Movies from Japan

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	Movie Name Country Release Year
	Big Bang Love: Juvenile A Japan 2006 Takashi Miike (Director) Ryuhei Matsuda Masanobu Ando Shunsuke Kubozuka Kiyohiko Shibukawa Ryo Ishibashi Kenichi Endo Renji Ishibashi Jai West Ikki Kajiwara (Writer) Hisao Maki (Writer) Masa Nakamura (Writer) Masahito Kaneko (Cinematographer) Enigmatic and thought provoking, but is it art? (Tuesday, June 1, 2021)
	Before We Vanish Japan 2017 Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Director, Writer) Masami Nagasawa Ryuhei Matsuda Mahiro Takasugi Yuri Tsunematsu Hiroki Hasegawa Atsuko Maeda Shinnosuke Mitsushima Tomohiro Maekawa (Writer) Sachiko Tanaka (Writer) Akiko Ashizawa (Cinematographer) Interesting concept but rather sterile execution (Saturday, March 6, 2021)
	Battlefield Baseball Japan 2003 Yudai Yamaguchi (Director) Tak Sakaguchi Interesting curio (Monday, September 20, 2004)
	Battle Royale Japan 2000 Kinji Fukasaku (Director) Tatsuya Fujiwara Aki Maeda Taro Yamamoto Takeshi Kitano Kou Shibasaki Chiaki Kuriyama Masanobu Ando Takashi Tsukamoto Koushun Takami (Writer) Kenta Fukasaku (Writer) One of the best and most important films ever made (Wednesday, October 24, 2012)
	Balloon Club, Afterwards Japan 2006 Sion Sono (Director, Writer) Motoki Fukami Yukie Kawamura Tomoharu Hasegawa Hiromi Nagasaku Tamae Ando Noriko Eguchi Fujiko Issei Ishida Masatoshi Matsuo Mayuko Nishiyama Yasuomi Ohta Hitotoshi Uchiyama Yoshiaki Yoza Jyonmyon Pe The limitless potential of youth (Monday, February 8, 2021)
	Baby Assassins 2 Japan 2023 Yugo Sakamoto (Director, Writer) Akari Takaishi Saori Izawa Atomu Mizuishi Tomo Nakai Tsubasa Tobinaga Junpei Hashino Joey Iwanaga Tetsu Watanabe Moritada Iju (Cinematographer) Ken Matsubara (Soundtrack) Another adorable slice of assassination (Saturday, March 2, 2024)
	Avalon Japan 2001 Mamoru Oshii (Director) Kenji Kawai (Soundtrack) Unique aesthetic experience (Sunday, March 17, 2002)
	Audition Japan 1999 Takashi Miike (Director) Ryo Ishibashi Eihi Shiina Jun Kunimura Renji Ishibashi Ryu Murakami (Writer) Daisuke Tengan (Writer) A more sophisticated film than it is given credit for (Monday, October 15, 2012)
	Appleseed Japan 2004 A popcorn film, but a good one (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)
	Another Lonely Hitman Japan 1995 Rokuro Mochizuki (Director) Ryo Ishibashi Kazuhiko Kanayama Takashi Miike Down-beat Yakuza tale (Wednesday, October 12, 2005)