Filmography from : Akira
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Kumonosu-jô, Akira Kurosawa, 1957A transposition of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' to medieval Japan. After a great military victory, Lords Washizu and Miki are lost in the dense Cobweb Forest, where they meet a mysterious old woman who predicts great things for Washizu and even greater things for Miki's descendants. Once out of the forest, Washizu and Miki are immediately promoted by the Emperor. Washizu, encouraged by his ambitious wife, plots to make even more of the prophecy come...
Shinseiki Evangelion, Hideaki Anno (26 episodes, 1995-1996), Kazuya Tsurumaki (26 episodes, 1995-1996), Hiroyuki Ishidô (5 episodes, 1995-1996), Masayuki (3 episodes, 1996), Tensai Okamura (2 episodes, 1995-1996), Tsuyoshi Kaga (2 episodes, 1995), Keiichi Sugiyama (2 episodes, 1995), Masahiko Ôtsuka (2 episodes, 1996), Seiji Mizushima (1 episode, 1995), Tetsuya Watanabe (1 episode, 1995), Ken Andô (1 episode, 1996), Naoyasu Habu (1 episode, 1996), Shôichi Masuo (1 episode, 1996), Akira Takamura (1 episode, 1996), Minoru Ôhara (1 episode, 1996), 0A teenage boy finds himself recruited as a member of an elite team of pilots by his father. ...
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Dragonball Evolution, James Wong, 2009...
Gojira vs. Mosura, Takao Okawara, 1992...
Godzilla 1985, Kôji Hashimoto (as Koji Hashimoto), RJ Kizer (US footage), Ishirô Honda (earlier film clips) (uncredited), Toshio Masuda (earlier film clips) (uncredited), Shûe Matsubayashi (earlier film clips) (uncredited), Shirô Moritani (earlier film clips) (uncredited), 1985Thirty years after the original monster's rampage, a new Godzilla emerges and attacks Japan....
Daikyojû Gappa, Hiroshi Noguchi, 1967An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child. ...
Per un pugno di dollari, Sergio Leone (as Bob Robertson), 1964A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge....
Kumonosu-jô, Akira Kurosawa, 1957A transposition of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' to medieval Japan. After a great military victory, Lords Washizu and Miki are lost in the dense Cobweb Forest, where they meet a mysterious old woman who predicts great things for Washizu and even greater things for Miki's descendants. Once out of the forest, Washizu and Miki are immediately promoted by the Emperor. Washizu, encouraged by his ambitious wife, plots to make even more of the prophecy come...
Dragon Ball, Minoru Okazaki (28 episodes, 1995-2001), Daisuke Nishio (3 episodes, 2002), 0
Follows the adventures of an extraordinarily strong young boy named Goku as he searches for the seven dragon balls. These balls, when combined, can grant the owner any one wish he desires. Along the way he makes many new friends, and enemies, and he trains to become the strongest fighter in the world. ...
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Man vs Phone, Alexander Berger (as Alex Berger) (as Alex G Berger), 2024A frustrated individual, isolated during the pandemic, relies heavily on his smartphone. However, it uses smart locks and blackmail to trap him in his apartment. He must outsmart the device to escape....
What You Wish For, Nicholas Tomnay, 2023A down-on-his-luck chef with gambling problems flees to a Latin American villa, where he assumes the identity of another man....
Captain Marvel, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, 2019Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races....
Pacific Rim: Uprising, Steven S DeKnight, 2018Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with Mako Mori to lead a new generation of Jaeger pilots, including rival Lambert and 15-year-old hacker Amara, against a new Kaiju threat....
Sanpo suru shinryakusha, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2017Three aliens travel to Earth in preparation for a mass invasion, taking possession of human bodies....
Sadako vs Kayako, Kôji Shiraishi, 2016The vengeful spirits of the Ring and Grudge series face off....
Shin Gojira, Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi (co-director), 2016...
The Possession Experiment, Scott B Hansen, 2016Brandon Jensen has always loved horror. So when he has the chance to study exorcisms, he decides he is going to go all out. He starts a fund raising online campaign that goes viral overnight. With the help of two people he meets along his way, Brandon shows the whole world The Possession Experiment....
Gokudô daisensô, Takashi Miike, 2015
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Francesca, Luciano Onetti, 2015It's been 15 years since the disappearance of little Francesca, daughter of the renowned storyteller, poet and dramatist Vittorio Visconti, and the community is stalked by a psychopath bent on cleaning the city of "impure and damned souls". Moretti and Succo, questioned by the ineffectiveness of the police force, are the detectives in charge of elucidating the mystery surrounding these "Dantesque" crimes. Francesca seems to have returned, but...
Monsutâzu, Hideo Nakata, 2014A battle between a man who can control people with a stare, and the only man he cannot control. When their fate cross, the survival battle begins. The two men with inevitable fate, who will survive ?...
Bird People, Pascale Ferran, 2014
An American arrives in Paris, checks into a hotel, turns off his cell phone and starts his life anew....
Godzilla, Gareth Edwards, 2014In 1999, the Janjira nuclear plant was mysteriously destroyed with most hands lost including supervisor Joe Brody's colleague and wife, Sandra. Years later, Joe's son, Ford, a US Navy ordnance disposal officer, must go to Japan to help his estranged father who obsessively searches for the truth of the incident. In doing so, father and son discover the disaster's secret cause on the wreck's very grounds. This enables them to witness the...
