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Raccoon War, The aka Pom Poko ( Heisei tanuki gassen pompoko ) (1994) |
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2.88/4 |
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Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Comedy
MPAA rating: PG
Director: Isao Takahata
Actors: Shinchô Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura, Shigeru Izumiya
Plot: Urban encroachment threatens a magical, shapeshifting raccoons and they launch a desperate struggle in order to prevent their extinction.
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Fireworks ( Hana-bi ) (1998) |
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2.84/4 |
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Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA rating: NR
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Actors: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi
Plot: Nishi is a police offer struggling to balance his personal and professional life. As his wife succumbs to Leukemia, a former partner becomes suicidal after suffering an accident that leaves him confined to a wheelchair. Nishi eventually leaves the force, but as he falls deeper into despair, makes questionable decisions to help those he loves.
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Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) |
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2.76/4 |
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Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA rating: NR
Director: Ishirô Honda, Terry O. Morse
Actors: Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Akira Takarada
Plot: Remake of the Japanese original in which a giant beast wrecks havoc on Japan after being awakened by nuclear bomb testing.
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The Animatrix (2003) |
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2.70/4 |
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Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA rating: PG-13
Director: Multiple
Actors: Akio Ôtsuka, Clayton Watson, Olivia d'Abo
Plot: A collection of animated shorts that deals with some of the characters in The Matrix films as well as the history behind the fall of man and creation of The Matrix.
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Bad Sleep Well, The ( Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru ) (1962) |
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2.92/4 |
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Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa
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Gozu ( Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô: Gozu ) (2004) |
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2.92/4 |
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Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA rating: R
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Hideki Sone, Sho Aikawa, Kimika Yoshino
Plot: Ozaki, a Yakuza, is prone to increasingly bizarre behavior and gives the boss a reason to dispatch him. Minami, a fellow Yakuza is tasked with taking him out, even though he respects Ozaki for saving his life. Their intertwined fate takes on a surreal edge when he loses Ozaki's body and has to wade through a town full of oddities and mysteries to get it back.
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Tony Takitani (2005) |
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3.00/4 |
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Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA rating: NR
Director: Jun Ichikawa
Actors: Issei Ogata, Rie Miyazawa, Shinohara Takahumi
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Eel, The ( Unagi ) (1998) |
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3.00/4 |
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Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA rating: NR
Director: Shohei Imamura
Actors: Kôji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho
Plot: After finding out his wife is having an affair while he is working, Yamashita strikes out - murdering her in a crime of passion. Eight years later, he is out of prison and moves to a village to begin again. Working as a barber (a trade he picked up in prison) he leaves everyone alone - until a young woman comes into is life - one that reminds him very much of his dead wife.
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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) |
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2.74/4 |
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Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA rating: PG-13
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Actors: Richard Epcar, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Crispin Freeman
Plot: Public Security Section 9 investigates a cyborg-corporation called LOCUS SOLUS and its gynoids that have killed eight people.The dolls possessed a "ghost" that was created by using an illegal method. Young girls were kidnapped by the Yakuza and sold to LOCUS SOLUS for this process.Major Motoko Kusanagi, the protagonist of Ghost in the Shell, is listed as missing, although government agents are still looking for her as she has confidential knowledge on Project 2501.In the climax of the film, when Batou is being overwhelmed by Locus Solus guards and gynoids, Kusanagi and Batou are reunited in the middle of a firefight when she downloads her conscious in an empty gynoid. After "Kusanagi" has fulfilled her task, she deactivate herself.
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Stray Dog ( Nora inu ) (1949) |
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2.79/4 |
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Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji
Plot: A post war (WW2) look at Tokyo, Japan through the events surrounding a police detective, searching for a killer, and his stolen gun.
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