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- 19902h 30m7.5 (61)VideoDirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsAkira KurosawaNobuhiko ÔbayashiOn set making-of documentary about Akira Kurosawa's Dreams.
- DirectorTetsuo ShinoharaStarsNaoki GotôHikari Ôta
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsSadao AbeShô AikawaSaki AsamiIn addition to churning out crowd-pleasers like Crows Zero, Like a Dragon, and Sukiyaki Western Django, maverick director Miike Takashi also found time to return to theater in 2007. Following 2005's Demon Pond, the ever prolific Miike tries his hand at directing a stage play again, and this time his focus is none other than the most iconic of samurai, Zatoichi. Miike regular Sho Aikawa (Dead or Alive), in his first theatrical leading role, stars as the titular blind masseur with a deadly cane sword, previously made famous by Katsu Shintaro and Kitano Takeshi. Supporting cast members include Abe Sadao, Nagato Hiroyuki, and Endo Kenichi. Opening in December 2007, Miike's theatrical take on Zatoichi adds yet another feather to the director's loaded cap, thrilling viewers with a grand display of art, aesthetic, and action.
- DirectorKEFFStarsTender HuangVivian SungMing-shiou TsaiA receptionist at a suicide hotel in Taipei, Taiwan forms a fleeting friendship over the course of one night with a guest who can't decide if she wants to live or die.
- DirectorGabin RivoireStarsLaurent GarnierAbd Al MalikEllen AlienA look into the life of Laurent Garnier, one of the godfathers of house music, from his emergence on the music scene in the 80's to now. The story of the last music revolution through the eyes of a pioneer.
- 2020–202323m7.2 (165)TV EpisodeDirectorPhilip M. CohenPaul RudishKarl HadrikaStarsChris DiamantopoulosTony AnselmoBill FarmerMickey Mouse and his friends explore the promise of the spring season through the lens of a unique nature documentary.
- DirectorRyohei YoshinoStarsYo AoiSeiichi KohinataNaoHorigai Sayo is 22-years-old and she will soon graduate from a university. She has already been working in a child welfare job. She is 170 cm. tall and people think she is a bit eccentric, but she doesn't care what others think about her. She spends her time working part-time, attending classes, and going back to a boarding home. She meets Inogi Kusuko, who attends the same university. Kusuko has lived through a painful experience in her past. One day, Sayo's friend Suiho Nao kills himself.
- DirectorAlbert CallerosJohn RiceStarsMike JudgeGary ColeNat FaxonAfter a "creative" judge sentences them to space camp, a black hole sends our adolescent heroes 24 years into the modern future where the duo misuse iPhones, embark on a quest to score, and become targets of the Deep State.
- DirectorHiroyuki SeshitaTadahiro YoshihiraStarsRyôta ÔsakaAya SuzakiAki ToyosakiNagate Tanikaze trains to become a Garde pilot and defend the Sidonia from a hostile alien species called Gauna.
- 20121h 10m6.3 (153)VideoDirectorKôji ShiraishiStarsShigeo ÔsakoChika KuboyamaKôji ShiraishiDirector, Kudo and his assistant Ichikawa investigate a video showing a strange woman on the street, wearing a mask and a long coat. The young woman would be the legend of Kuchisake Onna, the woman with the sliced mouth.
- DirectorDavid FrankelStarsBryan CranstonAnnette BeningRainn WilsonBased on the true story about long-married couple Jerry and Marge Selbee, who win the lottery and use the money to revive their small town.
- DirectorBen PalmerStarsStephen MerchantAsim ChaudhrySophia Di MartinoTwo mismatched neighbours drive across the country to pick up the one toy that will make a little girl's Christmas dreams come true.
- DirectorChen-Hao YinStarsRoy ChiuWei-Ning HsuXiao-Ying BaiA small-time gangster clumsily attempts to court a girl he has a crush on. Can he win her over and leave the underworld behind?
- DirectorNaomi KawaseStarsYûko NakamuraToshiya NagasawaMiyako YamaguchiA stripper, referred to as a fire fly be a use of her attractive beauty, falls in love. She finds inner piece as love is what her life was missing.
