Browsing by Talent
- Platonic Sex (2002)
Matched Talent: Abe, Hiroshi
- The movie based on the book by the same name, and further based on the fictionalized book detailing the life of former AV (porn) actress Ai Iijima. Troubled teenager Aoi is saved from committing suicide by accidental mail sent to her cell phone, however, it leads to a relationship with Toshi, a young man who is trying to keep the memory of his dead younger sister from fading into the bland, gray concrete of Tokyo.
- Battle Royale (2000)
Matched Talent: Ando Masanobu
- Kinji Fukasaku never disappoints when taking on interesting projects. YAGYU CONSPIRACY (1978), MESSAGE FROM SPACE (1978), DAY OF RESURRECTION (aka VIRUS 1980), and SAMURAI REINCARNATION (1981) are just some of his eclectic and curious body of work. Enter Fukasaku's BATTLE ROYALE, a bloody and violent story about a future Japan that sacrifices its youth in the name of stability and peace. The outrageous premise of the story involves a government sponsored lottery that randomly selects a class of Junior High School/High School students to enter a contest called BATTLE ROYALE. BATTLE ROYALE is basically a gladiatorial style event where students must kill each other to win their freedom. The catch however is that only one student can be allowed to live and if any others survive, then all the contestants will be eliminated via explosive collars around their necks. This makes for continual conflict as friends, rivals and lovers kill each other in order to survive. BATTLE ROYALE has received much criticism and interest due to its no-holds-barred portrayal of teens killing indiscriminately and its vicious tone but in retrospect this may have been overblown as the violence level isn't as graphic as others have claimed it to be.
- Akakage (2001)
Matched Talent: Ando, Masanobu
- The tale of three ninja sent by a daimyo to spy upon a neighboring fiefdom now being run by the widow of a former rival, who supposedly has a powerful secret weapon. What they actually discover is a plot to ensure safety and peace in the area, and a betrayal that threatens to kill them all. Hip, modern tale of ninja and samurai. Love of chambara not a pre-requisite.
- Eureka
Matched Talent: Aoyama, Shinji
- <<no description given>>
- Distance (2001)
Matched Talent: Arata
- The surviving family members of a cult-driven mass-suicide gather at the forest lake where their family members died. Forced to spend the night in the cabin once used by the cult, each person faces what has happened and how their life has changed as a result.
- Ping Pong (2003)
Matched Talent: ARATA
- High school ping pong geniuses face off in a battle to see who will claim the prefectural champion title. Wacky characters and seemless CG (of the ping pong action) work to create comedic and action scenes. Based on a popular manga by Taiyo Matsumoto of the same title.
- Akarui Mirai
Matched Talent: Asano, Tadanobu
- Two friends, Arita and Nimura, waste their lives away in a deadend job until one of them kills their boss and is sent to prison. Slowly the line between reality and fantasy blur for the remaining friend.
- Cha No Aji (2003)
Matched Talent: Asano, Tadanobu
- A look at an otherwise normal family, until you realize that the father is a hypno-therapist who likes to practice on family members, mother is a former manga artist looking to get back in the game, the son is a torrent of hormones, grandpa is on permenant mental vacation, and the daughter (the protagonist) has a giant, pestering alter-ego.
- Dead End Run
Matched Talent: Asano, Tadanobu
- <<no description given>>
- Mizu No Onna
Matched Talent: Asano, Tadanobu
- <<no description given>>
- Koroshiya Ichi
Matched Talent: Asano, Tadanobu
- A young killer named Ichi is sought out by other killers. Based on a manga by the same title.
- Party 7 (2001)
Matched Talent: Asano, Tadanobu
- Wild film about seven characters at the Hotel New Mexico, located somewhere out in the boonies. Most of the action takes place in two hotel rooms, one in which two characters are watching the rest via a mirrored wall.
