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	Movie Name Country Release Year
	Jigoku Japan 1960 Nobuo Nakagawa (Director) An interesting and unique movie (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)
	Kamikaze Taxi Japan 1994 Masato Harada (Director) Koji Yakusho A very quirky, contemplative film that is never predictable (Friday, December 10, 2004)
	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)
	MPD Psycho Japan 2000 Takashi Miike (Director) Naoki Hosaka Tomoko Nakajima Ren Osugi Sadaharu Shiota Yoshinari Anan Rieko Miura Chiaki Kuriyama Eiji Ootsuka (Writer) Gichi Ootsuka (Writer) Yumi Sirakura (Writer) Essential viewing for the Miike fan (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)
	Funky Forest - The First Contact Japan 2005 Katsuhito Ishii (Director, Writer) Hajimine Ishimine (Director, Director) Shunichiro Miki (Director, Writer) Hideaki Anno Tadanobu Asano Susumu Terajima Ryo Kase Erika Saimon Chizuru Ikewaki Kazue Fukiishi Maya Banno Kanji Tsuda Maybe the strangest film I've seen (Thursday, February 9, 2006)
	Pistol Opera Japan 2001 Seijun Suzuki (Director) Makiko Esumi Masatoshi Nagase Kenji Sawada Yoji Tanaka Unique and striking but over-long (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)
	Suicide Circle Japan 2001 Sion Sono (Director, Writer) Ryo Ishibashi Masatoshi Nagase Akaji Maro Saya Hagiwara Hideo Sako Takashi Nomura Tamao Sato Kimiko Yo Kazuto Sato (Cinematographer) Pretty intense (Friday, February 21, 2003)
	Survive Style 5+ Japan 2004 Gen Sekiguchi (Director) Tadanobu Asano Gorgeous, whimsical and hyper-stylised (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)
	Swallowtail Butterfly Japan 1996 Shunji Iwai (Director, Writer) Chara Hiroshi Mikami Ayumi Ito Yosuke Eguchi Andy Hui Atsuro Watabe Kaori Momoi Tomoko Yamaguchi Nene Otsuka Yoriko Douguchi Mickey Curtis Tetsu Watanabe Tadanobu Asano Tomoro Taguchi Kaori Fujii Noboru Shinoda (Cinematographer) Takeshi Kobayashi (Soundtrack) One of the greatest movies ever made? (Sunday, March 17, 2002)
	The Taste Of Tea Japan 2004 Katsuhito Ishii (Director, Writer) Susumu Terajima Anna Tsuchiya Tomokazu Miura Satomi Tezuka Tatsuya Gashuin Tadanobu Asano Maya Banno Takahiro Sato Hideaki Anno Kosuke Matsushima (Cinematographer) Something to remind you what films CAN be like (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)