- DirectorAnn HuiVincent ChuiStarsAnn HuiA self-portrait and a depiction of Hong Kong during the 40 years preceding the handover by the United Kingdom to China.
- DirectorKang ChengStarsPing ChinHua YuehChiao ChiaoDuring the war precipitated by a Tartar invasion, patriotic swordsman Miao Lung sets about eliminating a series of messengers carrying twelve imperial decrees fashioned in the form of golden medallions.
- DirectorParker FinnStarsSosie BaconJessie T. UsherKyle GallnerAfter witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, a psychiatrist becomes increasingly convinced she is being threatened by an uncanny entity.
- DirectorJonathan HalperinDrew TakahashiStarsAlan LightmanDelilah GatesStephon AlexanderCan we experience the infinite? The world''s most modern scientists and mathematicians embark on a search for the infinite and its amazing effects on the universe.
- DirectorMasahiro KobayashiStarsTeruyuki KagawaSeiichi TanabeNene ÔtsukaKazuo Murata is a detective who has lost his wife and eventually the meaning of his existence.
- DirectorXue BaiStarsYao HuangSunny SunCarmen SoupStudying in Hong Kong but living in Shenzhen (the port city of Mainland China), Peipei has spent 16 years in her life travelling between these two cities. To realize the dream of seeing snow in Japan with her bestie, Peipei joins a smuggling gang and uses her student identity to smuggle iPhones from Hong Kong to Mainland. Her family life and friendships begin to fall apart. The daily life of Peipei starts to get out of control.
- DirectorTim DelmastroStarsCraig AndersonA fast-food junkie goes on a culinary voyage of discovery to Japan.
- DirectorNonStarsNonMisayo HarukiKarin OnoIt is the winter of 2020, and a graduation project that had taken a year to complete can no longer be showcased at its planned venue because of COVID-19. She has time at home, but she no longer has any motivation to do anything at all. Having been deprived of the channel to express herself, the art student Itsuka Asakawa struggles with her internal conflict of being unable to figure out what she should be doing.
- DirectorYukinori MakabeStarsNicole IshidaHayato KakizawaNaoki KawanoMakoto Kashiba is an elite bank clerk and works for a big bank at its Tokyo HQ. Due to a minor mistake, he is demoted to a small branch office in a country town. He is devastated by his situation. There, he meets beautiful Yoshino Ikoma, who runs a goldfish scooping store. Makoto falls in love with her at first sight.
- DirectorYôhei FukudaKôji ShiraishiStarsMihiroHitomi MiwaNaporeonzuA found footage anthology horror film by Kôji Shiraishi.
- DirectorGiddens KoStarsKai KoVivian SungGingle WangAh-Lun, who has a choice to make in the underworld, decides to be a god of love in Chinese mythology. As he advances with his tasks on Earth, his biggest challenge is to tie a red string with the woman he loved the most.
- DirectorMasato HaraStarsRyôko HirosueKiyoshi KogaSato MasahiroA young student believes spirit of an alien from another planet has gone back in time.
- DirectorNobuhiro YamashitaStarsHiroshi YamamotoTomoko KoteraYûko HosoeA budding capitalist and his girlfriend abandon their failure in the big city and return to his isolated hometown to try their hand again at launching a health product. The problem is that the man has no sales ability, the product has no marketing appeal and the locals here are even more conservative than the entrepreneurs realized.
- DirectorCheh ChangHsueh-Li PaoStarsLung TiMu ChuChing TienWu Sung, a military swordmaster, is acused of murdering his adulterous sister-in-law and a thug, and sent to exile in Meng Chou. At the prison camp, Shih En, son of the camp commander, intercedes in his favour, to spare him the humiliating 100 bamboo lashes. When Wu Sung knows that a local thug, Chiang Chung, attacked and wounded Shih En to rob his wine cellar at the Delightful Forest, the military trainer decides to interfere. He defies the thug to a duel, in which he wins, at a cost - the thug is a drunkard who fights well, even when he has drunk too much! Later, after making sure Wu Sung has drunk too much, it's Chiang Chung who demands, and gets, his revenge. Chiang Chung moves political influences and treachery to provoke the downfall of the military instructor, again. Wu Sung returns from yet another exile, to get satisfaction.