- Zatoichi (2003)
Matched Talent: Asano, Tadanobu
- Based on a famous historic character (a blind masseuse) who traveled the countryside of Edo Era Japan righting wrongs with his ungodly swordsman skills. An updated version featuring Kitano as the masseuse who wanders into a town run by yakuza gangs who have the local populace in a stranglehold. Violent, bloody; definitely for the samurai flick crowd, but no love for the chambara genre required to enjoy.
- Distance (2001)
Matched Talent: Asano, Tadanobu
- The surviving family members of a cult-driven mass-suicide gather at the forest lake where their family members died. Forced to spend the night in the cabin once used by the cult, each person faces what has happened and how their life has changed as a result.
- Picnic
Matched Talent: Asano, Tadanobu
- When three pyschologically disturbed people leave their hospital, it becomes a journey of incredible misdirection. (Incidentally, this movie allowed Asano and Chara to meet and eventually marry.)
- Soseji (1999)
Matched Talent: Asano, Tadanobu
- Director Shinya Tsukamoto brings to life a variation of an Edogawa Rampo tale of a rich doctor whose life is ripped from him by a violent and unknown visitor. Set during the Meiji Era.
- Gohatto (1999)
Matched Talent: Asano, Tadanobu
- The story of a young samurai warrior of extraordinary skill and "beauty" is the mark of several samurai who wish to posess him, as well as destroy him. A look at homosexuality in Japan, set in Kyoto during the Bakumatsu Period, which turns into a murder mystery.
- Samehada Otoko To Momojiri Onna (1998)
Matched Talent: Asano, Tadanobu
- Toshiko on the run from her creepy uncle (and the even creepier, yet extrememly likeable, little assassin he sends after her) runs into Samehada, who is also on the run from the gang of yakuza he used to work with. Together they work to outsmart everyone in a bid for big money.
- Jam Films 2 (2004)
Matched Talent: Asao, Kumiko
- Four short films directed by four different directors ranging in genre from drama to surrealist and more.
- Tange Sazen - Hyakumanryou No Tsubo (2004)
Matched Talent: Asao, Kumiko
- A master swordsman with only one arm and one eye travels the land righting wrongs. In the same vein as Zatoichi. A popular pop samurai icon since the 30s.
- Kairo (2001)
Matched Talent: Asao, Kumiko
- All over Tokyo people are connected to a strange website that asks them if they would like to see a ghost. Strange suicides and dead bodies of friends lead the protagonists to seek out the source of this eerie site.
- Akai Tenshi (1966)
Matched Talent: Ashida Shinsuke
- While most Japanese movie fans may be familiar with director Masumura Yasuzo's eerie "Moju" (AKA Blind Beast; 1969), "Akai Tenshi" (Eng. Lit. - Red Angel) is one of the director's more somber films. Set against the backdrop of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937) Masumura focuses on the life of a newly transferred Japanese Army medical nurse Nishi Sakura (Wakao Ayako) and the horrors she sees and experiences as she tries to cope with the human casualties of that senseless war. In the course of her duties Sakura befriends the stoic doctor/surgeon Dr. Okabe (Ashida Shinsuke) who is a Chief Medical Officer for the Army. Although much older than she, Sakura finds herself hopelessly in love with the doctor whom strangely reminds her of her own father who had passed away when she was a child. To escape the realities of the war, Okabe has become addicted to morphine, which he has Sakura administer. Eventually Sakura helps Okabe break this addiction and soon becomes his lover. The two lovers are soon transferred to the frontline where they have to tend to a group of cholera-infected soldiers. Can their love survive the slowly escalating conflicts surrounding them? While the film touches upon a number of exploitative elements, it is surprisingly very conservative in its handling and depictions of the more salacious aspects (there is very little nudity and the sex scenes are done tastefully and without the usual gratuitousness expected from these films). The film definitely does not condone the acts of the Japanese Military of the time and goes out of its way to show the human casualties of the conflict, often in very graphic detail. War is hell and this film hammers that point across in its depictions of the war wounded and the psychological trauma these soldiers suffer.
