Movies from Japan

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Movie Name
Country
Release Year
Bloody Chainsaw Girl Returns: Giko Awakens
Japan
2019
Hiroki Yamaguchi (Director) Nana Asakawa Izumi Sano Shimizu Ayano Nanami Hidaka Momoko Kaechi Jun Aonami Asana Mamoru Mitsunori Fukuhara (Writer) Rei Mikamoto (Writer) Masahiko Kurahori (Soundtrack) Takeshi Sone (Cinematographer)
Continues/concludes the BCG story (Thursday, December 22, 2022)
Bloody Chainsaw Girl Returns: Revenge of Nero
Japan
2019
Hiroki Yamaguchi (Director) Shimizu Ayano Nana Asakawa Sasa Handa Nanami Hidaka Momoko Kaechi Asana Mamoru Mitsunori Fukuhara (Writer) Rei Mikamoto (Writer) Masahiko Kurahori (Soundtrack) Takeshi Sone (Cinematographer)
Remake of BCG with a new cast (Thursday, December 22, 2022)
Dancing Mary
Japan
2019
Sabu (Director, Writer) NAOTO Aina Yamada Kaito Yoshimura Nozomi Bando Ryo Ishibashi Taro Suwa Hiro'o Yanagida (Cinematographer)
Another Sabu masterpiece (Sunday, January 9, 2022)
Hydra
Japan
2019
Kensuke Sonomura (Director, Actor) Masanori Mimoto Tasuku Nagase Takaya Aoyagi Takashi Nishina Satoshi Kibe Tomoro Taguchi Yoji Tanaka Jiro Kaneko (Writer) Yasuyuki Suzuki (Cinematographer)
Very low budget but a great calling card for the crew (Saturday, July 24, 2021)
Rise of the Machine Girls
Japan
2019
Yûki Kobayashi (Director, Writer) Himena Tsukimiya Kanon Hanakage Tak Sakaguchi Kazuya Murakami Kazuma Konishi Kazuki Miki Yûki Ashida Yûya Ishikawa Rie Kitahara Toshie Negishi Jun Tsugita (Writer) Kou Nakagawa (Soundtrack) Keizô Suzuki (Cinematographer)
A fun throwback to the Golden Age of Japanese Splatter (Saturday, May 21, 2022)
Tezuka's Barbara
Japan
2019
Makoto Tezuka (Director) Fumi Nikaido Goro Inagaki Kiyohiko Shibukawa Shizuka Ishibashi Moemi Katayama Eri Watanabe Ryosuke Otani Hisako Kurosawa (Writer) Osamu Tezuka (Writer) Kubbie Tsoi (Cinematographer) Christopher Doyle (Cinematographer)
Rather lifeless interpretation of a manga (Friday, July 2, 2021)
The Fable
Japan
2019
Kan Eguchi (Director) Jiro Sato Kai Inowaki Ryo Kimura Mizuki Yamamoto Koichi Sato Fumino Kimura Junichi Okada Ken Yasuda Osamu Mukai Yuya Yagira Ken Mitsuishi Sota Fukushi Katsuhisa Minami (Writer) Yusuke Watanabe (Writer)
Slick action comedy with blockbuster potential (Monday, January 18, 2021)
The Flowers of Evil
Japan
2019
Noboru Iguchi (Director) Kentaro Ito Tina Tamashiro Shiori Akita Marie Iitoyo Miho Kitagawa Takara Sakumoto Taketo Tanaka Asuka Kurosawa Shingo Tsurumi Mari Okada (Writer) Shin Hayasaka (Cinematographer) Yasuhiko Fukuda (Soundtrack)
Shockingly mature Noboru Iguchi film (Tuesday, January 2, 2024)
The Forest of Love
Japan
2019
Sion Sono (Director, Writer) Kippei Shiina Shinnosuke Mitsushima Kyoko Hinami Eri Kamataki Young Dais Natsuki Kawamura Yuzuka Nakaya Dai Hasegawa Chiho Fujii Tsukino Yamamoto Manaka Kinoshita Miyu Kinoshita Yuki Nagashima Gaku Sano Kenji Katoh (Soundtrack) Sôhei Tanikawa (Cinematographer)
Cinema is life, you know (Sunday, August 16, 2020)
We Are Little Zombies
Japan
2019
Makoto Nagahisa (Director, Writer, Soundtrack) Nikkatsu Corporation (Production Company) Keita Ninomiya Satoshi Mizuno Mondo Okumura Sena Nakajima Kuranosuke Sasaki Youki Kudoh Sosuke Ikematsu Eriko Hatsune Jun Murakami Naomi Nishida Shirō Sano Masatoshi Nagase Takashi Yamanaka Hiroaki Takeda (Cinematographer)
Magnificent (Tuesday, May 16, 2023)