Yakuza Princess (2021)
Thriller
The heiress to half of the Yakuza crime syndicate forges an uneasy alliance with an amnesiac stranger who believes an ancient sword binds their two fates. She must unleash war against the other half of the syndicate who wants her dead.
Starring: MASUMI, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Mariko Takai, Kenny Leu, Lucas Oranmian
Director: Vicente Amorim
Ramen Shop / Ramen Teh (2018)
Drama
A young man who is curious about his deceased parents' past takes a food journey to Singapore where he uncovers more than just delicious meals.
Starring: Takumi Saitoh, Jeanette Aw, Seiko Matsuda, Mark Lee, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Tetsuya Bessho
Director: Eric Khoo
The Old Capital / Koto (2016)
Drama
Chieko Sanda has operated a dry goods store in Kyoto for the past 20 years. Her family has owned the store for generations. Chieko is conflicted on whether her daughter Mai will take over her position with the changing of times.
Starring: Yasuko Matsuyuki, Ai Hashimoto, Riko Narumi, Reina Aoi, Anna Aoi, Shôno Hayama, Asahi Kurizuka, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Eiji Okuda
Director: Yûki Saitô
Samurai Hustle Returns / Chô kôsoku! Sankin kôtai ritânzu (2016) (2016)
Comedy
Masaatsu Naito successfully completes Sankin-kotai. On his way home, he hears that an insurrection by peasants has taken place in his hometown of Yunagaya. Masaatsu Naito knows that it is a counterattack by Matsudaira. He returns to Yunagaya, but finds that his castle is gone.
Starring: Kuranosuke Sasaki, Kyoko Fukada, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Yasufumi Terawaki, Ennosuke Ichikawa IV
Director: Katsuhide Motoki
Mission Impossible: Samurai / Samurai Hustle / Chô kôsoku! Sankin kôtai (2014)
Comedy
During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is a small han. But at the han, there is a gold mine. Suddenly, Masaatsu Naito of Yunagaya Domain receives an order to perform Sankin-kotai within 5 days. Sankin-kotai is a custom that requires the daimyo to visit the shogun in Edo. Unfortunately, the time needed to visit the shogun in Edo for Masaatsu Naito is 8 days. Masaatsu Naito also learns he received the order because a high ranking government official wants the gold mine. Also, the expense for Sankin-kotai is high and the Yunagaya Domain is such a small han that it seems impossible to complete. Nevertheless, Masaatsu Naito begins an unexpected operation to complete Sankin-kotai in 5 days.
Starring: Kuranosuke Sasaki, Kyôko Fukada, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Masahiko Nishimura, Takanori Jinnai, Yasufumi Terawaki, Seiji Rokkaku, Yûsuke Kamiji, Tokio Emoto
Director: Katsuhide Motoki
Partners: The Movie III / Aibô: Gekijô-ban III (2014)
Drama
An article is posted in the newspaper with the title "A Man Is Kicked By A Horse And Dies." The accident took place on a small island located 300 km away from Tokyo. The island is owned by a business man. Because of the article, Mineaki Kai (Koji Ishizaka) from the National Police Agency orders Takeru Kanbe (Mitsuhiro Oikawa) to investigate rumors related to the island. Takeru Kanbe assigns Ukyo Sugishita (Yutaka Mizutani) and Tooru Kai (Hiroki Narimiya) to go to the island and investigate.
Starring: Yutaka Mizutani, Hiroki Narimiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Yumiko Shaku, Tôru Kazama, Kôji Ishizaka, Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Director: Seiji Izumi
Retribution / Sakebi (2006)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
While investigating the gruesome death of a woman found in a puddle with her stomach inexplicably full of seawater, Detective Yoshioka begins to wonder whether he himself is actually the killer he's been looking for. He doesn't remember committing the crime, but the murder scene is littered with his belongings – and his fingerprints are all over the body.
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Manami Konishi, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Jô Odagiri
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Only specific members can view this post! Check the TIPS4U page to find more details.
Ninja (2009)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Casey journeys from the U.S. to Japan to study the ancient martial art of ninjutsu with the greatest masters on the planet. Now his training will be put to the test when he's summoned by his sensei to return to New York on a dangerous mission. Casey must protect the Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest containing the weapons of a legendary ninja.
Starring: Scott Adkins, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Mika Hijii
Director: Isaac Florentine
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Drama | History | War
Sixty-one years ago, US and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, several hundred letters are unearthed from that stark island's soil. The letters give faces and voices to the men who fought there, as well as the extraordinary general who led them. The Japanese soldiers are sent to Iwo Jima knowing that in all probability they will not come back. Among them are Saigo, a baker who wants only to live to see the face of his newborn daughter; Baron Nishi, an Olympic equestrian champion known around the world for his skill and his honor; Shimizu, a young former military policeman whose idealism has not yet been tested by war; and Lieutenant Ito, a strict military man who would rather accept suicide than surrender. Leading the defense is Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, whose travels in America have revealed to him the hopeless nature of the war but also given him strategic insight into how to take on the vast American armada streaming in from across the Pacific. With little defense other than sheer will and the volcanic rock of the island itself, Gen. Kuribayashi's unprecedented tactics transform what was predicted to be a quick and bloody defeat into nearly 40 days of heroic and resourceful combat. Almost 7,000 American soldiers were killed on Iwo Jima; more than 20,000 Japanese troops perished. The black sands of Iwo Jima are stained with their blood, but their sacrifices, their struggles, their courage and their compassion live on in the letters they sent home. From Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood comes the untold story of the Japanese soldiers and their General who defended against the invading American forces on the island of Iwo Jima.
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shidou Nakamura, Ryan Carnes
Director: Clint Eastwood
Corações Sujos / Dirty Hearts (2011)
Drama | History | Thriller
In 1945, Japan surrendered to the United States and the Second World War was over. Right? Wrong. For eighty percent of the Japanese community in Brazil, Japan had won the war and defeat was nothing more than American propaganda. The few immigrants that accepted the truth were persecuted. Some were hunted down and assassinated – by their own countrymen – causing the start of a new, private war. Dirty Hearts is a thriller and love story told by the wife of one of the fanatics dedicated to preach Japanese victory. Little by little, she watches her husband, a hard-working immigrant, become an assassin and their love story fade away.
Starring: Tsuyoshi Ihara, Takako Tokiwa, Eiji Okuda, Shun Sugata, Kimiko Yo, Eduardo Moscovis, Celine Fukumoto
Director: Vicente Amorim