47 Ronin, Carl Rinsch, 2013While hunting in the forest, Lord Asano of Ako and his samurai find a young half-breed and take him with them to live in the castle. Several years later, Lord Asano holds a tournament to welcome the Shogun to Ako. The night after the tournament, Lord Asano is bewitched into hurting Lord Kira of Nagato, and is punished into committing seppuku by the Shogun. Realizing that it was a Lord Kira's evil plot, the samurais and the half-breed sets out...
Mogura no uta: Sennyû sôsakan Reiji, Takashi Miike, 2013Reiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever. He becomes a police constable, but is suddenly fired by the Police Chief due to "disciplinary" issues. In actuality, the firing is part of a carefully orchestrated plan. Reiji is ordered to become a "mole," an undercover cop. His target is Shuho Todoroki, the boss of the Sukiyakai gang. The group is the largest crime group in the...
Zekkyô gakkyû, Tetsuya Satô (as Tetsuya Sato), 2013
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Jigoku de naze warui, Sion Sono, 2013A renegade film crew becomes embroiled with a yakuza clan feud. ...
Aku no kyôten, Takashi Miike, 2012A teacher named Seiji Hasumi who’s loved by his students and respected by his peers. However, his outward charm masks his true nature. In reality, Hasumi is a psychopath who is unable to feel empathy for other human beings. Specifically, he has a severe antisocial personality disorder. Because of his mental condition, Hasumi chooses to deal with problems like bullying and overbearing “monster parents” the easy way—by systematically...
Rurôni Kenshin: Meiji kenkaku romantan, Keishi Otomo (as Keishi Ohtomo), 2012In 1868, after the end of the Bakumatsu war, the former assassin Kenshin Himura promises to defend those who need without killing and wanders through Japan with a sword with inverted blade during the transition of the samurai age to the New Age. When Kenshin helps the idealistic Kaoru Kamiya from the gangsters of the powerful opium drug lord Kanryuu Takeda that wants her school for his production of opium, Kaoru invites Kenshin to stay in the...
Beyond the Blood, Guillaume Tauveron, 2012
One year after the unresolved murder of his wife, Shinji receives a mysterious message putting him on track of the assassin. He follows his revenge instinct and disappears into the darkness of Tokyo where he meets a young woman on the lam. During that night, they come across yakuza and lost souls, and their lives change dramatically....
Denjin Zabôgâ, Noboru Iguchi, 2011
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The Forest, Shan Serafin, 2011By taking her own life in the infamous Suicide Forest of Mount Fuji, a sexy American cover-girl supernaturally transforms into a demonic spirit to wreak a violent revenge, one by one, upon those who helped her ex-boyfriend leave her....
Suing the Devil, Timothy A Chey (as Tim Chey), 2011Luke O'Brien (newcomer Bart Bronson), a washed-up janitor turned night law student, decides to sue Satan (Malcolm McDowell) for $8 trillion dollars. On the last day before Luke files a default judgment, Satan appears to defend himself. On Satan's legal team are 10 of the country's best trial lawyers. The entire world watches on Legal TV to see who will win the Trial of the Century....
Burlesque Massacre, Timothy Whitfield, 2011...
Rabitto horâ 3D, Takashi Shimizu, 2011Daigo doesn't speak anymore. Not since he killed that rabbit on the playground at school. His sister, Kiriko, is worried. He's bullied. He sleepwalks. And their father is no help, trapped in his own grief and illustrating fantasy worlds where families are happily reunited and no one dies. They never should have gone to that 3D movie. The one with the stuffed rabbit that floated out of the screen. Now Daigo is missing. He's in danger, and Kiriko...
Kill Katie Malone, Carlos Ramos Jr, 2010College students and best friends Ginger Matheson, Jim Duncan, and Kyle "Dixie" Canning, pool their cash to buy a "ghost" in an online auction. The three think it's all a goof, but once they open up the antique box to examine their "treasure," they unleash the vengeful spirit of an Irish servant girl who has been wreaking havoc on her owners throughout the generations. ...
Space Battleship Yamato, Takashi Yamazaki, 2010The crew of the space battleship Yamato set out on a journey to the planet Iscandar to acquire a device that can heal the ravaged Earth. ...
Kyonyû doragon: Onsen zonbi vs sutorippâ 5, Takao Nakano, 2010Recently returned to Japan from a stint in Mexico, exotic dancer Lena Jodo (Aoi) gets what she hopes will be a temporary gig dancing at a run-down hot springs resort in a deserted suburban town. Her fellow strippers – Ginko (Kasumi), Maria (Sakuri), Nene (Tamayo) and Dana (Io Aikawa) – seem to spend most of their downtime sitting around bitching at each other, until one afternoon, after discovering a hidden door in their dressing room, they...
The Last Airbender, M Night Shyamalan, 2010Water. Earth. Fire. Air. In the old days, there was peace between the four nations of the world. The Avatar -- the spiritual and physical manifestation of the Earth itself -- kept peace between the the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, and the Air Nomads. Only the Avatar has the ability to manipulate all four elements, but one day, he simply disappeared. In the interim, the Fire Nation attacked, and for the last hundred years...
Garo: Red Requiem, Keita Amemiya, 2010
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Iron Man 2, Jon Favreau, 2010...
Enter the Void, Gaspar Noé, 2009...
Higanjima, Tae-gyun Kim, 2009Higanjima is an eerie island occupied by vampires, from where none has ever come back alive. When teenager Akira hears that his missing brother has been seen in the island, he decides to investigate with several friends....
Kurôzu zero II, Takashi Miike, 2009
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Yamagata sukurîmu, Naoto Takenaka, 2009
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Ichi, Fumihiko Sori, 2008Ichi is a blind woman who roams about town with her shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese guitar), but she has exceptional sword skills with which she fights off yakuza and other villains. ...
