Movies from Japan

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	Movie Name Country Release Year
	Nausicaa: Valley Of The Wind Japan 1984 Hayao Miyazaki (Director, Writer) Sumi Shimamoto Mahito Tsujimura Hisako Kyôda Gorô Naya Joe Hisaishi (Soundtrack, Soundtrack) A wonderful movie (Sunday, May 5, 2002)
	Legend Of The Eight Samurai Japan 1983 Kinji Fukasaku (Director, Writer) Toei Company (Production Company) Hiroyuki Sanada Sonny Chiba Hiroko Yakushimaru Etsuko Shiomi (Actor, Actor) Minori Terada Masaki Kyômoto Takuya Fukuhara Shunsuke Kariya Kenji Ohba Keiko Matsuzaka Toshio Kamata (Writer) Seizô Sengen (Cinematographer) Splendidly cheesy swords & sorcery epic (Friday, August 20, 2021)
	Samurai Reincarnation Japan 1981 Kinji Fukasaku (Director, Writer) Toei Company (Production Company) Sonny Chiba Kenji Sawada Akiko Kana Hiroyuki Sanada Ai Kanzaki Hideo Murota Noboru Matsuhashi Naoko Kubo Mikio Narita Fûtarô Yamada (Writer) Tatsuo Nogami (Writer) Kiyoshi Hasegawa (Cinematographer) Hozan Yamamoto (Soundtrack) Sounds more fun than it actually is (Saturday, September 25, 2021)
	Roaring Fire Japan 1981 Norifumi Suzuki (Director, Writer) Toei Company (Production Company) Hiroyuki Sanada Sonny Chiba Etsuko Shiomi Mikio Narita Larry Shreve Toshiaki Minami Tatsuo Endō Masashi Ishibashi Hiroshi Tanaka Shinsuke Inoue (Writer) Tons of fun (Tuesday, February 27, 2024)
	Golgo 13 - Assignment Kowloon Japan 1977 Yukio Noda (Director) Sonny Chiba Etsuko Shiomi Poorly written, acted and directed (Wednesday, June 6, 2007)
	Hausu Japan 1977 Nobuhiko Obayashi (Director) Yōko Minamida Masayo Miyako Eriko Tanaka Mieko Satô Ai Matubara Kumiko Oba Miki Jinbo Kimiko Ikegami Chiho Katsura (Writer) Yoshitaka Sakamoto (Cinematographer) Off the wall (Sunday, July 19, 2020)
	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)
	Okinawa Yakuza War Japan 1976 Sadao Nakajima (Director) Toei Company (Production Company) Hiroki Matsukata Sonny Chiba Tsunehiko Watase Mikio Narita Tatsuo Umemiya Hideo Murota Isao Bitō Kōji Takada (Writer) Fumio Kōnami (Writer) Shigeru Akatsuka (Cinematographer) Kenjiro Hirose (Soundtrack) A strong but predictable Yakuza film (Sunday, April 21, 2024)
	Karate Bear Fighter Japan 1975 Kazuhiko Yamaguchi (Director) Toei Company (Production Company) Sonny Chiba Yutaka Nakajima Yumi Takigawa Eiji Gō Katsumasa Uchida Ikki Kajiwara (Writer) Yoshio Nakajima (Cinematographer) Shunsuke Kikuchi (Soundtrack) Chiba is on peak form (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)
	Graveyard of Honour (Fukasaku) Japan 1975 Kinji Fukasaku (Director) Toei Company (Production Company) Tetsuya Watari Tatsuo Umemiya Yumi Takigawa Eiji Gō Noboru Andô Reiko Ike Kunie Tanaka Mikio Narita Hideo Murota Hirô Matsuda (Writer) Fumio Kōnami (Writer) Tatsuhiko Kamoi (Writer) Goro Fujita (Writer) Hanjirô Nakazawa (Cinematographer) Toshiaki Tsushima (Soundtrack) A reminder that Yakuza are generally not nice people (Sunday, October 3, 2021)