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Director Seijun Suzuki has been making films for nearly 50 years now, and while his pace has slackened from that of earlier days, he shows no signs of stopping. As a contract director for Nikkatsu during the “golden age” of Japanese film, Suzuki directed
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Tadanobu Asano first became well known in the West, at least to fans of the new wave of Japanese extreme crime films, as the owner of the mutilated face displayed on the posters and DVD labels for Takeshi Miike’s ultra-violent gangster movie Ichi the
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Born in Takashi Noguchi in Japan’s Saitama prefecture 1973, Japanese heartthrob Takashi Sorimachi began his career as a dancer and model. Best known as the hyperkinetic ex-Olympics swimmer in Beach Boys, Sorimachi made his mark starring in hugely
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In the West, “Beat” Takeshi Kitano is known almost entirely for his film work, both as an actor and then as a critically acclaimed writer and director, a fixture at international film festivals and on Ten Best lists. Kitano made an impression on
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A brilliantly-colored fever dream put to film, YUMEJI follows the fantasy exploits of real-life artist Yumeji Takehisa, famous for his watercolor portraits, and his battle with a “Mr. Hyde”-like doppleganger of an imagination. As he fumbles his way
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dir: Takashi Miike; writer: Itaru Era Cast: Kenichi Endo ( Kiyoshi Yamazaki/Father), Fujiko (I) (Miki Yamazaki/Daughter), Jun Muto (Takuya Yamazaki/Son), Shoko Nakahara (Asako Murata), Ikko Suzuki (Sasaoka), Shungiku Uchida (Keiko Yamazaki/Mother), Kazushi
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dir: Seijun Suzuki; producer: Tetsuro Nakagawa; writer: Yasunori Kawauchi Cast: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Ryuji Kita Running Time: 89 Min Plot: Tetsu has joined his yakuza boss in going straight, but when a rival gang threatens to
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dir: Masayuki Suo; prod: Yoichi Arishige, Kazuhiro Igarashi, Tetsuya Ikeda, Hiroyuki Kato, Shôji Masui, Yuji Ogata, Seiji Urushido; writer: Masayuki Suo Cast: Koji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka, Eriko Watanabe, Yu Tokui, Hiromasa Taguchi, Reiko
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