Riaru onigokko, Issei Shibata, 2008
Teenager is transported to a parallel world where everyone who shares his family name is being hunted down by the dictatorial government. ...
Girara no gyakushû: Tôya-ko Samitto kikiippatsu, Minoru Kawasaki, 2008
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Shutter, Masayuki Ochiai, 2008...
Tokyo!, Leos Carax (segment 'Merde'), Michel Gondry (segment 'Interior Design'), Bong Joon Ho (segment 'Shaking Tokyo'), 2008
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Ikigami, Tomoyuki Takimoto, 2008...
Ai no mukidashi, Sion Sono, 2008
Three emotionally abused individuals from the fringes of society get locked in a convoluted love triangle. Yuu, a Catholic boy searching for true love ends up taking "panty shot" photos of women in public until he discovers Yoko, whom he sees as his Virgin Mary. Yoko, an anti-family, misandrist girl finds that her foster mother will be marrying Yuu's father. Koike, an "original sinner" and the regional leader of a brainwashing cult, co-ordinates...
Kuchisake-onna, Kôji Shiraishi, 2007
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Sukiyaki uesutan Jango, Takashi Miike, 2007A revolver-wielding stranger crosses paths with two warring clans who are both on the hunt for a hidden treasure in a remote western town. Knowing his services are valuable to either side, he offers himself to the clan who will offer up the largest share of the wealth....
Ekusute, Sion Sono, 2007What if extensions carried the grudge of the individual to which the hair originally belonged and started attacking people wearing it at random? Customs agents discover a huge amount of human hair used as materials for 'hair extensions' along with the dead body of a young girl with a shaved head. With the corpse being soon transported by the police, the results of the autopsy determine that the woman's internal organs have been harvested. The...
The Grudge 2, Takashi Shimizu, 2006...
Nihon chinbotsu, Shinji Higuchi, 2006Japan will sink down to the deep sea. The governments only hope is evacuate all Japanese to some other countries. ...
Death Note: Desu nôto, Shûsuke Kaneko, 2006...
Death Note - Desu nôto: The Last Name, Shûsuke Kaneko, 2006
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Kami no hidarite akuma no migite, Shûsuke Kaneko, 2006
What's scary is being a human being, and what's scary is being myself. Truly horrifying things reside inside oneself. The work asks if you can stand the inescapable terror....
Noriko no shokutaku, Sion Sono, 2005...
Elektra, Rob Bowman, 2005
In the ultimate battle between good and evil stands a warrior who makes the choice that tips the balance. A strong, mysterious and a deadly sexy action heroine - a lethal synthesis of grace and power. Not long after recovering from seemingly mortal wounds, Elektra has severed all ties with the world, living only for her next assignment. But in an unexpected turn of events, she is forced to make a decision that can take her life in a new...
Sengoku jieitai 1549, Masaaki Tezuka, 2005...
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Yûrei manshon, Akio Yoshida, 2005
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Debiruman, Hiroyuki Nasu, 2004
The weak teenager Akira Fudô has been protected by his best friend Ryô Asuka since they were children. When Akira's parents die in an accident, the family Makimura brings him to live with them, and Akira falls in love for the gorgeous Miki Makimura. When the father of Ryô accidentally opens a gate to hell in Antarctica, demons are released, merging with humans to survive. Akira hosts Aman and becomes Devilman but keeping his humanity while...
Ika resuraa, Minoru Kawasaki, 2004...
Godzilla: Final Wars, Ryûhei Kitamura, Kôji Hashimoto (earlier film clips) (uncredited), Shûsuke Kaneko (earlier film clips) (uncredited), Toshio Masuda (earlier film clips) (uncredited), Takao Okawara (earlier film clips) (uncredited), Masaaki Tezuka (earlier film clips) (uncredited), Kenshô Yamashita (earlier film clips) (uncredited), Kazuki Ômori (earlier film clips) (uncredited), 2004Evil Space Aliens called the Xilians unleashes all the Earth's monsters to lay waste to most of the world's major cities, including Tokyo, New York, Sydney, Shanghai and Paris. It is up to Godzilla and the Earth Defense Force to vanquish the monsters and aliens to rescue the world in the ultimate "Save the Earth" battle....
Reikusaido mâdâ kêsu, Shinji Aoyama, 2004
Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school's entrance exam with the help of a private tutor. One night, one of the wives confesses to her husband that she has killed his mistress......
Zeburâman, Takashi Miike, 2004Being a failure as a teacher and a familyman, Shinichi tries to escape everyday live by dressing up as "Zebraman", the superhero. Although the TV series whas canceled after only 6 episodes, this cannot stop him from acting out his escape fantasy in a self made zebra-suit. He get's more then he could ever wish for, when his black-and-white dressed alter-ego seems to be the only thing to stand between absolute (green) evil and a happy ending. ...
Casshern, Kazuaki Kiriya, 2004
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Chakushin ari, Takashi Miike, 2003
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Dopperugengâ, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2003
Hayasaki is an inventor working on an Artificial Body. It is not going well and he is stressed out and on the verge of being fired from the research division of his company. His doppelganger appears to help him out of the rut he has created for himself....
Ju-on, Takashi Shimizu, 2002...
Tomie: Re-birth, Takashi Shimizu, 2001...
Gojira Mosura Kingu Gidora Daikaijû sôkôgeki, Shûsuke Kaneko, 2001
Strange incidents occur when an American submarine has been destroyed by a mysterious force at sea off the shores of Guam. Only Admiral Tachibana was certain that behind the disaster was none other than the destructive King of the Monsters, Godzilla! 50 years after his attack on Tokyo in 1954, Godzilla has mysteriously returned to life to destroy Japan, and General Tachibana, whose parents died in the monster's destructive wake, was prepared for...