- Picnic
Matched Talent: Chara
- When three pyschologically disturbed people leave their hospital, it becomes a journey of incredible misdirection. (Incidentally, this movie allowed Asano and Chara to meet and eventually marry.)
- Ashita Ga Aru Sa: The Movie
Matched Talent: Downtown
- When a down and out businessman has the chance to take a ride in an amateur-built rocket to the edge of space, he decides to go for it despite all odds.
- Onmyouji
Matched Talent: Eriko Imai (SPEED)
- A demon's curse had the ancient capital of Heian (old Kyoto) in the grips of fear that it may be destroyed. Abe No Seimei (a Ying-Yang master) is called upon to dispell and reveal the forces of evil.
- Onmyouji 2
Matched Talent: Eriko Imai (SPEED)
- Return to the old capital of Heian with a new adventure of magic and friendship. A curse set upon the country of Yamato (the name of old Japan) by a wizard of Izumo sets Abe No Seimei and his companions in motion. It is a race against time as they realize that gods are involved.
- Maboroshi No Hikari (2003)
Matched Talent: Esumi, Makiko
- A recently widowed woman must face the reality of her husband's death.
- Akakage (2001)
Matched Talent: Fujii, Fumiya
- The tale of three ninja sent by a daimyo to spy upon a neighboring fiefdom now being run by the widow of a former rival, who supposedly has a powerful secret weapon. What they actually discover is a plot to ensure safety and peace in the area, and a betrayal that threatens to kill them all. Hip, modern tale of ninja and samurai. Love of chambara not a pre-requisite.
- Tetsuo (1998)
Matched Talent: Fujiwara, Kei
- After accidentally running over a metal fetishist with his car, a man find that his body is slowly being taken over by metal. Unable to stop the bizarre transformation he is undergoing, he begins to seek out what is driving it. Considered a cyberpunk cult film by director Shinya Tsukamoto. Black and white.
- GTO
Matched Talent: Fujiwara, Norika
- Based on the popular TV show (which in turn is based on a popular manga) of a young biker gang member and ex high school tough turned high school teacher in a pinch to find a job.
- moon child
Matched Talent: Gackt
- <<no description given>>
- Wild Zero (1999)
Matched Talent: Guitar Wolf
- A meteor lands in the countryside turning the entire population into zombies (definite homage to George Romero). A rock-star wannabe and extreme fan of the legendary band Guitar Wolf, happens upon a beautiful girl and falls in love. However, can his love save her from the zombies and an enraged (and flaming) club manager who is out to gun down Guitar Wolf?
- Himitsu (2000)
Matched Talent: Hirosue, Ryoko
- When a mother and 17-year old daughter are in a bus accident, the mother is killed but the daughter survives only to wake up with the consciouness of her mother. Now father and daughter must forge a new relationship. But what kind can/could it be?
- Jam Films (2002)
Matched Talent: Hirosue, Ryoko
- Showcasing the talents of several major directors, this is a collection of seven short films, ranging in genre from dark action to light-hearted comedy and sci-fi.
- Samurai Fiction (1998)
Matched Talent: Hotei, Tomoyasu
- The tale of a sword stolen by a rogue samurai who is supposed to deliver it to the Shogun. Hip, modern samurai tale. Love of chambara action movies not a pre-requisite.
- Takanorijinnai
Matched Talent: HYDE
- <<no description given>>
- moon child
Matched Talent: HYDE
- <<no description given>>
- Kagen No Tsuki (2005)
Matched Talent: Hyde
- 19-year old Mitsuki has lost her memory and is trapped in a mansion. Now it's up to her friends to figure out what is happening and how to 'save' her.
- Platonic Sex (2002)
Matched Talent: Iijima, Ai
- The movie based on the book by the same name, and further based on the fictionalized book detailing the life of former AV (porn) actress Ai Iijima. Troubled teenager Aoi is saved from committing suicide by accidental mail sent to her cell phone, however, it leads to a relationship with Toshi, a young man who is trying to keep the memory of his dead younger sister from fading into the bland, gray concrete of Tokyo.
