Movies from Japan

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Movie Name
Country
Release Year
Shinjuku Swan II
Japan
2017
Sion Sono (Director) Go Ayano Tadanobu Asano Motoki Fukami Yuta Nakano Yusuke Iseya Yu Yamada Alice Hirose Nobuaki Kaneko Maryjun Takahashi Kippei Shiina Jun Murakami Yuki Kubota Yusuke Kamiji Ken Wakui (Writer) Mataichiro Yamamoto (Writer) Sohei Tanikawa (Cinematographer)
No real reason for this film to exist (Saturday, August 29, 2020)
Shinjuku Triad Society
Japan
1995
Takashi Miike (Director) Kippei Shiina Tomoro Taguchi Takeshi Caesar Shinsuke Izutsu Eri Yu Sei Hiraizumi Ren Osugi Sabu Kazuhiro Mashiko Yoji Tanaka Ichiro Fujita (Writer) Atorie Shira (Soundtrack) Naosuke Imaizumi (Cinematographer)
A distinctive early Miike outing (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)
Shinobi
Japan
2005
Ten Shimoyama (Director) Yuji Shimomura (Action Director) Jo Odagiri Yukie Nakama Tak Sakaguchi
A tragic romance... with ninjas (Saturday, November 12, 2005)
Sister Streetfighter
Japan
1974
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (Director) Etsuko Shiomi Sonny Chiba
Sleazy, violent and quite dumb - just how we like 'em! (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)
Sister Streetfighter: Hanging By A Thread
Japan
1974
Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (Director) Etsuko Shiomi Yasuaki Kurata
Good trashy fun once again (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)
Sky High
Japan
2003
Ryuhei Kitamura (Director) Yumiko Shaku Takao Osawa Shosuke Tanihara
Intriguing and enjoyable film with flaws (Thursday, June 3, 2004)
Sonatine
Japan
1993
Takeshi Kitano (Director, Actor, Writer) Aya Kokumai Tetsu Watanabe Masanobu Katsumura Susumu Terajima Ren Osugi Tonbo Zushi Joe Hisaishi (Soundtrack)
Beautifully meditative take on the yakuza film (Sunday, December 15, 2013)
Space Travellers
Japan
2000
Katsuyuki Motohiro (Director) Takeshi Kaneshiro Masanobu Ando Eri Fukatsu Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Very enjoyable hostage-based capers (Monday, October 15, 2001)
Spirited Away
Japan
2001
Hayao Miyazaki (Director)
A fine piece of imaginative strangeness (Saturday, September 29, 2012)
St John's Wort
Japan
2001
I didn't get the point (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)