Fear of the Dark, Glen Baisley, 2001
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Junk: Shiryô-gari, Atsushi Muroga, 2000...
Ringu 0: Bâsudei, Norio Tsuruta, 2000...
Batoru rowaiaru, Kinji Fukasaku, 2000In the beginning of the 21st Century, the economy of Japan is near a total collapse, with high rates of unemployment and students boycotting their classes. The government approves the Battle Royale Act, where one class is randomly selected and the students are sent to an island wearing necklaces with few supplies and one weapon. After three days, they have to kill each other and the survivor wins his or her own life as a prize. The 42 students...
Sôseiji, Shin'ya Tsukamoto, 1999
Yukio is living a charmed life: he is a respected young doctor with a successful practice and a beautiful wife. His only problem is that his wife is suffering from amnesia, and her past is unknown. Things begin to fall apart, however, when both his parents die suddenly, killed by a mysterious stranger with Yukio's face. Only when Yukio confronts this stranger will the mystery of his identity, and his wife's past, be revealed. ...
Gamera 3: Jashin kakusei, Shûsuke Kaneko, 1999This final installment of the recent Gamera trilogy begins with schoolgirl Ayana discovering a large egg in a cave that, according to legend, houses demons. The egg hatches into a small monster, which Ayana decides to raise and quickly develops as psychic bond with. As Ayana's monster, named Iris, grows to adulthood, the flying turtle Gamera begins to take an interest in this new potential threat. Who will be the victor in the final battle, and...
The Necro Files, Matt Jaissle, 1997A cannibal rapist rises from the grave as a flesh-eating zombie sex maniac! Two Seattle cops, a satanic cult and a flying demon fetus try to stop the lust-crazed ghoul before he can kill again. ...
Cure, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1997
A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist Sakuma are called in to figure out the connection, but their investigation goes nowhere. An odd young man is arrested near the scene of the latest murder, who has a strange effect on everyone who comes...
Gakkô no kaidan 3, Shûsuke Kaneko, 1997
Third installment of the "Gakko No Kaidan" series follows the trek of several elementary school students as they wander into an alternate world that exists on the opposite side of a school mirror. Nishida Naomi (the hapless teacher in "Gakko No Kaidan 2") returns as the teacher who accompanies the children on their journey into the surreal universe....
Mononoke-hime, Hayao Miyazaki, 1997
While protecting his village from rampaging boar-god/demon, a confident young warrior, Ashitaka, is stricken by a deadly curse. To save his life, he must journey to the forests of the west. Once there, he's embroiled in a fierce campaign that humans were waging on the forest. The ambitious Lady Eboshi and her loyal clan use their guns against the gods of the forest and a brave young woman, Princess Mononoke, who was raised by a wolf-god....
Joyû-rei, Hideo Nakata, 1996
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Gamera 2: Region shurai, Shûsuke Kaneko, 1996A strange meteor lands in Japan unleashing hundreds of insect-like "legion" creatures which find their way into Tokyo. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary....
Gojira vs. Desutoroiâ, Takao Okawara, Ishirô Honda (original material), Kôji Hashimoto (earlier film clips) (uncredited), Shûe Matsubayashi (earlier film clips) (uncredited), Kenshô Yamashita (earlier film clips) (uncredited), Kazuki Ômori (earlier film clips) (uncredited), 1995...
Gamera daikaijû kuchu kessen, Shûsuke Kaneko, 1995The giant flying turtle is back for this 1995 Japanese feature where once again Gamera's intentions are misinterpreted by the military. All Gamera wants to do is take on his old enemy, Gyaos, the giant prehistoric bird who has nested atop Tokyo Tower....
Highlander III: The Sorcerer, Andrew Morahan, 1994
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Gojira vs. Mosura, Takao Okawara, 1992...
Akira, Katsuhiro Ôtomo (supervising director), 1988...
Tenshi no harawata: Akai memai, Takashi Ishii, 1988...
Kinbaku · SM · 18-sai, Shûji Kataoka, 1986When the all-girl gang, The Bombers, kidnap a man to use as their personal sex slave, S&M Hunter accepts the mission to infiltrate The Bombers' hideout and show them the ropes....
Les fruits de la passion, Shûji Terayama, 1981The story takes place in Shanghai. A girl loves a rich and much older man (played by Kinski). She is willing to do everything he wants to show her love, but he is playing a sick game with her. As part of this game he sends her to a Chinese brothel. A poor young boy sees her and falls in love with her. To get the money needed to sleep with her, he joins "the revolution". Additionally the movie shows the fate of some of the other prostitutes....
Tenshi no harawata: Akai inga, Toshiharu Ikeda, 1981Nami is a staff member at an exclusive department store. Her libido is chiefly satisfied alone, until a co-worker talks her into subbing on a porno modeling job. Her appearance in the magazine Red Porno has no end of complications for her....
Sanada Yukimura no bouryaku, Sadao Nakajima, 1979...
Taiyô wo nusunda otoko, Kazuhiko Hasegawa, 1979A misfit high-school science teacher decides to build his own atomic bomb. He steals isotopes from a nuclear reactor and manages to create two warheads, but at the same time is present at a botched school-bus hijacking and is publicly coronated as a hero. Nevertheless, he uses the bombs to extort the police, first by demanding that baseball games be shown without commercial interruptions and then by having the Rolling Stones play in Japan...