- Blister (2000)
Matched Talent: Ito, Hideaki
- <<no description given>>
- Umizaru (2005)
Matched Talent: Ito, Hideaki
- The story of men training to become members of the Coast Guard's elite team of salvage and rescue divers. 50 days of intense and gruelling training under a veteran diver with his own past.
- Kourei
Matched Talent: Jun Fubuki
- A woman with psychic powers and her sound engineer husband are haunted by the ghost of a young kidnap victim who myseteriously dies in their "care".
- Platonic Sex (2002)
Matched Talent: Kagami, Saki
- The movie based on the book by the same name, and further based on the fictionalized book detailing the life of former AV (porn) actress Ai Iijima. Troubled teenager Aoi is saved from committing suicide by accidental mail sent to her cell phone, however, it leads to a relationship with Toshi, a young man who is trying to keep the memory of his dead younger sister from fading into the bland, gray concrete of Tokyo.
- Returner (2002)
Matched Talent: Kaneshiro, Takeshi
- In the year 2082, the Dagra have all but destroyed the human population on Earth in a war that was started 80 years ago. Now humanity's last chance is a 15 year old bundle of energy named Milly who time travels to the past.
- Dolls
Matched Talent: Kanno, Miho
- <<no description given>>
- Umizaru (2005)
Matched Talent: Kato, Ai
- The story of men training to become members of the Coast Guard's elite team of salvage and rescue divers. 50 days of intense and gruelling training under a veteran diver with his own past.
- Returner (2002)
Matched Talent: Kishitani, Goro
- In the year 2082, the Dagra have all but destroyed the human population on Earth in a war that was started 80 years ago. Now humanity's last chance is a 15 year old bundle of energy named Milly who time travels to the past.
- Zatoichi (2003)
Matched Talent: Kitano, Takeshi "Beat"
- Based on a famous historic character (a blind masseuse) who traveled the countryside of Edo Era Japan righting wrongs with his ungodly swordsman skills. An updated version featuring Kitano as the masseuse who wanders into a town run by yakuza gangs who have the local populace in a stranglehold. Violent, bloody; definitely for the samurai flick crowd, but no love for the chambara genre required to enjoy.
- Kikujiro No Natsu
Matched Talent: Kitano, Takeshi "Beat"
- When a young boy sets out to find the mother who left him to live with his grandmother years ago, he ends up embarking on a journey with an aging tough guy who would rather be playing the ponys. A comedy of the heart.
- Gohatto (1999)
Matched Talent: Kitano, Takeshi (Beat)
- The story of a young samurai warrior of extraordinary skill and "beauty" is the mark of several samurai who wish to posess him, as well as destroy him. A look at homosexuality in Japan, set in Kyoto during the Bakumatsu Period, which turns into a murder mystery.
- Kourei
Matched Talent: Koji Yakusho
- A woman with psychic powers and her sound engineer husband are haunted by the ghost of a young kidnap victim who myseteriously dies in their "care".
- Azumi (2003)
Matched Talent: Kojima, Hideo
- A samurai out for revenge takes in several small, orphaned children and turns them into killers. Among them is Azumi, a swordswoman of extraordinary skill. Sent on a mission of revenge she encounters opponents who will push her to the very limit. Based on a manga by the same name.
- Ping Pong (2003)
Matched Talent: Kubozuka, Yosuke
- High school ping pong geniuses face off in a battle to see who will claim the prefectural champion title. Wacky characters and seemless CG (of the ping pong action) work to create comedic and action scenes. Based on a popular manga by Taiyo Matsumoto of the same title.
- Kagen No Tsuki (2005)
Matched Talent: Kuriyama, Chiaki
- 19-year old Mitsuki has lost her memory and is trapped in a mansion. Now it's up to her friends to figure out what is happening and how to 'save' her.
