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Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Ki Kurosawa (born July 19, 1955) is a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre.

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Movies Made By Kiyoshi Kurosawa (73)

Cloud (2024)

Ryōsuke Yoshii, an ordinary reseller, carelessly earns grudges by people and becomes entangled in a life-threatening struggle. ...

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Chime (2024)

A chef's life is disrupted by a chime that brings with it an increasing sense of dread. ...

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Serpent's Path (2024)

A mysterious woman teams up with a man whose daughter was killed and who is now seeking revenge. Together they kidnap members of an organization and torture them to find out what really happened. Despite what the language listing says, the movie is mostly ...

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Actually... (2022)

Aruno Nakanishi is disliked and bullied by the other Nogizaka46 members because she's different from them. After one of them locks Aruno and tells her to not come back, she decides to definitely come back. ...

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Wife of a Spy (2020)

It's 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he's up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a game in which ...

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To the Ends of the Earth (2019)

A young Japanese woman named Yoko finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her travel variety show. ...

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Foreboding (2017)

Miyuki Asakawa tells her colleague Etsuko Yamagiwa that she has a ghost in her home. When Etsuko goes to Miyuki's home, there is only Miyuki's father there. Etsuko becomes worried about Miyuki's state of mind, and she takes Miyuki to the psychiatric hospit ...

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Before We Vanish (2017)

Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person, and he is now gentle and tender. He goes for a walk every day. Meanwhile, journalist Sa ...

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Daguerrotype (2016)

An aging photographer's obsession with an early form of photography draws his assistant and daughter into a work of mystery. ...

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Creepy (2016)

After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer in criminal psychology. But his desire to get to the b ...

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Journey to the Shore (2015)

Mizuki's husband Yusuke has been missing for three years. He suddenly comes back home as a ghost and asks Mizuki to go on a trip with him. Their trip consists of visiting the people that helped Yusuke on his previous travel. ...

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Henri Langlois vu par... (2014)

Thirteen filmmakers share personal reflections on Henri Langlois—the visionary founder of the Cinémathèque Française—recounting his influence on their lives, his role in preserving film history, and his enduring impact on world cinema. ...

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Seventh Code (2014)

Akiko, a young woman, comes to Vladivostok to meet Matsunaga, a young businessman she has met in Tokyo only once. Akiko finally finds Matsunaga. However, he leaves her again, warning her not to trust strangers in a foreign country. She tries to follow him, ...

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Real (2013)

Neurosurgeon Koichi uses an experimental technique to enter the brain of his beloved Atsumi, who is in a coma after attempting suicide. In his quest, Koichi drifts steadily further into the sweltering marshes of the spirit. It is soon no longer clear what ...

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Penance (2013)

The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the fou ...

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Beautiful New Bay Area Project (2013)

While inspecting a wharf, young Amano, president of an urban planning company, meets beautiful laborer Takako and falls in love at first sight. However, she does not return his affections, so he steals her ID card and goes on the run from the infuriated Ta ...

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Wordholic Prisoner (2012)

A wordholic man, acting as the chief editor by a certain publishing company, is confined by the writer who wishes to publish. ...

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Tokyo Sonata (2008)

The winds of change blow as a family grapples with unemployment, alienation, mistrust and a lack of communication. When a Japanese salaryman loses his job to outsourcing to China, it's simply the beginning of a series of shattering incidents, leading to th ...

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Retribution (2007)

A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since the crimes are in the same vicinity, by the same method. However, as evidence points towards the detective, a ghost in red follows him, and he begins questi ...

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Loft (2006)

A writer retreats to a secluded suburban house to work on her new novel. But her attention is instead occupied by her archaeologist neighbor's newly discovered mummy and a ghostly presence in her house. ...

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Pulse (2006)

When the dead discover a means to contact the living through electronic devices, cellphones and computers become open gateways to monstrosities and destruction. ...

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Time Slip (2005)

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's segment from 'A Story of Love, Wonder and Horror. ...

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Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs (2005)

A husband and wife each believe that the other is cheating on them. The upstairs room in their house becomes a point of bizarre physical transformations. ...

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Séance (2004)

A psychic housewife and her husband accidentally find a kidnapped girl. Instead of informing the police, they hatch a scheme to get famous by working with the police as a psychic consultant to 'find' the girl. Just when it all seems to go right, everything ...

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Soul Dancing (2004)

Soul Dancing is an order placed to Kiyoshi Kurosawa by a Japanese alcoholic beverage brand named Shôchu. The director then uses this cine-commercial as an excuse to film a weird fable on the arrival of a stranger in a bloodless human community. ...