Sengoku jieitai, Kôsei Saitô, 1979A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun. The squad leader, Lt. Iba, sees this as the perfect opportunity to realize his dream of becoming the ruler of Japan. To achieve this, he teams his troops up with those of Kagatori, a samurai daimyo who also aspires to become Shogun. Are either of...
Dabide no hoshi: Bishôjo-gari, Norifumi Suzuki, 1979...
L'isola degli uomini pesce, Sergio Martino, 1979After their prison ship sinks in the Caribbean, a group of prisoners and a doctor wash ashore on a seemingly deserted island. They soon discover a strange couple, who invite them to stay at their house. While the prisoners try to plan an escape, the doctor does some investigating, and soon finds out just what the pair are really doing, and why the prisoners keep disappearing mysteriously....
Dokufu oden kubikiri asa, Yûji Makiguchi, 1977An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. During the early Meiji period a number of “Dokufu” (Poison Women) committed a significant number of murders. These crimes were most often committed by wives on their husbands in order to be together with their lovers. At that time women were executed in the same manner as men, to wit: by being decapitated. This is the story of the most notorious...
Yatsuhaka-mura, Yoshitarô Nomura, 1977The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors....
Yakuza no hakaba: Kuchinashi no hana, Kinji Fukasaku, 1976...
Okinawa Yakuza sensô, Sadao Nakajima, 1976Set in Okinawa 1971, one year before the return of power to the mainland, this film highlights the bloody battle of Okinawa Yakuza gangsters versus mainland system....
Mekagojira no gyakushû, Ishirô Honda, Jun Fukuda (earlier film clips) (uncredited), 1975Godzilla comes to the rescue when an alien race rebuilds Mechagodzilla to destroy Earth's cities. A traitorous scientist gives them a second weapon: Titanosaurus....
Bôryoku gai, Hideo Gosha, 1974A first cursory look at VIOLENT STREETS makes it seem that Hideo Gosha reverted back to the programme genre pictures out of which emerged as a bonafide auteur and stylistic visionary five years earlier with bold ambitious jidaigekis like GOYOKIN and HITOKIRI, this time treading ground he never did before in his career, the yakuza picture. Looking closer it becomes obvious that VIOLENT STREETS is both. A genre picture and a stylistic exercise....
Shurayukihime: Urami renka, Toshiya Fujita, 1974Lady Snowblood (Shurayuki-hime) is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes (in Lady Snowblood I). As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries....
Zeroka no onna: Akai wappa, Yukio Noda, 1974...
Kozure Ôkami: Meifumadô, Kenji Misumi, 1973Fifth film in the Lone Wolf & Cub Series. 5 warriors challenge Ogami to duels. Each has 1/5th of Ogami's assassin fee and 1/5 of the information he needs to complete his assassination. His mission is to kill a mad Daimyo before he destroys his clan!...
Son of Dracula, Freddie Francis, 1973Due to be crowned King of the Netherworld by his mentor Merlin the Magician at a monster's convention Count Downe, the son of Count Dracula, falls in love with the beautiful but human Amber and finds himself in conflict with Baron Frankenstein who is vying for the same honorary title....
Furyô anego den: Inoshika Ochô, Norifumi Suzuki (as Noribumi Suzuki), 1973Reiko Ike stars as Ocho, a gambler and pickpocket in Meiji Era Tokyo. After sheltering a fleeing anarchist, Ocho runs into the three gangsters responsible for her father's murder, and runs afoul of various yakuza who want her dead. A European spy, played by Christina Lindberg, arrives on the scene and complicates matters....
Koibito-tachi wa nureta, Tatsumi Kumashiro, 1973Katsu, a fugitive youth on the run from the yakuza, returns to his birthplace and begins an affair with the cinema owner....
Yasagure anego den: Sôkatsu rinchi, Teruo Ishii, 1973Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a gang of female thieves. ...
Sukeban gerira, Norifumi Suzuki, 1972Miko Sugimoto is the leader of the Red Helmet Gang, a biker girl gang from Shinjuku who wind up in Kyoto and make a bid to take over the local girl gangs there. Successful for a short time in ruling the streets it isn't long before Miko and her crew run afoul of the local Yakuza, and are forced to turn to Reiko Ike, a ronin Yakuza girl, and sister to one of the top Yakuza in Kyoto, for help, leading to a murderous showdown at a small coastal...
Joshû sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bô, Shun'ya Itô, 1972
Matsu, known to the prisoners as Scorpian, is locked away in the bowels of the prison as revenge for disrupting the smooth operation of the prison and for her disfiguring attack on the warden. Granted a one day reprieve due to the visit of a dignitary, she takes advantage and attacks the warden again. This leads to more brutal punishment and humiliation. But the punishment gives her an oppurtunity to escape along with six other female prisoners....
Kozure Ôkami: Sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma, Kenji Misumi, 1972In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate....
Gojira tai Hedora, Yoshimitsu Banno, Ishirô Honda (earlier film clips) (uncredited), 1971From Earth's pollution a new monster is spawned. Hedorah, the smog monster, destroys Japan and fights Godzilla while spewing his poisonous gas to further the damage....
Kaidan nobori ryû, Teruo Ishii, 1970Akemi and the man of her clan confront their opponents; Akemi delivers a sword thrust to kill the opponents' leader, and Aiko, his daughter, tries to interpose herself, suffering a glancing blow to her eyes, thus cutting her badly, and blinding her. Amid the ensuing fight, no one notices that a black cat laps the young woman's wound. Years later, revenge between the two clans continue, plus added dissension amongst Akemi's people, leading to...
Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen! Nankai no daikaijû, Ishirô Honda, 1970A space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote Pacific atoll. A group planning to build a resort hotel land on the island and discover it to be inhabited by giant mutant monsters created by the aliens in an attempt to conquer the world. ...