- DirectorPeter SollettStarsJaeden MartellAdrian GreensmithIsis HainsworthTwo friends try to form a heavy metal band with a cellist for a Battle of the Bands.
- DirectorRichard WongStarsEugenio DerbezSamara WeavingMax GreenfieldA movie star enlists a parking valet at a Beverly Hills restaurant to pose as her lover to cover for her relationship with a married man.
- DirectorYutaro KuboStarsJun FukuyamaRie TakahashiOnce upon a time, in a far, faraway place, there were two lands. The world was divided into an inner land and an outer land. People feared the outer land. Inhabited by eerie beings, the carriers of curse. One day on the border to the inner land inhabited by humans, one such being find a girl on heaps of abandoned dead bodies. The girl says her name is Shiva and shows affection to the "being" who found her, calling him "Teacher". This is a story of two people; one human, one inhuman, who linger in the hazy twilight that separates night from day.
- DirectorKeishi OtomoStarsRyunosuke KamikiKasumi ArimuraKaya Kiyohara17-year-old Kiriyama Rei is a promising professional shogi player. His family died in an accident when he was young, and he was adopted by his father's friend Koda, a professional shogi player, and started to be trained to play shogi with his foster brother and sister. He had to leave his foster family after conflicts with them, trying to live independently without family, friends or anyone care about him. Things started to change when he met the Kawamoto sisters, a family who decided to take care of him and protect him as one of their own. Meanwhile, Rei becomes acquaintances to many different kinds of professional shogi players as he plays with them, and his bond with those players starts to change his attitude toward shogi.
- DirectorKiyotaka SuzukiYoshitomo YonetaniStarsHiroaki HirataMasakazu MoritaMinako KotobukiThe heroes track down a body-swapping thief after he steals a statue.
- DirectorMasato HaradaStarsKoji YakushoTatsuya NakadaiKippei ShînaWhen a major bank is caught paying off a corporate extortionist, the media and prosecutors begin to dig, breaking open a money-and-favors scandal to its core.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsTakehiro MurataSaki TerashimaMiyoko AkazaFour people are murdered in an apartment block, but none of them seem connected.
- DirectorSetsuo TakaseShin'ichi WatanabeStarsShin AomoriTroy BakerNaoki BandoIt was a pleasant evening dinner for Fujiko and Lupin. Right until their moment together was interrupted by a series of missiles from a helicopter. The pilot is named Nazaldorf, who wants the "Columbus Files" that they have. Unfortunately the files were destroyed and Fujiko is the only one who's memorized it. Lupin got separated with Fujiko, who fell off a cliff and eventually being hunted down by Nazaldorf's men. Meanwhile at the Meditarrean Sea, lived a woman named Rosaria, who is a treasure hunter. Finds Fujiko in her own home. Fujiko is frighten from being hunted down by Nazaldorf's men. Not only that, but her memory is missing and doesn't remember who she is or Lupin. This will be tough for Lupin, as Fujiko is the only link in finding the Columbus Egg. Will Fujiko regain her memory, and who is this Nazaldorf?
- DirectorAkira NagaiStarsMasaki SudaSatoshi FukaseMitsuki TakahataA kind man aspires to become a comic creator, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to him. Things take a surprise turn when he comes across a family who were described as idealized that are no more.
- DirectorJordi OstirThomas VanbrabantStarsMaïmouna BadjieTristan FeytenCharles De MeesterThree students film a documentary about Johannes Duyster, Antwerp's 17th century executioner. This is their footage.
- DirectorKôji ShiraishiStarsShigeo ÔsakoChika KuboyamaKôji ShiraishiA new posted video was delivered to Ichikawa. A couple fishing in a pond captured a strange creature that emerged from the surface of the water.
- DirectorJeff TremaineStarsJohnny KnoxvilleSteve-OChris PontiusThrough outrageous, never-before-seen footage, witness the making of the Jackass crew's last go at wild stunts.
- DirectorHideo SakakiStarsYôsuke KubozukaKenji FuruyaRyôma BabaA boxer's cat Maru goes missing. Soon after, he finds her in the arms of a blond-haired punk who calls her Lily and refuses to give her up.