- Hanai Sachiko No Kareina Shougai (2005)
Matched Talent: Kuroda, Emi
- When Sachiko Hanai, a bar hostess, inadvertantly gets herself involved in a plot to sell George Bush's cloned finger, she gets shot. But that is only the beginning of her adventure as she must now figure out just what is happening. Part black-comedy, part erotica, part action.
- Yomigaeri
Matched Talent: Kusanagi, Tsuyoshi
- A 30-something returns to his rural hometown when an epidemic of long-missing and deceased loved ones start returning to their homes as if nothing has happened. At first the town is in panic, but soon welcome their loved ones back without question. Apparently each person may call back (yomigaru) one loved one. Having lost a brother many years ago, the protagonist wonders why he hasn't called him back yet.
This is not a zombie movie, instead it's a real tear-jerker.
- Onmyouji 2
Matched Talent: Kyoko Fukada
- Return to the old capital of Heian with a new adventure of magic and friendship. A curse set upon the country of Yamato (the name of old Japan) by a wizard of Izumo sets Abe No Seimei and his companions in motion. It is a race against time as they realize that gods are involved.
- Vibrator (2003)
Matched Talent: Makise, Riho
- One late night, a woman hitches a ride with a trucker she only just met in a convenience store. Their journey becomes not only a spacial one, but a personal and changing one as they open themselves up to each other.
- Another Heaven (2000)
Matched Talent: Miwako Ichikawa
- Several horrific murders and the disappearance of a university student trigger the investigation by a hard-boiled cop and his young partner, who believes there may be a supernatural connection.
- Hi Wa Mata Noboru (2002)
Matched Talent: Nishida, Toshiyuki
- Japan, 1973. The dramatization of the real life events that lead to the creation of the VHS techonolgy. Dying to give consumers a machine that will rival Sony and its wondrous Betamax machine, the men of the Japan Victor Company are faced with the daunting challenge of making something truly incredible in a short amount of time, only to be smacked with failure after failure.
- Geroppa! (Special Edition)
Matched Talent: Nishida, Toshiyuki
- A crime boss being sent to prison tells his small band of yakuza thugs and lower bosses to quit and make real lives for themselves. In a last ditch effort to keep everything together, his old crew tries to kidnap James Brown so the famed artist will perform for their former employer. Humorous.
- Akarui Mirai
Matched Talent: Odagiri, Joe
- Two friends, Arita and Nimura, waste their lives away in a deadend job until one of them kills their boss and is sent to prison. Slowly the line between reality and fantasy blur for the remaining friend.
- Akakage (2001)
Matched Talent: Okina, Megumi
- The tale of three ninja sent by a daimyo to spy upon a neighboring fiefdom now being run by the widow of a former rival, who supposedly has a powerful secret weapon. What they actually discover is a plot to ensure safety and peace in the area, and a betrayal that threatens to kill them all. Hip, modern tale of ninja and samurai. Love of chambara not a pre-requisite.
- Uchiage Hanabi, Shita Kara Miru ka? Yoko Kara Miru Ka? (1993)
Matched Talent: Okina, Megumi
- Three elementary school boys try to discover the best way to watch fireworks, and an "older" girl tries to elope with one of them.
- Soseji (1999)
Matched Talent: Ryo
- Director Shinya Tsukamoto brings to life a variation of an Edogawa Rampo tale of a rich doctor whose life is ripped from him by a violent and unknown visitor. Set during the Meiji Era.
- Samehada Otoko To Momojiri Onna (1998)
Matched Talent: Sabu
- Toshiko on the run from her creepy uncle (and the even creepier, yet extrememly likeable, little assassin he sends after her) runs into Samehada, who is also on the run from the gang of yakuza he used to work with. Together they work to outsmart everyone in a bid for big money.