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Doppelgänger (2003)

Shortly after hearing from a colleague about a woman whose brother committed suicide after seeing his doppelgänger, a Japanese engineer on the verge of a breakthrough in medical technology is confronted by his own. ...

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Bright Future (2003)

Buddies working at an oshibori factory bond over an uncontrollable rage neither can control, as well as a strange jellyfish they keep as a pet. ...

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Deka Matsuri (2003)

12-part omnibus made under the rules: "the main character is a detective" "at least one gag per minute" "the length must not exceed 10 minutes" ...

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Recitation Travelogue - Masterpieces of Japan: Matasaburo the Wind Imp (2003)

Each year, at the start of the fall school year in September, Japan suffers from typhoons. That same month, in a small elementary school in a mountainous region, Saburô, a new red-haired pupil has just arrived with the wind. The children of the village th ...

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Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

When a social worker is sent to check on a traumatized elderly woman whose family have moved in at the site of a notorious murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that transmits via its victims. ...

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School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special (2001)

"Kaibyo Densetsu" - Maki (Chizuru Ikewaki), who finds it strange that her best friend appears as a living spirit, goes to check on her. "Nanika ga Tsuite iru" - (Atsushi Itô) performs at a live concert under the direction of a female teacher who appears i ...

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Pulse (2001)

In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world. ...

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Hanako San (2001)

Short film directed by Kurosawa Kiyoshi as part of the 学校の怪談物の怪スペシャル series centered around the legend of Hanako san. ...

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Barren Illusion (1999)

In a near future where allergies have become an epidemic, music producer Haru half-heartedly dates post office clerk and mail thief Michi. He searches for violent ways to reactivate his life, she dreams of escaping abroad; both volunteer to test a new drug ...

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Charisma (1999)

A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without explanation, he makes his way to a mountain forest, encountering a pec ...

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License to Live (1999)

Having fallen into a coma following a car accident at 14, Yutaka wakes ten years later and realizes that his family is no longer intact: father, mother and sister live at different places, so he decides to reopen the farm that his family once ran. ...

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School Ghost Story G (1998)

A quartet of ghost stories taking place at school: a girl who drowned in the pool begins terrorizing the students by eating their food; two girls are attacked by a mysterious woman; a boy answers a mysterious ringing phone he finds in the street; when Kazu ...

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Eyes of the Spider (1998)

After killing the man he believes murdered his daughter, a white-collar worker returns to his mundane life, until he's approached by a man offering a mysterious job opportunity. ...

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Serpent's Path (1998)

With the help of a mysterious acquaintance, a former low-level yakuza tracks down and kidnaps the man he believes kidnapped and murdered his daughter, but others are soon implicated in the death. ...

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Kodama (1998)

Japanese horror movie from 1998. (Kiyoshi Kurosawa's segment for School Ghost Story G). ...

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Cure (1997)

A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done. ...

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School Ghost Story F (1997)

A made-for-TV anthology horror film composed of three stories : Rei Video & Hoken-shitsu by Hideo Nakata and Haiko Kidan by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. ...

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The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears (1997)

Second half of the violent tale of revenge from actor Sho Aikawa and director Kiyoshi Kurosawa! It's been five years since he left the force, lost his wife, and waged all out revenge, and now our hero is idling his time with a failing yakuza group. When he ...

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The Revenge: A Visit from Fate (1997)

Sho Aikawa plays a police detective whose dark personal history makes it impossible for him to stay within the limits of the legal system. But he is not just a detective; he is also a husband who has to explain to his wife how he got blood on his sleeve. A ...

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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Hero (1996)

Yuji and Kosaku become involved with a brother and sister who want to drive a local yakuza gang member out of their neighborhood. ...

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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Nouveau Riche (1996)

A duo get mixed up with a girl who finds a trunk load full of heroin. ...

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Door III (1996)

Ambitious insurance saleswoman Miyako is stalked by by the strange and supernatural after meeting the mysterious Mitsuru. ...

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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble (1996)

Having lost everything to horse racing, Yûji accidentally gets 10 million yen. But this sum belongs to a Yakuza. ...

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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Loot (1996)

Yûji and Kosaku are hired to track down an old man. But when he suddenly dies, his granddaughter surfaces with a map to his buried fortune, which the yakuza and a dirty cop are determined to find. ...

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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape (1995)

Hapless gangsters are hired by the yakuza to tail his daughter. Once the identity of the boy she's dating has been unveiled, the boss offers a reward for his capture. ...

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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist (1995)

Two petty gangsters get ransomed by a group of Yakuza members, fortunately they are rescued by a kindly Kindergarten teacher. ...