- DirectorSimon BirdStarsMonica DolanEarl CaveElliot Speller-GillottA teenager spends his summer listening to heavy metal music and trying to get along with his librarian mum.
- DirectorCheh ChangWei-Bin LiuHsueh-Li PaoStarsTony LiuKuan-Chun ChiLung TiThe story of a seemingly suicidal mission to destroy the Japanese Navy's flagship in 1937.
- DirectorMo ZhangYimou ZhangStarsYongsheng ChenYu ZhangJonathan Kos-ReadThe story of sharpshooter Zhang Taofang, a young army recruit who at age 22 sets a record during the Korean War by reportedly killing or wounding 214 American soldiers with 435 shots in just 32 days.
- DirectorMasato HaradaStarsShin'ichi TsutsumiMasato SakaiMachiko OnoA newspaper editor (played by Shin'ichi Tsutsumi) who deals with the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsLung TiChing LeeDavid ChiangUninhibited youth Zhang Chun and his friends David and Mary, while cruising on their car, meets rich heiress Wen Rou. Chun and Rou fall in love at first sight and begin dating.
- DirectorDaihachi YoshidaStarsLily FrankyElaiza IkedaYoshino KimuraHayami Teruya is a dedicated salaryman who does a workman like job as the chief editor for a magazine. He has personal charm, get along with both the publisher and subordinates and runs the ship well. Chatting with his direct boss he picks up a certain vibe. Did he misunderstand that the magazine is doomed and will be terminated? If so, he is not going down without a fight. He will fight to make it through and keep his, and the others', jobs.
- DirectorHan Sang-heeStarsLee Joon-giAoi MiyazakiSeon-Yeong BaekMin is a Korean boy moves to Japan with his father who is a potter. One day at a local shrine, he meets Nanae, a beautiful Japanese girl with stunning eyes who is aspiring to be a painter. Min falls in love at first sight and finds out that Nanae attends the school to which he has just transferred. Their friendship develops fast despite their cultural and language difference. When Min's grandmother falls ill, Min returns to Korea and Nanae is nowhere to be found. Had his true feelings for Nanae not been apparent to her? Why has Nanae disappeared without a word?
- DirectorXavier SeronStarsJean-Jacques RausinMyriam BoyerSerge RiaboukineA man's hypochondriacal relationship with his mother.
- DirectorEmily ChanStarsLouis CheungChrissie ChauLam SheungMurky and vindictive, the past doesn't refuses to be tamed or to leave in peace two Chinese immigrants in Macao whose meeting offers them the chance of a new life.
- DirectorYoshihiro FukagawaValeria ZunzunStarsAndrew RussellKento NakajimaHonoka MatsumotoAn aspiring photographer falls in love with a skillful hairstylist. The future stretches before them until a twist of fate threatens their romance.
- DirectorYuki TanadaStarsMasataka KubotaKôji OhkuraYûko Ôshima26-year-old Hachiko Hojo works as a train attendant on a Romance Car, but doesn't have the self-confidence for a romance of her own. An encounter with a thief sends Hachiko on a journey to find her estranged mother and herself among the tourist attractions of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture.
- DirectorTsz Pun KoStarsYin TseBo-Bo FungSuet LamOnce famous for his quick blade, a retired assassin can no longer earn a living with his cut-throat skills. Summoned again, he partners with his chauffeur to carry out special missions - fullfilling the wishes of old people looking to kill themselves. When commissioned by a young girl who has been deserted by her parents and lover, the "Elderly's Angel" squad finds an arresting way to complete its task.
- DirectorTakahiro MikiStarsKento YamazakiKaya KiyoharaNatsunaAn inventor of robotics technology is robbed by his girlfriend and business partner and sent to the future via cryogenic sleep. But when he awakes 30 years later, he is assisted by a humanoid robot originally his own creation.
- DirectorKôji ShiraishiStarsShigeo ÔsakoChika KuboyamaKôji ShiraishiThree journalists specializing in the supernatural will follow in the footsteps of a ghost, immortalized by young people who have just visited an abandoned school to try and scare themselves.
