Movies

Movie Name
Country
Release Year
Go, Go Second Time Virgin
Japan
1969
Koji Wakamatsu (Director) Michio Akiyama Mimi Kozakura
Amazingly bleak film, and quite shocking to watch (Monday, November 26, 2001)
Akira
Japan
1988
Katsuhiro Otomo (Director)
A landmark in animation and sci-fi (Thursday, September 17, 2020)
Audition
Japan
1999
Takashi Miike (Director) Ryo Ishibashi Eihi Shiina Jun Kunimura Renji Ishibashi Ryu Murakami (Writer) Daisuke Tengan (Writer)
A more sophisticated film than it is given credit for (Monday, October 15, 2012)
Space Travellers
Japan
2000
Katsuyuki Motohiro (Director) Takeshi Kaneshiro Masanobu Ando Eri Fukatsu Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Very enjoyable hostage-based capers (Monday, October 15, 2001)
Ringu
Japan
1998
Hideo Nakata (Director) Nanako Matsushima Miki Nakatani Yuko Takeuchi Hitomi Sato
It's definitely scary, but why do you want to be scared? (Monday, October 15, 2012)
Himizu
Japan
2011
Sion Sono (Director, Writer) Shota Sometani Fumi Nikaido Tetsu Watanabe Mitsuru Fukikoshihi Megumi Kagurazaka Minoru Furuya (Writer)
It's tough to be a teenager. (Wednesday, October 24, 2012)
Rashomon
Japan
1950
Akira Kurosawa (Director, Writer) Toshiro Mifune Machiko Kyo Masayuki Mori Takashi Shimura Minoru Chiaki Ryûnosuke Akutagawa (Writer)
Kurosawa looks at the blackness of the human heart (Tuesday, November 13, 2012)
Yatterman
Japan
2009
Takashi Miike (Director) Sho Sakurai Saki Fukuda Kyoko Fukada Kendo Kobayashi Katsuhisa Namase Sadao Abe Tatsuo Yoshida (Writer) Masashi Sogo (Writer)
Too adult for kids, too childish for adults? (Monday, November 19, 2012)
Kotoko
Japan
2011
Shinya Tsukamoto (Director, Actor, Writer, Cinematographer) Cocco (Actor, Writer, Soundtrack)
A journey into a very troubled mind (Thursday, November 22, 2012)
Villain
Japan
2010
Lee Sang-il (Director, Writer) Satoshi Tsumabuki Eri Fukatsu Masaki Okada Hikari Mitsushima Kirin Kiki Shuichi Yoshida (Writer) Joe Hisaishi (Soundtrack)
A film of two halves... neither very good (Sunday, November 25, 2012)