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Posted on May 29, 2013 |
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Lesson of the Evil / Aku no kyôten (2012)
Thriller
Seiji Hasumi loved by his students and respected by his peers. However, his outward charm masks his true nature. In reality, Hasumi is a psychopath who is unable to feel empathy for other human beings. Specifically, he has a severe antisocial personality disorder. Because of his mental condition, Hasumi chooses to deal with problems like bullying and overbearing "monster parents" the easy way-by systematically murdering his students.
Starring: Takayuki Yamada, Hideaki Itô, Takehiro Hira, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Shota Sometani
Director: Takashi Miike
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Tags: Hideaki Itô, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Shôta Sometani, Takashi Miike, Takayuki Yamada, Takehiro Hira
Posted on January 15, 2013 | Comments Off on Gyakuten Saiban (2012) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Gyakuten saiban / Ace Attorney (2012)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
This movie is based on the second and fourth cases in the popular video game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. The plot follows Phoenix Wright, a novice lawyer, who faces off against expert prosecutor Miles Edgeworth, who had a perfect win record. He defends Maya Fey, the sister of his deceased sister, Mia Fey. The court system of the time dictates that the trial can only convene for a total of three days before a verdict must be reached. In the second case, Miles is charged with murder, and it is up to Phoenix to defend him against the best prosecutor of all time, as well as Miles' mentor, Manfred Von Karma, who has not lost a case in forty years! In order to resolve this case, Phoenix must look beyond the drama of the court room and search for clues left by Mia on a 15 years old case, the DL-6.
Starring: Hiroki Narimiya, Takumi Saitô, Mirei Kiritani, Akiyoshi Nakao, Shunsuke Daitô, Akira Emoto, Rei Dan
Director: Takashi Miike
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Tags: Akira Emoto, Akiyoshi Nakao, Hiroki Narimiya, Mirei Kiritani, Rei Dan, Shunsuke Daitô, Takashi Miike, Takumi Saitô
Posted on August 10, 2012 | Comments Off on Audition (1999) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Audition / Ôdishon (1999)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
A widowed TV producer is encouraged by his teenage son to remarry before he gets too old. Unable to find anyone suitable, he decides to hold auditions for a false movie in order to test out potential wives. He thinks he may have found the one he is looking for when he auditions a former ballerina, but she seems too good to be true and an investigation into her past reveals a horrific secret.
Starring: Eihi Shiina, Ryo Ishibashi, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura, Renji Ishibashi
Director: Takashi Miike
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Tags: Eihi Shiina, Jun Kunimura, Renji Ishibashi, Ryo Ishibashi, Takashi Miike, Tetsu Sawaki
Posted on June 2, 2012 |
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Ninja Kids / Nintama Rantarô (2011)
Action | Drama
Finally of age to go to school, young Inadera Rantaro leaves his parents to go to the ninja academy. There, he meets new best friends Shinbe and Kirimaru, and the three gets into plenty of misadventures together involving their homeroom teacher Doi, cross-dressing teacher Yamada Yamada, and their headmaster. However, the three young ninjas soon run into a serious crisis when they decide to risk their lives to help defend an elder classmate and his father from an assassination by ninjas of their former clan.
Starring: Shidô Nakamura, Naoto Takenaka, Susumu Terajima, Hiroki Matsukata, Mikijiro Hira
Director: Takashi Miike
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Tags: Hiroki Matsukata, Mikijiro Hira, Naoto Takenaka, Shidô Nakamura, Susumu Terajima, Takashi Miike
Posted on April 27, 2012 |
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Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai / Ichimei (2011)
Drama
An tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Hikari Mitsushima, Naoto Takenaka, Eita, Hikari Mitsushima
Director: Takashi Miike
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Tags: Eita, Hikari Mitsushima, Koji Yakusho, Naoto Takenaka, Takashi Miike
Posted on March 11, 2012 |
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Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
Action | Western
During "The Genpei Wars" at the end of the 1100s, the Minamoto and Taira gangs face off in a town named Yuda, while a deadly gunman comes to the aid of the townsfolk.
Starring: Hideaki Itô, Kôichi Satô, Yûsuke Iseya, Masanobu Andô, Takaaki Ishibashi, Kaori Momoi
Director: Takashi Miike
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Tags: Hideaki Itô, Kaori Momoi, Kôichi Satô, Masanobu Andô, Takaaki Ishibashi, Takashi Miike, Yûsuke Iseya
Posted on February 8, 2012 |
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Masters of Horror: Imprint (2006)
Horror | Thriller
In the Nineteenth Century, in Japan, the American journalist Christopher is traveling through the country searching Komomo, the missing love of his life that he had abandoned years ago promising to come back to her later. He arrives in a shadowy island inhabited by whores and caftans, where he has an encounter with a deformed prostitute that tells that his beloved Komomo had passed away. He drinks sake with her and later he asks the woman to tell the story of her life. The prostitute discloses a dark and cruel story about her life and the sad fate of Komomo.
Starring: Youki Kudoh, Michié, Toshie Negishi, Billy Drago
Director: Takashi Miike
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Posted on January 5, 2012 |
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Crows Zero II / Kurôzu zero II (2009)
Action
Genji and his victorious G.P.S. alliance find themselves facing down a new challenge by the students of Hosen Academy, feared by everyone as 'The Army of Killers.' The two schools, in fact, have a history of bad blood between them. And the simmering embers of hatred are about to flare up again, burning away any last remnants of the truce they had so rigorously observed until now.
Starring: Shun Oguri, Kyôsuke Yabe, Meisa Kuroki, Nobuaki Kaneko, Haruma Miura, Sôsuke Takaoka, Takayuki Yamada
Director: Takashi Miike
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Tags: Haruma Miura, Kyôsuke Yabe, Meisa Kuroki, Nobuaki Kaneko, Shun Oguri, Sôsuke Takaoka, Takashi Miike, Takayuki Yamada
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
Posted on December 3, 2011 |
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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
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Tags: Masahiro Inoue, Riisa Naka, Shô Aikawa, Takashi Miike, Tsuyoshi Abe