- DirectorYugo SakamotoStarsAkari TakaishiSaori IzawaMone AkitaniChisato and Mahiro are two high school girls who are about to graduate. They also happen to both be highly skilled assassins. When the organization they work for orders them to share a room, the relationship between turns sour.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsDavid ChiangLung TiKuan Tai ChenAnother iconoclastic work from the action auteur Chang Cheh, and winner of Honourable Mention for Dramatic Feature at the 13th Golden Horse Awards, 7-Man Army retells the legend of seven patriots defending against 20,000 Japanese soldiers and 50 tanks for 5 days, at a strategic key point of the Great Wall known as Pa Tou Lou Tzu.
- DirectorTheo MaassenStarsBruno Vanden BroeckeDaniël BrongersJan-Paul BuijsA successful but dejected ventriloquist decides to break with his bold-as-brass, out-of-control dummy - only to find going his own way easier said than done.
- DirectorTetsurô ArakiStarsJun ShisonRiria BabaMamoru MiyanoAfter bubbles that broke the laws of gravity rained down upon the world. Cut off from the outside world, Tokyo has become a playground for a group of young people who have lost their families.
- DirectorTatsushi ÔmoriStarsMana AshidaTomoyo HaradaHaru KurokiEczema was common for infant Chihiro.She was young and suffered, but her parents were the more anxious ones as they tried several methods and cures to help their daughter. Nothing worked. An acquaintance wades into religion and superstition.The girl was cured. Tis lead the family to gravitate towards the cult. With Chihiro now older and coming into herself she faces the superstitious parents, her own self realization and what all of this means.
- DirectorTrent O'DonnellStarsJake JohnsonSusan SarandonD'Arcy CardenLeif is left with a conditional inheritance when his estranged mother Honey dies. Before he can move into her picturesque Yosemite cabin, he has to complete her elaborate, and sometimes dubious, to-do list.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsSheng FuNiu NiuLung TiThe third installment of The Brave Archer series brings Guo Jing and Huang Rong closer together as they struggle to find a cure for the Iron Palm Clan's deadly blows.
- DirectorAkio JissôjiStarsHiroshi MikamiKan'ichi HiragaMasami HoriuchiThe landlord of a boarding house in 1923 Tokyo, is keen on spying on the bizarre close encounters taking place beneath his roof. One day he sees a prostitute killing a customer, and decides he's found his soulmate.
- DirectorMomoko FukudaStarsTakashi FujiiJun HashizumeMiwako IchikawaMami is 36 and unmarried, but with a job she loves and great friends, does she really need a man in her life to find happiness?
- DirectorHideyuki HirayamaStarsHironobu NomuraKasumi ToyamaShiori YonezawaA young girl wanders into a wing of her elementary school that has been abandoned for years and is rumored to be haunted. When she doesn't come back, a group of her classmates go looking for her, only to find that they, too, are trapped inside. They must somehow find their way to safety, and quickly, because the rumors of ghosts are turning out to be true...
- DirectorKevin KoStarsHsuan-yen TsaiSin-Ting HuangYing-Hsuan KaoSix years ago, Li Ronan was cursed after breaking a religious taboo. Now, she must protect her daughter from the consequences of her actions.
- DirectorYûya IshiiStarsSatoshi TsumabukiKazuya KamenashiRyô Katsuji1918 -1942 , A Time Period passed . Vancouver Canada , a Japanese Community and the struggles and triumphs they faced , and the Spirit of a Baseball Team that won over many, and overcame barriers . A Story with history embedded in the Museum of Baseball in Vancouver Canada.
- DirectorAdrian ShergoldStarsRafe SpallSimone LykkeJoel FryA down-on-his-luck Welshman travels across Europe with one crazy goal: to get himself arrested and sent to a Danish prison where the beds are warm and the water is hot.
- DirectorTakahisa ZezeStarsTakeru SatohHiroshi AbeMitsuko BaishôNine years after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, two murder cases take place in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. The two victims are assumed to have been murdered by the same person. Both of the victims were tied all over their body and starved to death. Yasuhisa Tone emerges as a suspect in the murders. Yasuhisa was just recently released from prison. In his past, he committed arson and injured someone to protect his acquaintance. Detective Seiichiro Tomashino discovers a common link between the two victims and chases after Yasuhisa.
