Japan movies

Astro Boy (2009)

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Genres: Action | Animation | Sci-Fi
Countries: Hong Kong | Japan | USA
Actors: Arias, Moises | Beaumon, Sterling | Bonavida, Victor | Cage, Nicolas | Highmore, Freddie | Lane, Nathan | Levy, Eugene | Lucas, Matt | Nighy, Bill | Sutherland, Donald | Bell, Kristen | Carroll, Madeline
Directors: Bowers, David
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When a scientist’s young son dies, he secretly creates a powerful robot child to replace him, however the robot uses it’s incredible powers to become a world famous super-hero, and faces his biggest challenge when an alien race threatens Earth…

My Neighbour Totoro (1988)

Monday, January 18th, 2010
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
Countries: Japan
Actors: Hidaka, Noriko | Sakamoto, Chika | Itoi, Shigesato | Shimamoto, Sumi | Kitabayashi, Tanie | Takagi, Hitoshi | Maruyama, Yûko | Washio, Machiko | Suzuki, Reiko | Hirose, Masashi | Amagasa, Toshiyuki | Chiba, Shigeru | Tatsuta, Naoki | Tarako | Nishimura, Tomohiro
Directors: Miyazaki, Hayao
Download: DivX iPod 

Two young girls, Satsuke and her younger sister Mei, move into a house in the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother. Satsuke and Mei discover that the nearby forest is inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros (pronounced toe-toe-ro). They soon befriend these Totoros, and have several magical adventures.

Shogun Assassin (1980)

Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Genres: Action | Adventure
Countries: Japan | USA
Actors: Wakayama, Tomisaburo | Matsuo, Kayo | Ohki, Minoru | Kobayashi, Akiji | Kishida, Shin | Tomikawa, Akihiro | Johnson, Lamont | Efron, Marshall | Bernhard, Sandra | Davis, Vic | Weinrib, Lennie | Cooke, Lainie | Weisman, Sam | Lindsay, Mark
Directors: Houston, Robert
Download: DivX iPod 

Shogun decapitator, lone wolf, ronin. Travels with his son, Daigoro, in search of the Shogun that is paranoid of his skills. In the attempts to kill Lone Wolf, Shogun’s ninja kills his wife and leaves him to care for the boy. Lone Wolf swears that Shogun will pay for his deeds. Revenge and justice drive Lone Wolf through Japan’s forests and deserts in search of vengeance.

Fatal Beauty (1987)

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Genres: Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama
Countries: Japan | USA
Actors: Goldberg, Whoopi | Elliott, Sam | Blades, Rubén | Yulin, Harris | Ryan, John P. | Warren, Jennifer | Dourif, Brad | Jolly, Mike | Hallahan, Charles | Harris, David | LeGros, James | Barry, Neill | Pellegrino, Mark | Landey, Clayton | Asparagus, Fred
Directors: Holland, Tom
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Rita Rizzoli is a narcotics cop with a plethora of disguises. When a drug shipment is hijacked, the thieves don’t know that the drug is unusually pure and packs of ‘Fatal Beauty’ begin turning up next to too many dead bodies. Mike works for the original owner of the drugs and tries to tell himself that since he does not handle the drugs, he is ‘clean’. Mike becomes Rita’s constant companion as the drug hijackers (who are nearly psychotic and very well armed) are hunted, while more and more bodies continue to turn up.

L: Change the World (2008)

Monday, January 11th, 2010
Genres: Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Japan
Actors: Matsuyama, Ken'ichi | Aoyama, Sota | Bueno, David | Fujimura, Shunji | Fujiwara, Tatsuya | Fukuda, Narushi | Groot, Lex de | Hiraizumi, Sei | Hosokawa, Shigeki | Ishibashi, Renji | Kanai, Yuta | Man, Tim | Masana, Bokuzô | Nakamura, Shido | Namioka, Kazuki
Directors: Nakata, Hideo
Download: DivX iPod 

A spin-off of the popular Death Note films, L: Change The World focuses on the legendary detective L as he uses his final 23 days to solve crimes all over the world. When a young girl and boy come to him for aid, L is soon faced with what may be his most difficult case yet: stopping a group of corrupted scientists from spreading a lethal virus throughout the earth.