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Men of Rage (1994)

The second installment of a V-Cinema sports drama, directed by Kurosawa in 1994, following "打鐘" (Dakan) from 1993, which was based on Yamamoto's manga and directed by Komatsu Takashi. While there is no direct narrative connection between the two films, ...

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Yakuza Taxi (1994)

Yakuza clan Inoshika decides to help a small family business, Taxi Tanaka, lured by the clan Jinryûkaï and deeply in debt. ...

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The Guard from Underground (1992)

An ex sumo wrestler turned corporate security guard goes on a murderous rampage at his place of employment. ...

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Whirlpool of Joy (1992)

The second TV series by Kiyoshi Kurosawa made just after the pop of the economic bubble in Japan. His comical (and melodic...) analysis of Japanese society corresponds to Godard's films about French society in the 60s. ...

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Dangerous Stories (1989)

Three stories with horror and science fiction elements. 1st episode: "The Curse of Tutankhamen" (Tsutankâmen no noroï) by Kazuyuki Izutsu. With Naoto Takenaka. Two clans of Yakuza clash in a bar. 2nd episode: "They came back, tonight too" (Yatsura wa kon ...

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Sweet Home (1989)

Working on a documentary about infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro, a TV crew filming at his old home come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife. ...

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Bumpkin Soup (1985)

Country girl Akiko visits a Tokyo college in search of her hometown sweetheart. In the course of finding him, she runs into various odd inhabitants of the college campus–blasé intellectuals, horny co-eds, a psych professor in search of the theory of sha ...

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Kandagawa Pervert Wars (1983)

Two sexually energized young women who live in a high-rise apartment building happen one day to spy from their window a mother and son making love in the apartment across from theirs. They decide to stage a rescue attempt to free him and in the process one ...

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The New Seven Lines Between Things (1983)

An anthology film by eight members of Parodious Unity. ...

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Wolf: Running Is Sex (1982)

A serial rapist's violent daily routine is disrupted when a disaffected young woman who shares his primal lifestyle begins living with him. ...

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So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex (1982)

Rachi has aspirations of becoming a punk rocker. But his tendency towards self-sabotage and a budding sexual addiction makes matters increasingly difficult for him and his band mates to make it big. ...

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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)

A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership. ...

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Vertigo College (1980)

At the beginning of the film, we are presented with an ordinary story. It is the story of a student organization's internal struggle. The story begins with the protagonist taking a briefcase and the organization taking it back, along with his woman. The ma ...

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The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)

A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment. ...

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Movies Starring Kiyoshi Kurosawa (40)

Les Cuisiniers of Chime (2024)

Documentary on the creation of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's film "Chime" ...

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Breakfast of the Movie (2023)

Documentary on the legendary bento shop "Popeye," known to everyone in the film industry. ...

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Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts (2023)

An exploration of the spirit world as portrayed in the height of the J-horror era of the late '90s. ...

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The J-Horror Virus (2023)

How did a single 'Big in Japan' videotape change the course of global horror history? Find out in this insightful documentary charting the origins, evolution and diffusion across the world of a distinctive brand of Japanese supernatural chillers featuring ...

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Kiyoshi Kurosawa, au dos des images (2018)

At the invitation of Limosin and Bergala, Kiyoshi Kurosawa rediscovers his own films, first during the shooting of his French film in Paris and then in Tokyo. From his first militant films in Super 8 to his undisputed masterpieces, the Japanese director co ...

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The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers (2018)

A sequel to the 1980 movie The Legend of the Stardust Brothers. As well as being a rock musical comedy, it also borrows elements from other genres such as road movies, westerns, and meta fiction. ...

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Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Broken Circuits (2017)

An interview with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa discussing his work in the horror genre from his V-cinema days to his 2001 released film Pulse ...

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Junichiro Hayashi: Creepy Images (2017)

An interview with cinematographer Junichiro Hayashi speaking about his work with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa ...

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Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)

Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book "Hitchcock/Truffaut" ("Le cinéma selon Hitchcock"), written by François Truffaut and published in 1966. ...

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Japanscope, panorama de la nouvelle Nouvelle Vague (2015)

A "Cinéma, de notre temps" series episode directed by french filmmaker Philippe-Emmanuel Sorlin, originally aired 16 June 2015. ...

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Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema (2014)

With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through cinema and to share it with the world. This engaging documentary looks at the movement's legacy. ...

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Henri Langlois vu par... (2014)

Thirteen filmmakers share personal reflections on Henri Langlois—the visionary founder of the Cinémathèque Française—recounting his influence on their lives, his role in preserving film history, and his enduring impact on world cinema. ...