- DirectorHyeon NaStarsSol Kyung-guPark Hae-sooHiroyuki IkeuchiNicknamed after a human-devouring spirit, the ruthless leader of an overseas black ops team takes up a dangerous mission in a city riddled with spies.
- DirectorSiu-Keung ChengStarsSui Chun DoChuan-Chen YehFennie YuenIron Bridge San and Kuang battle the Evil White Lotus Cult until Kuang joins them out of fear, leaving San to fight alone. San must take vengeance on the cult for all the people it has killed and the damage it has done to society. With help from his new master San must face his toughest challenge, the bone crushing cult leader - Chan in a final show down!
- DirectorKeishi OtomoStarsGô AyanoKinari HiranoJun KunimuraKonno moved to Iwate for his job. There, he meets his colleague Hiasa at work. They form a close bond while drinking together, fishing together and doing other activities. One day, Hiasa quits his job without saying anything to Konno. Shortly after, they meet again, but they cannot have that close feeling as they had before. They do not meet again. Time passes and Konno learns that Hiasa went missing. While looking for Hiasa, Konno learns a secret about Hiasa.
- DirectorIlse WarringaJan Albert de WeerdStarsJennifer HoffmanIlse WarringaBianca KrijgsmanWith headmaster Anton absent, Ms. Ank and her colleagues work hard to get their primary school back on track.
- DirectorYang SongChiyu ZhangStarsLun AiYuan ChangHaibao GaoA male UFC boxer switches bodies with the female reporter who exposed his bribes. Now they must help each other win the championship.
- DirectorYe LouStarsXiaoqing MaHongsheng JiaZhiwen WangA Xi's secret date with the young girl Li Xin is made public, so he commits manslaughter with anger and is jailed. Their relationship then changes due to the emergence of another young man.
- DirectorKôji ShiraishiStarsShigeo ÔsakoChika KuboyamaKôji ShiraishiKudo, a director of a video production company has investigated numerous urban legends and strange phenomena with his assistant Ichikawa, and his cameraman, Tashiro. In this movie version of the Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi series, the filmmakers explore abandoned villages in the Japanese mountains, where legend has it that anyone who steps in will go crazy and disappear.
- DirectorLik-Chi LeeStarsAlan TamCarol 'Do Do' ChengTeresa Mo
- DirectorYûya IshiiStarsToshiki FujikawaMasataka IshizakiSachiko Katsumata17 year old Norio elopes with his 34 year old teacher to Tokyo. There he is supposed to prep for law school, while they both live off the teacher's savings. Unfortunately both money and Norio's scholarly abilities are running low.
- DirectorRyûichi HirokiStarsTatsuya FujiwaraKen'ichi MatsuyamaRyunosuke KamikiShishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing population and declining industries. Keita Izumi begins to produce black fig on Shishikari Island. Because of his well received product, the island is close to receiving a 5 billion yen grant from the government, which is part of the government's policy to reinvigorate rural economy. The residents of the island are excited, but their peaceful days changes by the appearance of Mutsuo Omisaka. Keita and his friends Jun Tanabe and rookie police officer Shinichiro Moriya are suspicious about him. One night, Keita's daughter goes missing. Due to that, Keita, Jun and Shinichiro happen to kill Mutsuo. They decide to hide Mutsuo's murder to protect the future of the island and their families. It turns out Mutsuo was a psycho killer. Police officers come to Shishikari Island to catch Mutsuo.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsSheng FuNiu NiuDanny LeeKuo Tsing wins the hand of fair maiden Huang Yung. Almost immediately, however, clan rivalries leads to Kuo being wounded by Ouyang Feng and Huang being named new leader of the Beggar Clan.
- DirectorHirobumi WatanabeStarsSatoshi HaneishiMisao HirayamaKaoru IidaTakashi Hirayama, an unemployed, apathetic man, lives alone with his grandmother in Otawara City, Tochigi Prefecture. With no power or will to change his lazy lifestyle, he wastes his days away until one day, a girl comes to visit him, claiming to be the daughter of his dead father.
