Movies from Japan

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	Movie Name Country Release Year
	Karate-Robo Zaborgar Japan 2011 Noboru Iguchi (Director, Writer) Yasuhisa Furuhara Itsuji Itao Mami Yamasaki Aimi Satsukawa Yuya Miyashita Akira Emoto Hiroyuki Watanabe Naoto Takenaka Asami Sakichi Sato Another Japanese kids show revival project (Sunday, February 10, 2013)
	Kikoku Japan 2003 Takashi Miike (Director) Riki Takeuchi Mickey Curtis Kenichi Endo Renji Ishibashi Koichi Iwaki Hiroshi Katsuno Yûta Sone Shigenori Takechi (Writer) Disappointingly generic Yakuza movie from Miike (Wednesday, March 16, 2005)
	Kikujiro Japan 1999 Takeshi Kitano (Director, Actor, Writer) Yusuke Sekiguchi Kayoko Kishimoto Yûko Daike Kazuko Yoshiyuki Beat Kiyoshi Akaji Maro Yoji Tanaka Katsumi Yanagijima (Cinematographer) Joe Hisaishi (Soundtrack) Delightful little road movie (Monday, January 28, 2002)
	Kill! Japan 1968 Kihachi Okamoto (Director, Writer) Tatsuya Nakadai Tadao Nakamaru Akira Kubo Eijirô Tôno Hiroshi Tanaka Kept me entertained from start to finish (Monday, January 23, 2006)
	Killing Machine Japan 1976 Noribumi Suzuki (Director) Sonny Chiba Yutaka Nakajima Makoto Sato Naoya Makoto Kyoichi Sato Isao Matsumoto (Writer) Worth a look for Chiba fans, non-essential for everyone else (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)
	Kotoko Japan 2011 Shinya Tsukamoto (Director, Actor, Writer, Cinematographer) Cocco (Actor, Writer, Soundtrack) A journey into a very troubled mind (Thursday, November 22, 2012)
	Kuroneko Japan 1968 Kaneto Shindo (Director, Writer) Toho Co. (Production Company) Kichiemon Nakamura Nobuko Otowa Kiwako Taichi Kei Satō Taiji Tonoyama Kiyomi Kuroda (Cinematographer) Hikaru Hayashi (Soundtrack) Masterpiece of ghostly style and atmosphere (Saturday, May 22, 1999)
	L: Change The World Japan 2008 Hideo Nakata (Director) Kenichi Matsuyama Kenji Kawai (Soundtrack) poorly conceived and badly written (Friday, February 15, 2008)
	Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance Japan 1974 Toshiya Fujita (Director) Toho Co. (Production Company) Meiko Kaji Juzo Itami Yoshio Harada Kazuko Yoshiyuki Shin Kishida Kôji Nanbara Rinichi Yamamoto Tōru Abe Kazuo Kamimura (Writer) Kazuo Koike (Writer) Tatsuo Suzuki (Cinematographer) Kenjiro Hirose (Soundtrack) Sequel switches onto a different track (Sunday, August 1, 2021)
	Laplace's Witch Japan 2018 Takashi Miike (Director) Sho Sakurai Suzu Hirose Sota Fukushi Mirai Shida Eriko Sato Tao Okamoto Hiroshi Tamaki Etsushi Toyokawa Keigo Higashino (Writer) Hiroyuki Yatsu (Writer) Nobuyasu Kita (Cinematographer) Competent but generic murder mystery (Thursday, May 20, 2021)