Crime Movies

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	Movie Name Country Release Year
	Okinawa Yakuza War Japan 1976 Sadao Nakajima (Director) Toei Company (Production Company) Hiroki Matsukata Sonny Chiba Tsunehiko Watase Mikio Narita Tatsuo Umemiya Hideo Murota Isao Bitō Kōji Takada (Writer) Fumio Kōnami (Writer) Shigeru Akatsuka (Cinematographer) Kenjiro Hirose (Soundtrack) A strong but predictable Yakuza film (Sunday, April 21, 2024)
	On the Job Philippines 2013 Erik Matti (Director, Writer) Joel Torre Piolo Pascual Gerald Anderson Angel Aquino Joey Marquez Shaina Magdayao Michael De Mesa Leo Martinez Rayver Cruz Empress Schuck Michiko Yamamoto (Writer) Francis Ricardo Buhay III (Cinematographer) Erwin Romulo (Soundtrack) A taut thriller documenting systemic corruption (Friday, April 5, 2024)
	Roaring Fire Japan 1981 Norifumi Suzuki (Director, Writer) Toei Company (Production Company) Hiroyuki Sanada Sonny Chiba Etsuko Shiomi Mikio Narita Larry Shreve Toshiaki Minami Tatsuo Endō Masashi Ishibashi Hiroshi Tanaka Shinsuke Inoue (Writer) Tons of fun (Tuesday, February 27, 2024)
	The Black Rose Hong Kong 1965 Chor Yuen (Director) Patrick Tse Nam Hung Connie Chan Po-Chu Lee Pang-Fei Yeung Yip-Wang Chow Gat Fung Ging-Man Little Unicorn Lau Kar-Wing Chan Siu-Pang Tang Chia Lau Kar-Leung Ho Bik-Kin (Writer) Chan Kon (Cinematographer) Yue Lun (Soundtrack) Mainly of historical interest (Sunday, May 5, 2024)
	The Element of Crime Denmark 1984 Lars Von Trier (Director, Actor, Writer) Michael Elphick Esmond Knight Me Me Lai Jerold Wells Ahmed El Shenawi Janos Hersko Stig Larsson Niels Vørsel (Writer) Tom Elling (Cinematographer) Bo Holten (Soundtrack) Fascinating and frustrating (Wednesday, November 22, 2023)
	The Missing Gun China 2002 Lu Chuan (Director, Writer) Jiang Wen Wu Yujuan Ning Jing Shi Liang Liu Xiaoning Pan Yong Xie Zheng-Yu (Cinematographer) Fei Ling (Soundtrack) Superlative cinema (Sunday, January 14, 2024)
	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)
	The Stairway to the Distant Past Japan 1995 Kaizo Hayashi (Director, Writer) Masatoshi Nagase Haruko Wanibuchi Eiji Okada Mika Ohmine Shirō Sano Kiyotaka Nanbara Tetta Sugimoto Shinya Tsukamoto Jō Shishido Akaji Maro Kazuko Shirakawa Yoichi Sai Daisuke Tengan (Writer) Yûichi Nagata (Cinematographer) Yôko Kumagai (Soundtrack) Hidehiko Urayama (Soundtrack) Dazzling (Monday, January 1, 2024)
	The Trap Japan 1996 Kaizo Hayashi (Director, Writer) Masatoshi Nagase Yui Natsukawa Tomoko Yamaguchi Tetta Sugimoto Kiyotaka Nanbara Akaji Maro Shirō Sano Mika Ohmine Haruko Mabuchi Jō Shishido Asuka Kurosawa Daisuke Tengan (Writer) Yûichi Nagata (Cinematographer) A lesser final entry but still great (Monday, January 1, 2024)