- DirectorSebastian SteinStarsDaikaku ChôdôinShorai HoritokuJaime MorrisThe Yakuza, Japan's organised crime syndicates, are a dying breed. Their members are aging and the government of Japan has launched a large-scale crackdown on them to eradicate them once and for all. But who are the Yakuza? The cancer of a nation or a necessary evil in a country with one of the lowest crime rates in the industrialised world? Undoubtedly the Yakuza are involved in crimes including extortion, fraud, murder, drugs and gambling. However, Japan has one of the lowest crime rates in the industrialised world, with crimes related to drugs - officially against the Yakuza code of honour - or street gangs strikingly low, a fact that many contribute to the presence of the Yakuza. Deeply rooted in Japanese society, they are seen as a necessary evil and 'problem solvers'. They have been around since the 1700s and were said to protect the weak from the strong, following a rigorous code of honour. Several clans even contributed aid for the victims of the recent earthquake and Tsunami, all reasons why the public perception of the Yakuza in Japan is not solely a negative one. Unlike the Mafia, the Yakuza is a legal, public group making them relatively easy to check on. Their offices are public, their members registered by the police and Yakuza members went as far as freely admitting their guilt in cases of crime investigations, as a part of their code of honour. In reaction to strict government measures against them, the Yakuza has ceased all cooperation with the law. As the police concentrate their resources on the Yakuza, many criminals simply don't register with clans anymore and start operating underground, evading the grasp of police. A clear trend is emerging towards a new structure of organised crime in Japan, resulting in a steep decrease in the numbers of the traditional Yakuza while the underground is soaring - including foreign Russian and Chinese mafias. This documentary deals with the struggle of the Yakuza for its survival and the restructuring of the organized crime scene in Japan. Furthermore, unprecedented access to the secret world of the Yakuza gives you an insight on who the Yakuza really are: criminals, outcasts, but also family men and a part of Japanese society.
- DirectorAlexander SharpStarsBlake StadelNatalie SharpBehtash FazlaliA disillusioned famous novelist, unable to talk while recovering in his remote mountain home from major reconstructive jaw surgery, is exposed to a life-threatening secret when he receives an unexpected visit from his estranged daughter.
- DirectorKazuyoshi KumakiriStarsYoshimi TokuiKento HayashiSadao Abe"Blazing Famiglia" centers around a family of former teenage gangsters. Tetsu Hino (Yoshimi Tokui) was once the leader of the most feared motorcycle gang in the Kanto area. Now, Tetsu Hino is middle-aged man who is looked down upon by his rebellious son Shuhei (Kento Hayashi). One day, Tetsu and his old biker gang gather together again after the daughter of a member is assaulted. Tetsu, worried about his day to day life, nevertheless regains the passion from his biker days. Tetsu then finds out that Ken Igarashi (Jun Murakami) is the man behind the attack. Ken Igarashi has had a grudge against Tetsu for a long time.
- DirectorKôichi MashimoStarsMarc DiraisonHiroko EmoriBanjô GingaBefore the time of recorded history, the Atlantic Ocean harbored a magnificent continent on which civilization flourished. Unfortunately, brutal wars and natural disasters have nearly leveled the once thriving society. Tieh, Lakushi, and Bois are three survivors of the wars and disasters who wander the land, hoping to find some last vestige of civilization. When they do, the city they find is populated by the dead who lord over the living, forcing the three to rely on their wits and skills to survive.
- DirectorShinji AramakiMichihito FujiiKenji KamiyamaStarsAtsuko TanakaOsamu SakaAkio ÔtsukaIn the year 2045, cybernetic mercenary Motoko Kusanagi returns to Section 9 to face a dangerous new threat: the posthumans. A feature-length recut of the first season of Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045.
- DirectorPaula van der OestStarsHannah HoekstraJames Krishna FloydTwo people in two different countries, both in quarantine during lockdown time, have a love affair through Facetime- but how viable is a relationship that might as well be just a fantasy?
