Ley Lines / Nihon kuroshakai (1999)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A group of Chinese youths living in Japan struggle to make their way in life and eventually find trouble with the local crime syndicate.
Starring: Kazuki Kitamura, Tomorô Taguchi, Naoto Takenaka, Shô Aikawa, Michisuke Kashiwaya, Samuel Pop Aning
Director: Takashi Miike
Rainy Dog / Gokudô kuroshakai (1997)
Crime | Drama
A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him.
Starring: Shô Aikawa, Xianmei Chen, Tomorô Taguchi, Ming-chun Kao, Blackie Ko
Director: Takashi Miike
Deadman Inferno / Z airando (2015)
Action | Horror
Hiroya Munakata (Sho Aikawa) is the leader of the yakuza group Munakata-gumi. After 10 years since the big fight, Hiroya Munakata's non blood-related younger brother Takashi (Shingo Tsurumi) is released from prison, but Takashi's daughter, Hyuga (Maika Yamamoto) says she does not want to meet her father and runs away from home. Hiroya, Takashi and Hiroya's subordinate Shinya (Red Rice) go to Zeni Island where Hyuga is headed to. Something they never expected is waiting for them.
Starring: Shô Aikawa, Shingo Tsurumi, Sawa Suzuki, Daisuke Miyagawa, Red Rice, Kunihiro Kawashima, Yûichi Kimura
Director: Hiroshi Shinagawa
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
Helter Skelter / Herutâ sukerutâ (2012)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Top star Ririko undergoes multiple cosmetic surgies to her entire body. She's looked upon as an icon for beauty. As the toll of her multiple surgies begins to take its toll, Ririko makes the lives of those around her miserable as she tries to deal with career and personal problems.
Starring: Kaori Momoi, Erika Sawajiri, Kiko Mizuhara, Mieko Harada, Shinobu Terajima, Gô Ayano, Hirofumi Arai, Anne Suzuki, Shô Aikawa, Yôsuke Kubozuka
Director: Mika Ninagawa
Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (2010)
Action
In the year 2025, Tokyo has been transformed into "Zebra City" and completely covered in black and white. Every morning at 5:00am, the sensational singing voice of a woman called Zebra Queen (Riisa Naka) can be heard resounding throughout the city. Suddenly, a man named Shinichi Ichikawa (Show Aikawa) awakes with no idea of where he is. In his confusion, he's shot in the chest by Zebra Queen's police force and knocked unconscious. He's rescued by a man in a strange costume and soon finds himself in a small commune outside of the city. Their leader recognizes Shinichi as the school teacher turned super hero who saved Earth from an alien invasion 15 years ago before suddenly disappearing. However, Shinichi has no recollection of where he was during that time.
Starring: Shô Aikawa, Riisa Naka, Tsuyoshi Abe, Masahiro Inoue
Director: Takashi Miike
