Movies from Japan

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Movie Name
Country
Release Year
A Bride For Rip Van Winkle
Japan
2016
Shunji Iwai (Director, Writer) Haru Kuroki Go Ayano Cocco Hideko Hara Go Jibiki Soko Wada Tomoko Mariya Chigi Kanbe (Cinematographer)
Maybe marriage isn't for some people (Friday, April 2, 2021)
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)
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Japan
2001
Shunji Iwai (Director, Writer) Izumi Inamori Yoji Tanaka Issey Takahashi Shinji Higuchi Kaori Fujii Yu Aoi Hayato Ichihara Shûgo Oshinari Ayumi Ito Takao Osawa Miwako Ichikawa Takeshi Kobayashi (Soundtrack) Noboru Shinoda (Cinematographer)
Beautiful and harrowing (Sunday, August 8, 2021)
Balloon Club, Afterwards
Japan
2006
Sion Sono (Director, Writer) Motoki Fukami Yukie Kawamura Tomoharu Hasegawa Hiromi Nagasaku Tamae Ando Noriko Eguchi Fujiko Issei Ishida Masatoshi Matsuo Mayuko Nishiyama Yasuomi Ohta Hitotoshi Uchiyama Yoshiaki Yoza Jyonmyon Pe
The limitless potential of youth (Monday, February 8, 2021)
Before We Vanish
Japan
2017
Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Director, Writer) Masami Nagasawa Ryuhei Matsuda Mahiro Takasugi Yuri Tsunematsu Hiroki Hasegawa Atsuko Maeda Shinnosuke Mitsushima Tomohiro Maekawa (Writer) Sachiko Tanaka (Writer) Akiko Ashizawa (Cinematographer)
Interesting concept but rather sterile execution (Saturday, March 6, 2021)
Big Bang Love: Juvenile A
Japan
2006
Takashi Miike (Director) Ryuhei Matsuda Masanobu Ando Shunsuke Kubozuka Kiyohiko Shibukawa Ryo Ishibashi Kenichi Endo Renji Ishibashi Jai West Ikki Kajiwara (Writer) Hisao Maki (Writer) Masa Nakamura (Writer) Masahito Kaneko (Cinematographer)
Enigmatic and thought provoking, but is it art? (Tuesday, June 1, 2021)
Bird People Of China
Japan
1997
Takashi Miike (Director) Masahiro Motoki Renji Ishibashi Michiko Kichise Yûichi Minato Tomohiko Okuda Makoto Shiina (Writer) Masa Nakamura (Writer) Kôji Endô (Soundtrack) Hideo Yamamoto (Cinematographer)
Not necessarily a must-see movie, but undoubtedly worth seeing. (Saturday, February 1, 2003)
Black Cat's Revenge
Japan
1970
Teruo Ishii (Director, Writer) Nikkatsu Corporation (Production Company) Meiko Kaji Hoki Tokuda Makoto Satō Hideo Sunazuka Shirō Ōtsuji Tōru Abe Yôko Takagi Chūsei Sone (Writer) Sei Kitaizumi (Cinematographer) Hajime Kaburagi (Soundtrack)
Intriguing mix of styles and moods (Sunday, August 13, 2006)
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)
Blessing Bell
Japan
2003
Sabu (Director, Writer) Susumu Terajima Naomi Nishida Itsuji Itao Ryoko Shinohara Sansei Shiomi Kazuko Shirakawa Seijun Suzuki Toru Tezuka Ren Osugi Masao Nakabori (Cinematographer)
Not my favourite Sabu film (Friday, March 31, 2023)