- DirectorKei HorieStarsYôko MakiWan LeeJun FubukiTowa lives in a peculiar sanatorium after committing suicide. Convalescing in sanatorium, she is informed that she has only 7 days to live. Isolated within their worlds, strange people live in this sanatorium and try to avoid making any contact with her. However, Claude a man who lost his power of speech feels sympathetic towards her and their every lovable things give true colors to the life and inspire Towa's honest desire for the life.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsDean MartinJerry LewisJoanne DruJerry and Pete are two friends with no money, looking for some job. They finally find one as workers in a circus, but Jerry has different dreams. He wants to become a clown.
- DirectorKosuke TakayaStarsRumi HiiragiTakashika KobayashiWataru Kora'What's wrong with my fashion?!' Dumped by his girlsfriend while on a date Naoto Kamono was deeply depressed.
- DirectorNing HaoStarsHuang BoTeng ShenTom PelphreyA monkey trainer whose act goes wrong after an alien crash lands on Earth and injures his monkey. Desperate to perform the act, he attempts to train the alien instead, but is punished after the alien regains his powers.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsJô ShishidoNagisa KatahiraShingo YamamotoKomori Tiaki is a budding tennis student. However, one day in training her coach hits the ball into her eye accidentally. She is taken to hospital but is advised that she will never regain the sight in her eye.
- DirectorShinji AramakiStarsYasunori MatsumotoMichael McGheeScott SimpsonKoji Kondo is a young mechanic who finds the Madox-01. He gets stuck inside the machine before he finishes reading the manual. He must now evade the government and find his girlfriend before she disappears forever.
- DirectorYûho IshibashiStarsHaruka ImôKilala InoriAmon HiraiWhen Yuki's classmate suddenly dies, rumors begin to spread about her death and other classmates' personalities are relieved amid grief and forced normalcy.
- DirectorNobuhiko ÔbayashiStarsMiyoko AkazaNao AsukaWakaba IrieA Francophile filmmaker in a creative rut tries to pass off a free-spirited young actress as his movie-star wife in order to fool a chief from the South Seas.
- DirectorDaniel YuKung-Lok LeeStarsAndy LauCharlie YeungCharlene ChoiAndy Lau takes two roles in the movie and the two of him is in love with Charlie Yeung and Charlene Choi respectively. Andy Lau plays one of the role as Doctor Gao Yuen. Doctor Gao is a very dedicated professional and tends to be careless about his home life to give way to work. Six years ago, Doctor Gao's wife (Charlene Choi) died of a traffic accident and this created deep guilt in his heart. Because of this, Gao transfers to become an ambulance assistance out of the blue. Gao's life since becomes routine and dull but he remains a very disciplined professional. Gao comes to the rescue of the wounded Sam(Charlie Yeung) during one of his duty shift. The incident created a ripple on the ceaseless heart of Gao and he finds himself slowly drawn to Sam. After a while, Gao discovered that Sam's husband Derek(Andy Lau)disappeared on Sam a few years ago and is still missing to the day. Derek was once a very famous hair stylist in town, he is also a very good looking guy. Derek was also the hard working type that turned his full attention to work and thus overlook his relationship with Sam. As their love and passion was gradually worn out to the element of time, Derek finally took off after a roll with Sam and never returned. Gao further discovers that Derek actually looks a lot like the six-years-ago himself. He thus sneaks into the couple's apartment and plays the part of Derek, manipulating bit and pieces of their home to bring the feeling of sweet yesterday. This inevitably brings some warmth back to the pitiful life of Sam. Gao learns that Sam has a serious illness and will not last long. He is determined to find the where about of Derek and hopes that Derek will return to the side of Sam.
- DirectorClifton KoStarsLeslie CheungChien-Lien WuKenny BeeChoi Hung village is full of innocents: people sing and work. The town beauty, Chi Wan, sees a stranger in the woods and falls in love, believing he's a fairy. He pursues her, keeping his real name secret, seeking advice from her sister, Heung, who suggests he buy Chi Wan a fan. Chi Wan and Heung's boyfriend, Dup, think the stranger and Heung are romantically involved, so mistaken jealousies erupt. Also new in town are two brothers, the new town official and his coarse enforcer; they can't believe there's no graft and corruption to profit from, so they try to establish a whorehouse. They also pursue Chi Wan. Can it all be sorted out? Will innocence prevail? And who is this stranger?