Movies from Japan

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Movie Name
Country
Release Year
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)
Calamari Wrestler
Japan
2004
Kawasaki Minoru (Director, Director, Writer) Kana Ishida Nobuo Kameko Osamu Nishimura Masakazu Migita (Writer)
Not quite brilliant, but interesting enough to receive a recommendation (Thursday, July 13, 2006)
Chasuke's Journey
Japan
2015
Sabu (Director, Writer) Office Kitano (Production Company) Ren Osugi Ito Ono Kenichi Matsuyama Yusuke Iseya Hiromasa Taguchi Tina Tamashiro Susumu Terajima Hiroki Konno Takashi Matsuyuki Toru Tezuka Shun Sugata Daisuke Sôma (Cinematographer) Junichi Matsumoto (Soundtrack)
Another unique film from Sabu (Saturday, June 18, 2022)
City Of Lost Souls
Japan
2000
Takashi Miike (Director) Teah Michelle Reis Ren Osugi Terence Yin Yoji Tanaka Patricia Manterola Mitsuhiro Oikawa Koji Kikkawa Akaji Maro Atsushi Okuno Akira Emoto Seishu Hase (Writer) Ichiro Ryu (Writer) Naosuke Imaizumi (Cinematographer)
Best use of CGI in a movie ever! (Saturday, October 13, 2001)
Cutie Honey
Japan
2004
Hideaki Anno (Director, Actor, Writer) Eriko Sato Mikako Ichikawa Jun Murakami Mitsuhiro Oikawa Hairi Katagiri Sie Kohinata Ryuhei Matsuda Katsuhito Ishii Yoji Tanaka Go Nagai Rumi Takahashi (Writer) Kumi Koda (Soundtrack)
Super-cutie and super-silly (Monday, November 8, 2004)
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)
Death Trance
Japan
2006
Yuji Shimomura (Director) Tak Sakaguchi (Action Director, Actor)
Similar to Versus but not as good (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)
Getting Any?
Japan
1994
Takeshi Kitano (Director, Actor, Writer) Office Kitano (Production Company) Dankan Moeko Ezawa Hakuryu Hideo Higashikokubaru Akiji Kobayashi Gadarukanaru Taka Tokie Hidari Ren Osugi Susumu Terajima Makoto Ashikawa Kanji Tsuda Akira Kubo Katsumi Yanagijima (Cinematographer) Senji Horiuchi (Soundtrack) Hidehiko Koike (Soundtrack)
Enjoyable piece of total lunacy from a master (Saturday, April 19, 2003)
Ghost Squad
Japan
2018
Noboru Iguchi (Director, Writer, Cinematographer) Anna Yanagi Sumire Ueno Minori Mikado Yuni Hong Yakan Nabe Ruby Nakamura Asaka Nakamura Yûya Ishikawa Demo Tanaka Ryôhei Abe Hidemitsu Ban Yasuhiko Fukuda (Soundtrack)
Decent idea, shame about the execution (Friday, September 18, 2020)