Movies from Japan

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	Movie Name Country Release Year
	The Negotiator (Koshonin) Japan 2003 Takashi Miike (Director) Kenichi Endo (Actor, Actor) Ren Ishibashi Hiroshi Mikami Mayu Tsuruta Shirô Sano Masatô Ibu Renji Ishibashi Yoji Tanaka Takahisa Igarashi (Writer) Kota Yamada (Writer) Good, but not one of Miike's best (Friday, March 3, 2006)
	The Neighbour No. 13 Japan 2005 Yasuo Inoue (Director) Shido Nakamura just so much meaningless violence, really. (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)
	The Ninja War of Torakage Japan 2015 Yoshihiro Nishimura (Director, Writer) Takumi Saitoh Eihi Shiina Nana Seino Yuria Haga Kanji Tsuda Kentarô Shimazu Masanori Mimoto Takashi Nishina Jun Tsugita (Writer) Kou Nakagawa (Soundtrack) Shu G. Momose (Cinematographer) Fun and stylish ninja silliness (Saturday, March 25, 2023)
	The Stairway to the Distant Past Japan 1995 Kaizo Hayashi (Director, Writer) Masatoshi Nagase Haruko Wanibuchi Eiji Okada Mika Ohmine Shirō Sano Kiyotaka Nanbara Tetta Sugimoto Shinya Tsukamoto Jō Shishido Akaji Maro Kazuko Shirakawa Yoichi Sai Daisuke Tengan (Writer) Yûichi Nagata (Cinematographer) Yôko Kumagai (Soundtrack) Hidehiko Urayama (Soundtrack) Dazzling (Monday, January 1, 2024)
	The Streetfighter Japan 1974 Shigehiro Ozawa (Director) Sonny Chiba Goichi Yamada Yutaka Nakajima Tony Cetera Masafumi Suzuki Highly (but selectively) recommended! (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)
	The Streetfighter's Last Revenge Japan 1974 Shigehiro Ozawa (Director) Sonny Chiba Etsuko Shiomi Reiko Ike Koji Wada Masafumi Suzuki Continues the downhill trend of the series (Wednesday, March 15, 2006)
	The Taste Of Tea Japan 2004 Katsuhito Ishii (Director, Writer) Susumu Terajima Anna Tsuchiya Tomokazu Miura Satomi Tezuka Tatsuya Gashuin Tadanobu Asano Maya Banno Takahiro Sato Hideaki Anno Kosuke Matsushima (Cinematographer) Something to remind you what films CAN be like (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)
	The Trap Japan 1996 Kaizo Hayashi (Director, Writer) Masatoshi Nagase Yui Natsukawa Tomoko Yamaguchi Tetta Sugimoto Kiyotaka Nanbara Akaji Maro Shirō Sano Mika Ohmine Haruko Mabuchi Jō Shishido Asuka Kurosawa Daisuke Tengan (Writer) Yûichi Nagata (Cinematographer) A lesser final entry but still great (Monday, January 1, 2024)
	The Violence Action Japan 2022 Toichiro Ruto (Director, Writer) Kanna Hashimoto Yôsuke Sugino Shunsuke Daitoh Fumika Baba Yûri Ota Jiro Sato Win Morisaki Shunsuke Daitô Takashi Okamura Itaru Era (Writer) Shin Sawada (Writer) Eishi Segawa (Soundtrack) You won't forget you've watched it (Monday, December 12, 2022)
	The Virgin Psychics Japan 2015 Sion Sono (Director, Writer) Tomomi Itano Izumi Okamura Shota Sometani Elaiza Ikeda Erina Mano Makita Sports Motoki Fukami Reiya Masaki Megumi Kagurazaka Ken Yasuda Maryjun Takahashi Tokio Emoto Ami Tomite Rosa Sahel Anna Konno Mizuki Hoshina Ai Shinozaki Airi Shimizu Rika Hoshina Shinichi Tanaka (Writer) Kiminori Wakasugi (Writer) Hajime Kanda (Cinematographer) It's outrageous (Thursday, June 25, 2020)