Lawnmower Man, The (1992)

Monday, December 7th, 2009
Genres: Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Japan | UK | USA
Actors: Fahey, Jeff | Brosnan, Pierce | Wright, Jenny | Bringleson, Mark | Lewis, Geoffrey | Slate, Jeremy | Norris, Dean | Coffey, Colleen | Landis, Jim | Evans, Troy | Mayeux, Rosalee | O'Brien, Austin | Gregory, Michael | Hart, Joe | Laughlin, John
Directors: Leonard, Brett
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A trip into virtual reality. Angelo has developed a virtual reality system, which truly immerses the user into the world of computer make-believe. The lawnmower man, Jobe, who is retarded, is put ‘into’ the system to find out if his intelligence can be improved. It can, but not without some serious side-effects.

Patlabor: The Movie (1989)

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Genres: Action | Animation | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Japan
Actors: Furukawa, Toshio | Tominaga, Mîna | Ôbayashi, Ryûnosuke | Sakakibara, Yoshiko | Inoue, Yô | Ikemizu, Michihiro | Futamata, Issei | Chiba, Shigeru | Dufries, William | Erholtz, Doug | Fairman, Blair | Fellows, Don | Fitzpatrick, Michael | Glen, Edward | Gôri, Daisuke
Directors: Oshii, Mamoru
Download: DivX iPod 

A mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo. Step by step, the police find themselves tangled up by the web of a perfect crime which awaits the approaching Typhoon to activate thousands of virus affected robots. As time runs out, Asuma and his team must complete a task that is doomed to be a failure before the Typhoon lands Tokyo.

Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion (2007)

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Genres: Animation
Countries: Japan
Actors: Ishida, Akira | Morita, Masakazu | Pak, Romi
Directors: Abe, Noriyuki
Download: DivX iPod 

An artifact known as the “King’s Seal” is stolen during transport from the Soul Society by an unidentified Soul Reaper and two Arrancar resembling girls who control fire and lightning. During the attack, Toshiro Hitsugaya corners and seems to recognize the Soul Reaper, who immediately stabs him in the stomach. In the middle of battle, Hitsugaya abandons his post to pursue him and leaves his squad behind to fend for themselves. After the battle, The Soul Society suspects Hitsuguya of treason and orders his immediate capture. The whole 10th Squad is then put on house arrest at which time they can surmise whether or not the division should be abolished. With the whole of Soul Society looking for Hitsugaya, Ichigo as a soul reaper on patrol accidentally stumbles upon Squad 2 Captain Soifon while she is conducting an investigation of the transport site. Soifon informs him of the events happening in the Soul Society and dispels the kido surrounding them. As Soifon disappears with her crew, Toshiro makes his presence known and passes out in front of Ichigo and Uryu. Awakening in the Kurosaki residence, Toshiro refuses to explain what’s happening. In the midst of their discussion, Ichigo is attacked by the two arrancar before he can force the issue more. Toshiro escapes, continues to avoid capture. However, things only get worse when the Soul Reaper thief, identified as Former Soul Reaper Sojiro Kusaka also uses Hyorinmaru, a sword identical to Hitsugaya’s, to injure Shunsui Kyoraku. Toshiro’s capture is then made top priority and his execution is approved.

The Limits of Control (2009)

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Japan | Spain | USA
Actors: De Bankolé, Isaach | Descas, Alex | Stévenin, Jean-François | Jaenada, Óscar | Tosar, Luis | de la Huerta, Paz | Swinton, Tilda | Kudoh, Youki | Hurt, John | García Bernal, Gael | Abbass, Hiam | Murray, Bill | Colomé, Héctor | Isasi, María | Paladines, Norma Yessenia
Directors: Jarmusch, Jim
Download:  DivX iPod 

The story of a mysterious loner, a stranger in the process of completing a criminal job.

Howards End (1992)

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: Japan | UK
Actors: Redgrave, Vanessa | Bonham Carter, Helena | Bennett, Joseph | Thompson, Emma | Scales, Prunella | Ross Magenty, Adrian | Kendall, Jo | Hopkins, Anthony | Wilby, James | Redgrave, Jemma | Latimer, Ian | West, Samuel | Nash, Mary | Prawer, Siegbert | Lindeman, Susie
Directors: Ivory, James
Download:  DivX iPod 

Two sisters have encounters with a wealthy family. The younger sister is rejected by the son of the wealthy family. The older sister becomes a good friend of the wealthy mother, whose most cherished possession is their cottage at Howard’s End, and wishes fervently that Thompson could live there, as they are kindred spirits. Over the course of years, the older sister marries into the wealthy family, and the family tries to keep her from taking possession of Howard’s End.