barry Otto, Joy Smithers, Gigi Edgley, Ben Milliken, Israel Cannan, Debra Ades, Rebecca Breeds, Jaymes Triglone, Woody Naismith
Director(s): Dan Castle
'Newcastle' is a coming-of-age/family drama/surfing movie. 17-year old Jesse lives in the shadow of his older brother Victor's failure to become surfing's Next Big Thing. Even when he's in his natural habitat of magnificent surf breaks, his blue-collar future is brought home by the coal barges that constantly line his horizon. Jesse has the natural skills to surf his way out of this reality and onto the international circuit but can he overcome his equally natural ability to sabotage himself? A momentous weekend away with his mates that includes first love and tragedy leads him to discover what's really important, and also to the performance of a lifetime.
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Ponyo
[ 2008, Japan ] starting from $1.99Welcome To A World Where Anything Is Possible.
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
Actors: Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, Jôji Tokoro, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Yûki Amami, Kazushige Nagashima, Akiko Yano, Shinichi Hatori, Tokie Hidari, Eimi Hiraoka, Rumi Hîragi, Tomoko Naraoka, Nozomi Ohashi, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Akihiko Ishizumi
Director(s): Hayao Miyazaki
The son of a sailor, 5-year old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa. One fateful day, he finds a beautiful goldfish trapped in a bottle on the beach and upon rescuing her, names her Ponyo. But she is no ordinary goldfish. The daughter of a masterful wizard and a sea goddess, Ponyo uses her father's magic to transform herself into a young girl and quickly falls in love with Sosuke, but the use of such powerful sorcery causes a dangerous imbalance in the world. As the moon steadily draws nearer to the earth and Ponyo's father sends the ocean's mighty waves to find his daughter, the two children embark on an adventure of a lifetime to save the world and fulfill Ponyo's dreams of becoming human.
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L: Change the World
[ 2008, Japan ] starting from $1.99The final death note showdown!
Genres: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Actors: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Sota Aoyama, David Bueno, Shunji Fujimura, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Narushi Fukuda, Lex de Groot, Sei Hiraizumi, Shigeki Hosokawa, Renji Ishibashi, Yuta Kanai, Tim Man, Bokuzô Masana, Shido Nakamura, Kazuki Namioka
Director(s): Hideo Nakata
A spin-off of the popular Death Note films, L: Change The World focuses on the legendary detective L as he uses his final 23 days to solve crimes all over the world. When a young girl and boy come to him for aid, L is soon faced with what may be his most difficult case yet: stopping a group of corrupted scientists from spreading a lethal virus throughout the earth.
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Control
[ 2007, UK, USA, Australia, Japan ] starting from $1.99Genres: Biography, Drama, Music
Actors: Samantha Morton, Sam Riley, Alexandra Maria Lara, Joe Anderson, Toby Kebbell, Craig Parkinson, James Anthony Pearson, Harry Treadaway, Andrew Sheridan, Robert Shelly, Matthew McNulty, Ben Naylor, Herbert Grönemeyer, Nigel Harris, Tim Plester
Director(s): Anton Corbijn
Ian Curtis is a quiet and rather sad lad who works for an employment agency and sings in a band called Warsaw. He meets a girl named Debbie whom he promptly marries and his band, of which the name in the meantime has been changed to Joy Division, gets more and more successful. Even though Debbie and he become parents, their relationship is going downhill rapidly and Ian starts an affair with Belgium Annik whom he met after one of the gigs and he's almost never at home. Ian also suffers from epilepsy and has no-good medication for it. He doesn't know how to handle the feelings he has for Debbie and Annik and the pressure the popularity of Joy Division and the energy performing costs him.
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Vexille
[ 2007, Japan ] starting from $1.99Actors: Shosuke Tanihara, Tetsuya Kakihara, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Takahiro Sakurai, Akio Ôtsuka
Japan, 2077: A female agent named Vexille is dispatched to Tokyo to investigate whether Japanese are developing robotic technology, which has been banned by the U.N. due to its potential threat to humankind.
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Silk
[ 2007, Canada, France, Italy, UK, Japan ] starting from $1.99Come back, or I shall die.
Actors: Michael Pitt, Tony Vogel, Toni Bertorelli, Kenneth Welsh, Alfred Molina, Michael Golding, Carlo Cecchi, Marc Fiorini, Leslie Csuth, Toru Tezuka, Hiroya Morita, Akinori Ando, Jun Kunimura, Kanata Hongô, Kôji Yakusho
Based on the Alessandro Baricco's novel this is the story of a married silkworm smuggler, Herve Joncour, in 19th Century France who travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo. While there he spots a beautiful Japanese woman, the concubine of a local baron, with whom he becomes obsessed. Without speaking the same language, they communicate through letters until war intervenes. Their unrequited love persists however, and Herve's wife Helene begins to suspect.