Yûrei yashiki no kyôfu: Chi wo sû ningyô, Michio Yamamoto, 1970A young man visits an isolated mansion in the country to reunite with Yuko, the love of his life. But her mother tells him that she's recently died in a car crash. As he pays his respects at her grave near the house, he's attacked by a shrouded figure......
Ido zero daisakusen, Ishirô Honda, 1969Discover the incredible world of tomorrow... 15 miles straight down at LATITUDE ZERO...
Tokugawa irezumi-shi: Seme jigoku, Teruo Ishii, 1969...
Kyôfu kikei ningen: Edogawa Rampo zenshû, Teruo Ishii, 1969...
Kaijû sôshingeki, Ishirô Honda, Jun Fukuda (earlier film clips) (uncredited), 1968Aliens have released all the giant monsters from their imprisonment on Monster Land and are using them to destroy all major cities on the planet. It is up to the daring crew of the super rocket ship X-2 to infiltrate the aliens' headquarters before the Earth monsters and King Ghidrah annihilate the planet. ...
Kaidan yukijorô, Tokuzô Tanaka, 1968The lives of a master sculptor and his young apprentice are changed forever when they meet an evil witch during a snow storm....
Kaijûtô no kessen: Gojira no musuko, Jun Fukuda, 1967Scientists experimenting with changes in weather on a tropical island get more than they bargained for when Godzilla shows up to battle humongous insects and protect his newborn child....
Kingu Kongu no gyakushû, Ishirô Honda (English language version) (as Inoshiro Honda), 1967When a mechanical replica of King Kong is unable to dig for the highly radioactive Element X at the North Pole, the evil Doctor Who and his sponsor Madame Piranha (Madame X in the American release) decide to kidnap the real Kong. As an insurance policy they kidnap Lt. Susan Miller as well as her boyfriend Lt. CommanderJiro Nomura and Cmdr. Carl Nelson (Kong developed a crush on Susan when she Nomura and Nelson visited the Kong at his home on...
Kairyû daikessen, Tetsuya Yamanouchi (as Tetsuya Yamauchi), 1966In ancient Japan, a good lord is killed and his throne is taken by the trecherous Yuki Daijo and his wizard friend Oroki-maru. The young prince Ikazuki-maru is rescued from the jaws of death by a magic bird sent by a wizard. Ten years later, Ikazuki-maru embarks on an adventure to avenge his parents and the wizard's death with his magic powers he learned from the wizard. He kills Yuki Daijo but then must battle Oroki-maru in a battle to the...
Ore ni sawaru to abunaize, Yasuharu Hasebe, 1966...
Gojira · Ebira · Mosura Nankai no daikettô, Jun Fukuda, 1966A fisherman named Yata winds up missing after the boat he is working on sinks. His younger brother Ryota decides to search for him, but when the authorities refuse to help him he tries to enter a dance contest to win a boat to go search for Yata. When Ryota arrives at the contest he finds out he is too late by a few days, but meets up with two contestants who had already been eliminated named Nita and Ichino. The three youths then head for the...
Kaijû daisensô, Ishirô Honda (as Inoshirô Honda), 1965Aliens from the mysterious Planet X, which resides on the dark side of of Jupiter, come to Earth asking its people to help them save their world from the dreaded King Ghidrah by letting them "borrow" Godzilla and Rodan. The aliens are actually planning to use the three monsters to take over our planet....
Daikaijû Gamera, Noriaki Yuasa, 1965A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera wreaks havoc over the entire world, and it's up to the scientists, assisted by a young boy with a strange sympathic link to the monster, to put a stop to Gamera's rampage....
Mosura tai Gojira, Ishirô Honda, 1964A greedy developer unwittingly hatches a gigantic baby moth upon Tokyo, while Godzilla strikes once again....
Nikutai no mon, Seijun Suzuki, 1964...
Mosura, Ishirô Honda (as Inoshiro Honda), 1961Shipwreck survivors are found on Beiru, an island previously used for atomic tests. Amazingly free of radiation effects, they believe they were protected by a special juice given to them by the natives. A joint expedition of Rolithican and Japanese scientists explores Beiru and discovers many curious things, including two women only a foot high. Unscrupulous expedition leader Clark Nelson abducts the women and puts them in a vaudeville show. But...
Sekai daisensô, Shûe Matsubayashi, 1961This Japanese film speculates on the events which lead the U.S. and the Soviet Union into a nuclear Armageddon....
Kaibyô Otama-ga-ike, Yoshihiro Ishikawa, 1960...
Jigoku, Nobuo Nakagawa, 1960A graduate-school student has a friend who is pure evil. His friend and he are out driving one night when they hit a drunkard and the friend leaves the accident victim to die. The student's life then goes downhill from there....
Gasu ningen dai 1 gô, Ishirô Honda, 1960A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into 'The Human Vapour'. He uses his new ability to rob banks to fund the career of his girlfriend, a beautiful dancer. The Human Vapour is ruthless in his quest for money and kills anyone who stands in his way, especially police. He soon becomes Tokyo's most wanted criminal. Can he be stopped before he kills again?...
Bijo to ekitai ningen, Ishirô Honda, 1958A drug dealer named Misaki disappears leaving only his clothes. The next day the police go to question his girlfriend, singer Chikako Arai, and she informs them that she doesn't have any information on where he is. Later that evening one of his associates comes by to try to beat the truth out her. After he leaves he disappears in the same way that Misaki did. A short time later, a young scientist named Masada informs the police that there was a...