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Mr. X (2014)

The image of a mysterious, solitary filmmaker - a cineaste maudit - who flees from both the media and the public, is unrelentingly bound to the figure of Leos Carax, in France. Elsewhere, the real focus is on his films and he is considered to be an icon of ...

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Japanese Cinema: New Territories (2011)

This documentary by Hubert Niogret looks at the revival of Japanese cinema during the 1990s. ...

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Occult (2009)

Koji Shiraishi interviews the survivors of an indiscriminate attack at a sightseeing resort and starts investigating the strange events that have been happening to them. ...

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Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007)

Martin Scorsese narrates this tribute to Val Lewton, the producer of a series of memorable low-budget horror films for RKO Studios. Raised by his mother and his aunt, his films often included strong female characters who find themselves in difficult situat ...

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What's a Director? (2006)

Works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association ...

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Building the Inferno: Nobuo Nakagawa and the Making of 'Jigoku' (2006)

A new documentary on director Nobuo Nakagawa and the making of the film, Jigoku. Featuring exclusive interview with Nakagawa collaborators. ...

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Reincarnation (2005)

A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago. ...

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Pink Ribbon (2004)

Documentary filmmaker Kenjiro Fujii takes a look at the history of a distinctly Japanese brand of softcore pornography in this extensive examination of the "pinku eiga" genre (ピンク映画 Pinku eiga or Pinkeiga). For more than 40 years, so-called "pink ...

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3 on 3 (2003)

At some time in the 21st century, Japan's economy is in shambles. Riots and terrorism are the norm. The government buys up television stations in a last-ditch effort to promote nationalism and order to the nation. But this is the dawn of a new dark state. ...

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Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (2003)

Initially, Ambivalent Future was intended as a film about the production of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Bright Future". But director Fujii has taken the "behind the scenes"-concept to unprecedented heights with this unique documentary offering a close look into th ...

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Deka Matsuri (2003)

12-part omnibus made under the rules: "the main character is a detective" "at least one gag per minute" "the length must not exceed 10 minutes" ...

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Pulse (2001)

In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world. ...

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Gore from Outer Space (2001)

A mother is accused of murdering her daughter but when she tells her tale, things don't seem to make sense. Her husband says they have no daughter, there's a psychic that can trace phone calls, a blonde who sings the US anthem, a house with no bathroom, so ...

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Wild Life (1997)

An ex-boxer working for a game parlor owner gets caught up in a complex blackmail operation he doesn't understand. Before long he's caught between two yakuza bosses and a mysterious thief who motivation is unknown. Add in the boss' daughter who has a crush ...

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A Haunted School (1996)

Amidst rumors that the spirit of a student, who committed suicide years ago, appears in the photography club darkroom, high school sophomore Yuri borrows a mysterious horror manga from her elusive but studious senior, Miwako. ...

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Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla (1991)

During World War II, the Japanese military established a secret underground laboratory in Tokyo. Three Olympic-level athletes were selected to undergo a process that would turn them into Jinra-go, superhuman armored soldiers. By March 1945, one of the sold ...

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Stranger (1991)

After serving time for bank fraud, Kiriko now lives a quiet life as a taxi driver working night shifts... but her peace is shattered by a relentless stalker in a Land Cruiser. ...

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The Enchantment (1989)

A Tokyo psychiatrist is hoping to better his career by marrying the daughter of a prominent doctor. The match is threatened however when an attractive but very troubled tourist guide comes to him for consultation... ...

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The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985)

A shady music mogul brings together two wannabe stars—punk rock rebel Kan and new-wave crooner Shingo—and transforms them into the Stardust Brothers, a girl-friendly, silver-jumpsuited, synth-pop sensation. Along with their #1 fan, who herself dreams o ...

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The Funeral (1984)

When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home. ...

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Vertigo College (1980)

At the beginning of the film, we are presented with an ordinary story. It is the story of a student organization's internal struggle. The story begins with the protagonist taking a briefcase and the organization taking it back, along with his woman. The ma ...

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All Girls Are Twins (1980)

The film multiplies women. A tragicomedy about a boy who is continually pranked by the appearance of his twin lovers. ...

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The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)

A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment. ...

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SCHOOL SOUNDS (1978)

Set in a Japanese university in the late '70s, the film discusses the absurdity of cafeteria prices, the struggle over the old clock tower, and more. ...

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West Wind (1977)

A woman searching for the truth behind the death of her lover visits Bazin, Godard, and Mekas. ...

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