- Azumi (2003)
Matched Talent: Sakaguchi, 'Tak'
- A samurai out for revenge takes in several small, orphaned children and turns them into killers. Among them is Azumi, a swordswoman of extraordinary skill. Sent on a mission of revenge she encounters opponents who will push her to the very limit. Based on a manga by the same name.
- Mayonaka Made (2002)
Matched Talent: Sanada, Hiroyuki
- When Moriyama, a jazz player learns that his jazz master idol is coming to see him perform, he is completely psyched. Unfortunately, he runs into trouble and must go on the lamb to save himself.
- Yomigaeri
Matched Talent: Shibasaki, Kou
- A 30-something returns to his rural hometown when an epidemic of long-missing and deceased loved ones start returning to their homes as if nothing has happened. At first the town is in panic, but soon welcome their loved ones back without question. Apparently each person may call back (yomigaru) one loved one. Having lost a brother many years ago, the protagonist wonders why he hasn't called him back yet.
This is not a zombie movie, instead it's a real tear-jerker.
- Akakage (2001)
Matched Talent: Shinohara, Ryoko
- The tale of three ninja sent by a daimyo to spy upon a neighboring fiefdom now being run by the widow of a former rival, who supposedly has a powerful secret weapon. What they actually discover is a plot to ensure safety and peace in the area, and a betrayal that threatens to kill them all. Hip, modern tale of ninja and samurai. Love of chambara not a pre-requisite.
- Kourei
Matched Talent: Sho Aikawa
- A woman with psychic powers and her sound engineer husband are haunted by the ghost of a young kidnap victim who myseteriously dies in their "care".
- Short Smap Films -- SSF (2001)
Matched Talent: SMAP
- Seven short 'films' that were originally aired on the SMAP X SMAP TV show, collected into one volume.
- Returner (2002)
Matched Talent: Suzuki, Anne
- In the year 2082, the Dagra have all but destroyed the human population on Earth in a war that was started 80 years ago. Now humanity's last chance is a 15 year old bundle of energy named Milly who time travels to the past.
- Soseji (1999)
Matched Talent: Taguchi, Tomorrow
- Director Shinya Tsukamoto brings to life a variation of an Edogawa Rampo tale of a rich doctor whose life is ripped from him by a violent and unknown visitor. Set during the Meiji Era.
- Gohatto (1999)
Matched Talent: Taguchi, Tomorrow
- The story of a young samurai warrior of extraordinary skill and "beauty" is the mark of several samurai who wish to posess him, as well as destroy him. A look at homosexuality in Japan, set in Kyoto during the Bakumatsu Period, which turns into a murder mystery.
- Tetsuo (1998)
Matched Talent: Taguchi, Tomorrow
- After accidentally running over a metal fetishist with his car, a man find that his body is slowly being taken over by metal. Unable to stop the bizarre transformation he is undergoing, he begins to seek out what is driving it. Considered a cyberpunk cult film by director Shinya Tsukamoto. Black and white.
- Tetsuo II (1992)
Matched Talent: Taguchi, Tomorrow
- Tetsuo, who is transforming his body into a weapon, seeks out the men who have kidnapped his son (in order to experiment on him). Black and white. Note: There is also a super remix version that has been released.
- Vibrator (2003)
Matched Talent: Taguchi, Tomorrow
- One late night, a woman hitches a ride with a trucker she only just met in a convenience store. Their journey becomes not only a spacial one, but a personal and changing one as they open themselves up to each other.
- Akakage (2001)
Matched Talent: Takenaka, Naoto
- The tale of three ninja sent by a daimyo to spy upon a neighboring fiefdom now being run by the widow of a former rival, who supposedly has a powerful secret weapon. What they actually discover is a plot to ensure safety and peace in the area, and a betrayal that threatens to kill them all. Hip, modern tale of ninja and samurai. Love of chambara not a pre-requisite.
