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Killer Bride's Perfect Crime / Kirâ vâjin rôdo (2009)
Comedy | Drama
Hiroko is soon to marry when disaster strikes. On the road to Mount Fuji a woman falls on the hood of her car. The woman is Kobayashi Fukuko, and she attempts suicide again and again. The two women become friends, but Hiroko will meet disaster once again.
Starring: Juri Ueno, Yoshino Kimura, Kazuki Kitamura, Sôichirô Kitamura
Director: Gorô Kishitani
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Tags: Gorô Kishitani, Juri Ueno, Kazuki Kitamura, Sôichirô Kitamura, Yoshino Kimura
Posted on June 13, 2014 |
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Gatchaman / Gacchaman (2013)
Action | Sci-Fi
Set in the near future in Tokyo, Japan. The evil terrorist organization Galactor has declared war on the world. The group possesses more advanced technology than governments and occupies over half of the planet. Dr. Kozaburo Nambu of the International Science Organization gathers together 5 superhero ninja agents, known collectively as Gatchaman, to stop Galactor.
Starring: Tôri Matsuzaka, Ryôhei Suzuki, Gô Ayano, Ayame Gôriki, Tatsuomi Hamada, Eriko Hatsune, Shidô Nakamura, Gorô Kishitani, Ken Mitsuishi
Director: Tôya Satô
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Tags: Ayame Gôriki, Eriko Hatsune, Gô Ayano, Gorô Kishitani, Ken Mitsuishi, Ryôhei Suzuki, Shidô Nakamura, Tatsuomi Hamada, Tôri Matsuzaka, Tôya Satô
Posted on January 20, 2014 |
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Like a Dragon / Ryû ga gotoku: gekijô-ban (2007)
Action | Crime | Drama
Former Yakuza underling Kiryu Kazuma (Kitamura Kazuki), who has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration, and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his Yakuza past. Along the way he encounters Haruka ("Natsuo"), a distressed young girl who is trying to find her lost mother (a former club hostess). Unfortunately Kiryu's problems slowly escalate as he is pursued by a former associate, the baseball bat-wielding psycho Majima Goro (Kishitani Goro) who has a grudge to settle with Kiryu.
Starring: Kazuki Kitamura, Gorô Kishitani, Shô Aikawa, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Ken'ichi Endô, Yoo Gong
Director: Takashi Miike
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Tags: Gorô Kishitani, Kazuki Kitamura, Ken'ichi Endô, Shô Aikawa, Takashi Miike, Yoo Gong, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Posted on September 25, 2013 |
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Shield of Straw / Wara no tate (2013)
Action | Thriller
Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru (Tatsuya Fujiwara). Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing. Three months after the murder of his granddaughter, Ninagawa places a whole page ad in the 3 big Japanese newspapers. The ad states "Please kill this man Kunihide Kiyomaru and I will pay you 1,000,000,000 yen as a reward." Meanwhile, Kunihide Kiyomaru sees the ad and begins to fear for his life. Kunihide Kiyomaru then turns himself in at the Fukuoka Police Station. Five detectives from the security section (SP) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department travel to Fukuoka to escort Kunihide Kiyomaru back to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The distance between Fukuoka and Tokyo is apprixmately 1,200 km. During their fateful trip, a significant portion of the Japanese population plot to kill Kunihide Kiyomaru. Many of those people, actually pursue Kunihide Kiyomaru while he goes back to Tokyo to get the 1 billion yen reward. The lonely fight of the five detectives to protect this man begins…
Starring: Nanako Matsushima, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Takao Ohsawa, Gorô Kishitani, Masatô Ibu, Kento Nagayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kimiko Yo, Hirotarô Honda
Director: Takashi Miike
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Tags: Gorô Kishitani, Hirotarô Honda, Kento Nagayama, Kimiko Yo, Masatô Ibu, Nanako Matsushima, Takao Ohsawa, Takashi Miike, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Posted on August 13, 2013 |
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Before the Vigil / Tsuya no yoru (2013)
Drama
Matsuoi (Hiroshi Abe) and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though Tsuya continues to have affairs, Matsuoi loves her and is a devoted husband. Tsuya is then diagnosed with a cancer and later goes into a coma. Matsuoi then thinks of his wife's lovers. Matsui goes to those men and informs them of Tatsuya's condition. The other women in the lives of those men are shocked and begin to re-examine their views of their men.
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Jun Fubuki, Yûichi Haba, Gorô Kishitani, Kyôko Koizumi
Director: Isao Yukisada
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Tags: Gorô Kishitani, Hiroshi Abe, Isao Yukisada, Jun Fubuki, Kyôko Koizumi, Yûichi Haba
Posted on January 5, 2012 |
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Crows Zero / Kurôzu zero (2007)
Action | Thriller
Follows Genji, who's wish is to outdo his father, the leader of a yakuza gang, in everything the old man achieved. His first goal is to become top dog at the scariest school in town, Suzuran High School.
Starring: Shun Oguri, Kyôsuke Yabe, Meisa Kuroki, Takayuki Yamada, Sansei Shiomi, Ken'ichi Endô, Gorô Kishitani
Director: Takashi Miike
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Tags: Gorô Kishitani, Ken'ichi Endô, Kyôsuke Yabe, Meisa Kuroki, Sansei Shiomi, Shun Oguri, Takashi Miike, Takayuki Yamada
