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Black Rain

  Mr. and Mrs. Shizuma, and their niece Yasuko, make their way through the ruins of Hiroshima, just after the atomic bomb has dropped. Five years later, Yasuko is living Read More

Audition

  Audition is a 1999 Japanese horror film directed by Takashi Miike, based on the 1997 novel by Ryu Murakami. It is about a widower, Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi), whose Read More

The Bad Sleep Well

  A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father’s suicide.

Barefoot Gen

  Gen and his family are living in Hiroshima as Japan nears the end of World War II. Gen’s father has come to believe that the war is unwinnable, thus Read More

Battle Royale

  Forty-two 9th graders are sent to a deserted island. They are given a map, food, and various weapons. An explosive collar is fitted around their neck. If they break Read More

Battle Royale II: Requiem

  Three years after the events in “Battle Royale,” the survivors of previous Battle Royales have formed a rebel group called the Wild Seven, led by Shuya Nanahara. A class Read More

Brother

  Yamamoto (Takeshi Kitano) is a brutal and experienced Yakuza enforcer whose boss was killed and whose clan was defeated in a criminal war with a rival family. Surviving clan Read More

The Castle of Cagliostro

  A dashing thief, his gang of desperadoes and an intrepid policeman struggle to free a princess from an evil count’s clutches, and learn the hidden secret to a fabulous Read More

Castle in the Sky

  A young boy stumbles onto a mysterious girl who floats down from the sky. The girl, Sheeta, is being chased by pirates and army and government secret agents. In Read More

The Castle of Sand

  Detectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard.