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Lone Wolf and Cub White Heaven in Hell Director: Yoshiyuki Kuroda | |
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Daft Punk & Leiji Matsumoto's Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem Directors: Kazuhisa Takenôchi, Leiji Matsumoto | |
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance Director: Kenji Misumi | |
From Amazon.com "Child and expertise for rent," reads the banner flying from the wooden cart of rogue samurai Itto Ogami (Tomisaburo Wakayama). With his infant son and a baby carriage stocked with a veritable arsenal in tow, Ogami rents his services for 500 pieces of gold while awaiting his revenge on the corrupt clan that murdered his wife. Director Kenji Misumi draws his ... more Buy from Amazon |
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Ringu Director: Hideo Nakata | |
From Amazon.com A grainy, enigmatic videotape has the power to kill people seven days after they watch it. This brilliant premise fueled the 2002 Hollywood hit The Ring, but before that it conquered Japan in Ringu, Hideo Nakata's quietly unsettling study in terror. Fans of the U.S. version will find a less elaborate storyline and more primal fear in the original; the basic ... more Buy from Amazon |
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Fireworks Actors: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto Director: Takeshi Kitano | |
From Amazon.com essential video A superstar and cultural icon in his native Japan, Takeshi "Beat" Kitano has conquered more than one medium, but he is best known in the West for his remarkable films. Among those, Fireworks is the clear favorite, a taut and enigmatic noir that fluctuates between perfect stillness and savage eruptions of violence. Kitano plays a cop named Nishi, a determinedly impassive man ... more Buy from Amazon |
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Street Fighter Alpha - The Movie Directors: Shigeyasu Yamauchi, Joe Romersa | |
From Description Ryu must undertake the ultimate journey of self-discovery and learn to control the force threatening to consume him. But with his confidence waning, will he have what it takes to confront Akuma, the vicious master of the Dark Hadou himself? Find out as allies old and new join forces against a sinister new threat in the pulse-pounding sequel to the phenomenally ... more Buy from Amazon |
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X - The Movie Director: Rin Tarô | |
From Amazon.com Tokyo is the city where the final battle between the Dragon of Earth and the Dragon of Heaven will take place in the Japanese anime film X, directed by Rintaro (a.k.a. Tarô Rin; Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion) and written by the all-woman writing team Clamp. The Dragon of Earth wants to wipe out humankind because of the damage people ... more Buy from Amazon |
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Samurai Fiction Actors: Morio Kazama, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Tomoyasu Hotei Director: Hiroyuki Nakano | |
From Description Heishiro, a noble Samurai, sets out in search of the renegade who stole his clans treasure and killed his best friend. Heishiro should be able to hold his own against the villain Rannosuke, who has only killed hundreds of men and fought entire armies while simultaneously defending himself against dozens of deadly ninja assassins. This is Samurai Fiction. Dont believe everything ... more Buy from Amazon |
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Pat Metheny Group - Speaking of Now Live Actors: Lyle Mays, Steve Rodby, Pat Metheny | |
From Amazon.com There's nary a flaw to be found in this lengthy (135 minutes) concert performance by guitarist Pat Metheny and his sextet, recorded in Tokyo in 2002. The musicianship is superb, the material (much of it drawn from the Metheny Group album of the same name) strong, the sound and visuals impeccable, the audience respectful... and therein lies the problem, such as ... more Buy from Amazon |
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Appleseed (Widescreen) (2004) Actors: Ai Kobayashi, Jûrôta Kosugi, Yuki Matsuoka Director: Shinji Aramaki | |
From Amazon.com The 2004 Appleseed feature is a reworking of the earlier video based on the manga by Masamune Shirow (Ghost in the Shell). In 2131, most of humanity has withdrawn to the glittering city of Olympus after a devastating war. When the curvaceous Deunan Knute comes to Olympus, she encounters her former comrade Briareos, now a cyborg, and the lovely android Hitomi. ... more Buy from Amazon |