Kumonosu-jô, Akira Kurosawa, 1957A transposition of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' to medieval Japan. After a great military victory, Lords Washizu and Miki are lost in the dense Cobweb Forest, where they meet a mysterious old woman who predicts great things for Washizu and even greater things for Miki's descendants. Once out of the forest, Washizu and Miki are immediately promoted by the Emperor. Washizu, encouraged by his ambitious wife, plots to make even more of the prophecy come...
Sora no daikaijû Radon, Ishirô Honda, 1956Mutant pterosaurs and prehistoric insects terrorize humanity...
Gojira no gyakushû, Motoyoshi Oda, Ishirô Honda (earlier film clips) (uncredited), 1955Godzilla battles an irradiated Ankylosaur and destroys Osaka in the process....
Gojira, Ishirô Honda, 1954American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast. ...
Beachhead, Stuart Heisler, 1954On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission attempt goes horribly wrong. Trapped on the island, they must escort a scientist and his daughter to the other side of the island where their ship awaits. They must battle nature, hard terrain, and advancing Japanese troops....
Grimm, Norberto Barba (17 episodes, 2011-2016), Terrence O'Hara (13 episodes, 2012-2017), Eric Laneuville (7 episodes, 2012-2016), Aaron Lipstadt (7 episodes, 2013-2017), Peter Werner (6 episodes, 2012-2017), David Solomon (5 episodes, 2011-2015), Steven DePaul (5 episodes, 2012-2014), John Behring (5 episodes, 2013-2016), Darnell Martin (4 episodes, 2011-2015), Karen Gaviola (4 episodes, 2012-2016), David Straiton (4 episodes, 2012-2016), Rob Bailey (4 episodes, 2012-2015), Omar Madha (4 episodes, 2012-2015), Clark Mathis (3 episodes, 2011-2014), Holly Dale (3 episodes, 2011-2012), Tawnia McKiernan (3 episodes, 2013-2014), Michael W Watkins (2 episodes, 2012-2013), John Gray (2 episodes, 2014-2017), Paul A Kaufman (2 episodes, 2014), Jim Kouf (2 episodes, 2015-2017), Hanelle M Culpepper (2 episodes, 2015), Carlos Avila (2 episodes, 2016-2017), David Greenwalt (2 episodes, 2016-2017), Lee Rose (2 episodes, 2016-2017), Marc Buckland (1 episode, 2011), Michael Waxman (1 episode, 2011), Félix Enríquez Alcalá (1 episode, 2012), David Grossman (1 episode, 2013), Charles Haid (1 episode, 2013), Rashaad Ernesto Green (1 episode, 2014), Allan Kroeker (1 episode, 2014), Constantine Makris (1 episode, 2015), Batan Silva (1 episode, 2015), Sharat Raju (1 episode, 2016), Janice Cooke (1 episode, 2017), David Giuntoli (1 episode, 2017), Julie Herlocker (1 episode, 2017), 0In modern day Portland, Oregon, a police detective inherits the ability to see supernatural creatures....
Highlander, Dennis Berry (34 episodes, 1993-1998), Paolo Barzman (14 episodes, 1993-1997), Richard Martin (9 episodes, 1997-1998), Clay Borris (8 episodes, 1993-1994), Thomas J Wright (6 episodes, 1992), Peter Ellis (6 episodes, 1993-1996), Ray Austin (5 episodes, 1992-1993), Mario Azzopardi (5 episodes, 1994-1995), Gérard Hameline (5 episodes, 1996-1997), Charles Wilkinson (4 episodes, 1994-1997), Adrian Paul (4 episodes, 1995-1997), Jorge Montesi (3 episodes, 1992), Robin Davis (2 episodes, 1993), Duane Clark (2 episodes, 1995-1996), James Bruce (2 episodes, 1996), Rafal Zielinski (2 episodes, 1996), René Manzor (1 episode, 1993), Daniel Vigne (1 episode, 1993), Bruno Gantillon (1 episode, 1994), Paul Ziller (1 episode, 1994), Jerry Ciccoritti (1 episode, 1995), Neill Fearnley (1 episode, 1995), George Mendeluk (1 episode, 1995), Yves Lafaye (1 episode, 1996), 0
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Stranger Things, Matt Duffer (24 episodes, 2016-2025), Ross Duffer (24 episodes, 2016-2025), Shawn Levy (9 episodes, 2016-2025), Andrew Stanton (2 episodes, 2017), Uta Briesewitz (2 episodes, 2019), Nimród Antal (2 episodes, 2022), Frank Darabont (2 episodes, 2025), Rebecca Thomas (1 episode, 2017), 0In a small town where everyone knows everyone, a peculiar incident starts a chain of events that leads to the disappearance of a child - which begins to tear at the fabric of an otherwise peaceful community. Dark government agencies and seemingly malevolent supernatural forces converge on the town while a few locals begin to understand that there's more going on than meets the eye. ...
Akuma, Deon Taylor, 0“Akira Tanaka, a young & attractive but emotionally damaged Japanese woman moves to the United States to escape a past marked by tragedy. She moves in with her sister Hana and her new husband Adam, hoping to leave her demons behind and start a new life. But as Akira’s behavior grows increasingly erratic and strange disturbances mark the night, Akira is forced to reveal her real reason for coming: to flee the malevolent spirit that has been...
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Tomie: anaza feisu, Toshirô Inomata, 0Another movie about Tomie, the girl who just won't stay dead. This film is split into three separate stories in which Tomie is at different times in her life, first as a high school student, then as a young woman who falls for a photographer, and finally as a woman engaged to be married to her true love. In each story, she is murdered after her unusual secret is discovered, but she somehow manages to come back from beyond to take her revenge. ...