- Azumi (2003)
Matched Talent: Takenaka, Naoto
- A samurai out for revenge takes in several small, orphaned children and turns them into killers. Among them is Azumi, a swordswoman of extraordinary skill. Sent on a mission of revenge she encounters opponents who will push her to the very limit. Based on a manga by the same name.
- Ping Pong (2003)
Matched Talent: Takenaka, Naoto
- High school ping pong geniuses face off in a battle to see who will claim the prefectural champion title. Wacky characters and seemless CG (of the ping pong action) work to create comedic and action scenes. Based on a popular manga by Taiyo Matsumoto of the same title.
- Shall We Dance? (1996)
Matched Talent: Takenaka, Naoto
- A successful, yet unhappy accountant takes up ballroom dancing to get rid of his blues and restore the balance in his life. What he finds is passion that will set the dancing world on fire.
- Soseji (1999)
Matched Talent: Takenaka, Naoto
- Director Shinya Tsukamoto brings to life a variation of an Edogawa Rampo tale of a rich doctor whose life is ripped from him by a violent and unknown visitor. Set during the Meiji Era.
- Yokai Hunter - Hiruko (1990)
Matched Talent: Takenaka, Naoto
- After discovering that a now abandoned school has been built on the gates of Hell, an archeologist sets out to stop Hiruko, a demon, from releasing more demons into the world via beheadings.
- Tokyo Fist (1995)
Matched Talent: Takenaka, Naoto
- A man takes up boxing for revenge after he discovers his fiancee has taken up with a childhood friend of his (who is semipro boxer). A black and white film by Shinya Tsukamoto.
- Water Boys
Matched Talent: Takenaka, Naoto
- The fictionalized story of a real high school club of boys who get into syncronized swimming and catapult to fame.
- You Ni Mo Myouna Monogatari (movie version)
Matched Talent: Tamori
- Caught in a sudden downpour at a train station, a group of unrelated people are treated to stories by an enigmatic man. Hosted by Tamori, this Twilight Zone-like movie features four short stories in one. Horror, fantasy, love, and other themes all mesh to create a suspenseful thriller. Based on the popular TV show from the 90s of the same title.
- Tokyo Marigold (2001)
Matched Talent: Tanaka, Rena
- <<no description given>>
- Tokyo Fist (1995)
Matched Talent: Tsukamoto, Koji
- A man takes up boxing for revenge after he discovers his fiancee has taken up with a childhood friend of his (who is semipro boxer). A black and white film by Shinya Tsukamoto.
- Tetsuo II (1992)
Matched Talent: Tsukamoto, Shinya
- Tetsuo, who is transforming his body into a weapon, seeks out the men who have kidnapped his son (in order to experiment on him). Black and white. Note: There is also a super remix version that has been released.
- Sunday Drive (1998)
Matched Talent: Tsukamoto, Shinya
- A pair of friendly coworkers at a rental video store accidentally become wanted murders. Borrowing a station wagon, they flee with no destination in mind.
- Kourei
Matched Talent: Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
- A woman with psychic powers and her sound engineer husband are haunted by the ghost of a young kidnap victim who myseteriously dies in their "care".
- Mizu No Onna
Matched Talent: UA (the singer)
- <<no description given>>
- Azumi (2003)
Matched Talent: Ueto, Aya
- A samurai out for revenge takes in several small, orphaned children and turns them into killers. Among them is Azumi, a swordswoman of extraordinary skill. Sent on a mission of revenge she encounters opponents who will push her to the very limit. Based on a manga by the same name.
- Hard Luck Hero
Matched Talent: V6
- <<no description given>>
- Cosmic Rescue
Matched Talent: V6
- <<no description given>>
- Hi Wa Mata Noboru (2002)
Matched Talent: Watanabe, Ken
- Japan, 1973. The dramatization of the real life events that lead to the creation of the VHS techonolgy. Dying to give consumers a machine that will rival Sony and its wondrous Betamax machine, the men of the Japan Victor Company are faced with the daunting challenge of making something truly incredible in a short amount of time, only to be smacked with failure after failure.
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