Movies from Japan

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Movie Name
Country
Release Year
Adrenaline Drive
Japan
1999
Shinobu Yaguchi (Director, Writer) Masanobu Ando Hikari Ishida Kazue Tsunogae Yu Tokui Kirina Mano Yoji Tanaka Takuji Suzuki Taro Suwa Yutaka Matsushige Takeshi Hamada (Cinematographer) Seiichi Yamamoto (Soundtrack)
Highly recommended! (Saturday, February 1, 2003)
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)
Gemini
Japan
1999
Shinya Tsukamoto (Director, Writer, Cinematographer) Masahiro Motoki Yumiko Sato Yasutaka Tsutsui Shiho Fujimura Tadanobu Asano Renji Ishibashi Akaji Maro Naoto Takenaka Jun Murakami Tomoro Taguchi Koji Tsukamoto Hisako Ohkata Edogawa Rampo (Writer) Chū Ishikawa (Soundtrack)
A surreal and sumptuous period horror from Shinya Tsukamoto (Wednesday, July 7, 2021)
Kikujiro
Japan
1999
Takeshi Kitano (Director, Actor, Writer) Yusuke Sekiguchi Kayoko Kishimoto Yûko Daike Kazuko Yoshiyuki Beat Kiyoshi Akaji Maro Yoji Tanaka Katsumi Yanagijima (Cinematographer) Joe Hisaishi (Soundtrack)
Delightful little road movie (Monday, January 28, 2002)
Ley Lines
Japan
1999
Takashi Miike (Director) Kazuki Kitamura Dan Li Michisuke Kashiwaya Tomoro Taguchi Naoto Takenaka Sho Aikawa Samuel Pop Aning Yukie Itou Takeshi Caesar Ren Osugi Tetsu Watanabe Ichiro Ryu (Writer) Naosuke Imaizumi (Cinematographer) Koji Endo (Soundtrack)
One of Miike's least plot-driven film (Thursday, August 12, 2021)
Salaryman Kintaro
Japan
1999
Takashi Miike (Director)
An engaging story of some likeable characters (Wednesday, September 14, 2005)
Tomie
Japan
1999
Ataru Oikawa (Director) Miho Kanno Mami Nakamura
Creepy, but lacking in depth (Monday, September 24, 2001)