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Goyôkiba: Oni no Hanzô yawahada koban, Yoshio Inoue, 0Follow the money. In a time of economic disaster for wage earners, Hanzo discovers a conspiracy among high officials to "borrow" gold from the shogunate's treasury and loan it out to the destitute, including impecunious samurai - exacting either interest payments or family heirlooms from the debtors. Along the way, Hanzo extracts a confession from a ghost using his assaulting methods, foils thieves, connects with Heisuke Takei a friend from his...
The Vampire Diaries, Chris Grismer (17 episodes, 2011-2017), Joshua Butler (11 episodes, 2010-2015), Michael A Allowitz (11 episodes, 2013-2016), Marcos Siega (10 episodes, 2009-2011), Pascal Verschooris (9 episodes, 2012-2017), Kellie Cyrus (9 episodes, 2013-2017), J Miller Tobin (8 episodes, 2009-2013), John Behring (8 episodes, 2010-2012), Jeffrey G Hunt (7 episodes, 2012-2016), Rob Hardy (6 episodes, 2010-2016), Lance Anderson (5 episodes, 2012-2014), Leslie Libman (5 episodes, 2013-2015), Paul Wesley (5 episodes, 2014-2016), John Dahl (4 episodes, 2009-2013), Wendey Stanzler (4 episodes, 2011-2012), Jesse Warn (4 episodes, 2012-2015), Darren Genet (4 episodes, 2014-2017), David Von Ancken (3 episodes, 2010-2013), Liz Friedlander (3 episodes, 2010), Garreth Stover (3 episodes, 2013-2016), Julie Plec (3 episodes, 2015-2017), Geoffrey Wing Shotz (3 episodes, 2015-2017), Ian Somerhalder (3 episodes, 2015-2017), Kevin Bray (2 episodes, 2009-2010), Tony Solomons (2 episodes, 2015-2017), Michael Karasick (2 episodes, 2016), Rick Bota (1 episode, 2009), Ernest R Dickerson (1 episode, 2009), Guy Ferland (1 episode, 2009), David Barrett (1 episode, 2010), Charles Beeson (1 episode, 2010), Ralph Hemecker (1 episode, 2010), Patrick R Norris (1 episode, 2010), Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum (1 episode, 2010), Dennis Smith (1 episode, 2010), Jeff Woolnough (1 episode, 2010), David Jackson (1 episode, 2011), Michael Katleman (1 episode, 2011), Paul M Sommers (1 episode, 2011), Darnell Martin (1 episode, 2013), Brad Turner (1 episode, 2013), Deborah Chow (1 episode, 2016), Rashaad Ernesto Green (1 episode, 2016), Tanya Hamilton (1 episode, 2016), James Thompson III (1 episode, 2016), Carol Banker (1 episode, 2017), 0Founder's Day has finally arrived, and everyone is busy with last-minute preparations for floats and fireworks. Stefan (Paul Wesley) is uncomfortable with Damon's (Ian Somerhalder) new attitude toward Elena (Nina Dobrev), but Elena is more concerned about repairing her relationship with Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen). Jeremy is worried about Anna (guest star Malese Jow) but not sure he's on board with her latest plan for the future. While Caroline...
Saint Seiya, Kazuhito Kikuchi (114 episodes, 1986-1989), Kôzô Morishita (114 episodes, 1986-1989), Susumu Ishizaki (13 episodes, 1986-1988), Shigeyasu Yamauchi (12 episodes, 1986-1988), Katsumi Minokuchi (9 episodes, 1987-1988), Masayuki Akehi (9 episodes, 1987), Hiromichi Matano (8 episodes, 1988), Tomoharu Katsumata (6 episodes, 1986-1987), Masahiro Hosoda (6 episodes, 1987-1988), Masao Itô (6 episodes, 1988), Kazumasa Horikawa (3 episodes, 1986-1987), Hiroyuki Yokoyama (3 episodes, 1987), Shô Takagi (2 episodes, 1987), Shigenori Kageyama (1 episode, 1986), Shin'ichi Masaki (1 episode, 1986), Atsutoshi Umezawa (1 episode, 1986), Jun Fukuda (1 episode, 1987), Yasuhito Kikuchi (unknown episodes), 0
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Kozure okami, Buichi Saitô (9 episodes, 1976), Minoru Matsushima (8 episodes, 1973-1976), Hitoshi Obuchi (3 episodes, 1976), Toshio Masuda (2 episodes, 1976), Teruo Ishii (1 episode, 1973), Makihito Takai (1 episode, 1974), Tokuzô Tanaka (1 episode, 1976), Hitoshi Ôzu (1 episode, 1976), 0
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Shinseiki Evangelion, Hideaki Anno (26 episodes, 1995-1996), Kazuya Tsurumaki (26 episodes, 1995-1996), Hiroyuki Ishidô (5 episodes, 1995-1996), Masayuki (3 episodes, 1996), Tensai Okamura (2 episodes, 1995-1996), Tsuyoshi Kaga (2 episodes, 1995), Keiichi Sugiyama (2 episodes, 1995), Masahiko Ôtsuka (2 episodes, 1996), Seiji Mizushima (1 episode, 1995), Tetsuya Watanabe (1 episode, 1995), Ken Andô (1 episode, 1996), Naoyasu Habu (1 episode, 1996), Shôichi Masuo (1 episode, 1996), Akira Takamura (1 episode, 1996), Minoru Ôhara (1 episode, 1996), 0A teenage boy finds himself recruited as a member of an elite team of pilots by his father. ...