Movies from Japan

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	Movie Name Country Release Year
	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)
	Black Rain Japan 1989 Shohei Imamura (Director, Writer) Yoshiko Tanaka Kazuo Kitamura Etsuko Ichihara Masato Yamada Shoichi Ozawa Norihei Miki Hisako Hara Akiji Kobayashi Kazuko Shirakawa Taiji Tonoyama Fujio Tokita Takashi Miike Toshirō Ishidō (Writer) Takashi Kawamata (Cinematographer) Toru Takemitsu (Soundtrack) Not as traumatic as I'd been expecting (Friday, September 29, 2023)
	Heaven And Earth Japan 1990 Waste of time (theirs and mine) (Thursday, July 1, 2004)
	Roningai Japan 1990 Kazuo Kuroki (Director) Shintaro Katsu Gently paced but ultimately satisfying samurai film (Thursday, August 18, 2005)
	Boiling Point Japan 1990 Takeshi Kitano (Director, Actor, Writer) Yûrei Yanagi Gadarukanaru Taka Eri Fuse Makoto Ashikawa Etsushi Toyokawa Stylish and whimsical (Friday, July 24, 2020)
	A Scene At The Sea Japan 1991 Takeshi Kitano (Director, Writer) Claude Maki Hiroko Ôshima Toshizo Fujiwara Susumu Terajima Tetsu Watanabe Joe Hisaishi (Soundtrack) A quieter, more contemplative Kitano film (Sunday, January 17, 2021)
	Bodyguard Kiba Japan 1993 Takashi Miike (Director) Hisao Maki Masaru Matsuda Daisuke Nagakura Ren Osugi Worth a watch (Thursday, August 12, 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)
	Ninja Scroll Japan 1993 Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Director) Kôichi Yamadera Emi Shinohara Takeshi Aono Osamu Saka Kaoru Wada (Soundtrack) Hitoshi Yamaguchi (Cinematographer) Peak ninja (Saturday, April 24, 2021)
	The Most Terrible Time in My Life Japan 1994 Kaizo Hayashi (Director, Writer) Masatoshi Nagase Shirō Sano Kiyotaka Nanbara Yang Haitin Hou Te-chien Akaji Maro Shinya Tsukamoto Jō Shishido Haruko Wanibuchi Daisuke Tengan (Writer) Yûichi Nagata (Cinematographer) Yôko Kumagai (Soundtrack) Hidehiko Urayama (Soundtrack) Smart, stylish and funny (Monday, January 1, 2024)