Movies from Japan

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	Movie Name Country Release Year
	Suicide Circle Japan 2001 Sion Sono (Director, Writer) Ryo Ishibashi Masatoshi Nagase Akaji Maro Saya Hagiwara Hideo Sako Takashi Nomura Tamao Sato Kimiko Yo Kazuto Sato (Cinematographer) Pretty intense (Friday, February 21, 2003)
	Sukeban Deka Japan 1987 Hideo Tanaka (Director) Yui Asaka Goro Kataoka Masato Ibu Cheesy, violent fun (Friday, July 15, 2005)
	Sukiyaki Western Django Japan 2007 Takashi Miike (Director, Writer) Hideaki Itô Masanobu Ando Koichi Sato Kaori Momoi Yusuke Iseya Renji Ishibashi Yoshino Kimura Quentin Tarantino Yoji Tanaka Masa Nakamura (Writer) Kôji Endô (Soundtrack) Strange beast, merits a second viewing (Sunday, June 9, 2013)
	Survive Style 5+ Japan 2004 Gen Sekiguchi (Director) Tadanobu Asano Gorgeous, whimsical and hyper-stylised (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)
	Swallowtail Butterfly Japan 1996 Shunji Iwai (Director, Writer) Chara Hiroshi Mikami Ayumi Ito Yosuke Eguchi Andy Hui Atsuro Watabe Kaori Momoi Tomoko Yamaguchi Nene Otsuka Yoriko Douguchi Mickey Curtis Tetsu Watanabe Tadanobu Asano Tomoro Taguchi Kaori Fujii Noboru Shinoda (Cinematographer) Takeshi Kobayashi (Soundtrack) One of the greatest movies ever made? (Sunday, March 17, 2002)
	Tetsuo: The Iron Man Japan 1989 Shinya Tsukamoto (Director, Actor, Writer) Tomoro Taguchi Kei Fujiwara Nobu Kanaoka Naomasa Musaka Renji Ishibashi Chu Ishikawa (Soundtrack) Perhaps the strangest thing you will ever see (Monday, June 10, 2013)
	Tezuka's Barbara Japan 2019 Makoto Tezuka (Director) Fumi Nikaido Goro Inagaki Kiyohiko Shibukawa Shizuka Ishibashi Moemi Katayama Eri Watanabe Ryosuke Otani Hisako Kurosawa (Writer) Osamu Tezuka (Writer) Kubbie Tsoi (Cinematographer) Christopher Doyle (Cinematographer) Rather lifeless interpretation of a manga (Friday, July 2, 2021)
	The Bastard and the Beautiful World Japan 2018 Sion Sono (Director) Hikari Ota (Director) Kenji Yamauchi (Director) Yuichi Kodama (Director) Tadanobu Asano Shinnosuke Mitsushima Fumika Baba Goro Inagaki Sena Nakajima Shingo Katori Machiko Ono Tsuyoshi Kusanagi Shin Shimizu Megumi Kagurazaka Ami Tomite Denden Weird anthology film (Monday, April 29, 2024)
	The Executioner Japan 1974 Teruo Ishii (Director) Sonny Chiba Hiroyuki Sanada Yasuaki Kurata Eiji Go Makoto Sato Remember it's a ninja film and enjoy it! (Sunday, March 5, 2006)
	The Executioner II Japan 1974 Teruo Ishii (Director) Sonny Chiba Eiji Go Yutaka Nakajima Etsuko Shiomi Tetsuro Tamba Makoto Sato Seems not to have understand why we liked the original! (Saturday, March 25, 2006)