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Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion
[ 2007, Japan ] starting from $1.99An artifact known as the "King's Seal" is stolen during transport from the Soul Society by an unidentified Soul Reaper and two Arrancar resembling girls who control fire and lightning. During the attack, Toshiro Hitsugaya corners and seems to recognize the Soul Reaper, who immediately stabs him in the stomach. In the middle of battle, Hitsugaya abandons his post to pursue him and leaves his squad behind to fend for themselves. After the battle, The Soul Society suspects Hitsuguya of treason and orders his immediate capture. The whole 10th Squad is then put on house arrest at which time they can surmise whether or not the division should be abolished. With the whole of Soul Society looking for Hitsugaya, Ichigo as a soul reaper on patrol accidentally stumbles upon Squad 2 Captain Soifon while she is conducting an investigation of the transport site. Soifon informs him of the events happening in the Soul Society and dispels the kido surrounding them. As Soifon disappears with her crew, Toshiro makes his presence known and passes out in front of Ichigo and Uryu. Awakening in the Kurosaki residence, Toshiro refuses to explain what's happening. In the midst of their discussion, Ichigo is attacked by the two arrancar before he can force the issue more. Toshiro escapes, continues to avoid capture. However, things only get worse when the Soul Reaper thief, identified as Former Soul Reaper Sojiro Kusaka also uses Hyorinmaru, a sword identical to Hitsugaya's, to injure Shunsui Kyoraku. Toshiro's capture is then made top priority and his execution is approved.
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Silent Hill
[ 2006, USA, France, Japan ] starting from $1.99The game is on.
Actors: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen, Alice Krige, Jodelle Ferland, Colleen Williams, Ron Gabriel, Eve Crawford, Derek Ritschel, Amanda Hiebert, Maxine Dumont, Christopher Britton
Director(s): Christophe Gans
After the continuous sleep walking episodes of Sharon, the young daughter of Rose Da Silva, the decision is made to take Sharon to the place only mentioned in her restless dreams- Silent Hill. However, the road to Silent Hill is anything but easy to access, and Rose creates a high speed chase between herself and a police officer only to end in a crash for them both. When she wakes up, Sharon has disappeared and Rose is at the entrance to the deserted, dream-like town of Silent Hill. As Rose begins the search for her daughter, she does not realize the terror and mystery surrounding her. Rose is led on a blind search for her beloved daughter, finding herself getting more and more entwined into disturbing past of Silent Hill.
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Children of Men
[ 2006, Japan, UK, USA ] starting from $1.99The future's a thing of the past.
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Actors: Juan Gabriel Yacuzzi, Michelle Hussain, Rob Curling, Jon Chevalier, Rita Davies, Kim Fenton, Chris Gilbert, Phoebe Hawthorne, Rebecca Howard, Atalanta White, Laurence Woodbridge, Clive Owen, Maria McErlane, Michael Haughey, Paul Sharma
Director(s): Alfonso Cuarón
With this dystopian world ravished by war, paranoia and the frustrations of Man the Orwellian vision of Nineteen Eighty-Four, the totalitarian future is now complete and amongst us. With female fertility becoming obsolete, Man cannot reproduce, and no child has been born on the face of the planet for eighteen years. Man, and his future, is dying. Soon he shall be extinct. Theo, the beaten, downtrodden and middle-aged ex-political activist will, unwittingly, become involved in a war of an underground revolt. Here he is active once more, in the perilous journey across England's Home Counties, with a young girl, Kee, who, to Theo's bewilderment is pregnant. The first pregnant woman for more than eighteen years. This secret must be protected, at all cost, and mother and child must flee to the mysterious and enigmatic Human Project, across the seas. Their flight is a constant fight for survival. Who can be trusted? Who can keep a secret?
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Japan Sinks (Nihon chinbotsu)
[ 2006, Japan ] starting from $1.99Genres: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Actors: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kou Shibasaki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Mao Daichi, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Mayuko Fukuda, Hideko Yoshida, Akira Emoto, Jun Kunimura, Koji Ishizaka, Kenichi Endo, Takeshi Katô, Hideaki Anno, Harutoshi Fukui, Narushi Ikeda
Director(s): Shinji Higuchi
In the aftermath of a major earthquake under Suraga Bay, Misaki (a young girl) and Toshiro (a pilot of a deep sea submarine) are rescued from a ruined city street just as leaking gasoline ignites. Reiko Abe arrives just in time, lowered from a helicopter. Scientists predict that Japan will sink within 40 years, due to subduction of a tectonic plate to the west. However, Dr. Tadokoro, who leads an oceanic scientific team that includes Toshiro, calculates that this will happen far sooner, in only 338.54 days. He presents his findings to Prime Minister Yamamoto who decides to create a new department for impending disaster relief assigning Saoro Takamori to cover the new duties, since of all his ministers she will take it seriously but also bring "heart" to the process. As further earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions devastate Japan, the government pleads with other countries to take refugees. Yamamoto flies to China to negotiate relocations there, but his plane is destroyed by a volcanic eruption. Saoro fills the resulting vacuum in leadership and decides that Dr. Tadokoro's plan to blow holes in the disintegrating tectonic tectonic plate is the best remaining hope to not only save the people, but what remains of the country itself. Ironically it was her career that hastened their divorce 20 years earlier. Misaki becomes orphaned following her mother's death from earthquake injuries, and bonds with Reiko who was similarly rescued from, but orphaned by the Kobe quake. Toshiro is offered a job in England and wants Reiko and Misaki to come with him, but Reiko feels bound to help others and refuses to leave. Fellow submarine pilot Shinji Yuki also turns down Toshiro's offer to work with him in England. Drillships place massive explosives deep in the crust, but the detonator is not placed properly and Yuki dies attempting to place it by submarine.
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