Movies from Japan

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	Movie Name Country Release Year
	Akira Japan 1988 Katsuhiro Otomo (Director) A landmark in animation and sci-fi (Thursday, September 17, 2020)
	Alive Japan 2002 Ryûhei Kitamura (Director, Writer) Gô Ohara (Action Director) Hideo Sakaki Ryo Koyuki Shun Sugata Erika Oda Tak Sakaguchi Jun Kunimura Ryushi Mizukami Yoji Tanaka Ayumi Yoshihara Minoru Matsumoto Yuichiro Arai Kazuhito Ohba Kenji Matsuda Renji Ishibashi Hitoshi Ozawa Tetta Sugimoto Yudai Yamaguchi (Writer) Isao Kiriyama (Writer) Takumi Furuya (Cinematographer) Daisuke Yano (Soundtrack) Nobuhiko Morino (Soundtrack) Disappointing (Tuesday, June 24, 2025)
	Appleseed Japan 2004 A popcorn film, but a good one (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)
	Avalon Japan 2001 Mamoru Oshii (Director) Kenji Kawai (Soundtrack) Unique aesthetic experience (Sunday, March 17, 2002)
	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)
	Casshern Japan 2004 Kazuaki Kiriya (Director) Yusuke Iseya Kumiko Aso Akira Terao Kanako Higuchi Fumiyo Kuhinata Susamu Terajima Style over substance, but very very stylish (Saturday, March 12, 2005)
	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)
	Dai Kaiju Mono Japan 2016 Kawasaki Minoru (Director, Writer) Kota Ibushi Syuusuke Saito Miki Kawanishi Saki Akai Minoru Suzuki Shinzo Hotta Sandayu Dokumamushi Takao Nakano (Writer) Makoto Matsuo (Cinematographer) Don't you want to be a big strong man? (Saturday, April 3, 2021)
	Dead Or Alive 3: Final Japan 2002 Takashi Miike (Director) Sho Aikawa Riki Takeuchi Decent finale (Friday, March 7, 2003)
	Dragon Head Japan 2003 Joji Iida (Director) Satoshi Tsumabuki Sayaka Kanda Takayuki Yamada Badly acted and somewhat annoying (Friday, November 12, 2004)