In the cannibalism-saturated slasher movie The Last Supper (based on the work The Shonan Flesh-Eating Conspiracy by Kei Ohishi - a writer known for his novelizations of popular horror pictures), a brilliant plastic surgeon develops an affinity for devouring human flesh. He then devises all sorts of crafty methods for surgical procedures that will ...
Directed by Akira Tomono, this lavish historical epic was a celebration of Nikkatsu studio's 80th year anniversary. Set during the run up to World War II, the film centers on Tatsuma Kaya (Masaya Kato), a brooding secret agent for the Japanese Imperial Army. His mission is to gather funds for Japan's impending invasion of Manchuria by any means ...
Ryuhei Kitamura, director of the cult action hits Versus and Alive, made this samurai movie about a legendary supernatural creature. In the middle of the night, two wounded samurai come upon a remote mountain temple. One of them dies. The other, after recovering from his wounds, meets the occupant of the temple, a brooding warrior who tells him ...
Toshimichi Ohkawa makes his feature debut with this straight-to-video gangster thriller. The film opens with a trio of former yakuza -- Nambu (Riki Takeuchi), Onishi (Hideo Nakano), and Taki (Masaya Katoh), who have since gone on to become executives in an advertising company -- sitting around in a bar remembering their gangster years. When the ...
Based on a popular Japanese comic, this stylish, romantic French-Canadian actioner features many exciting pyrotechnic effects, elegantly executed murders, and some nifty-doodle gadgets, but very little on-screen bloodshed as it follows the adventures of Yo, one of the world's greatest hit men. Yo works for a mysterious Chinese organization and has ...
Internationally acclaimed director and Japanese media phenomenon Takeshi Kitano follows up his well-regarded Kikujiro with this straight-ahead gangster saga with a cross-cultural twist. The film focuses on Yamamoto (Kitano), a yakuza forced out of the country when a gang war all but wipes out his clan. Armed with a fake credit card, a forged ...
A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet in this sprawling action drama directed by Derek Yee (One Night in Mongkok) and starring Jackie Chan, Daniel Wu, and Masaya Kato. In Japan, foreign migrants are shunned by mainstream society. Taunted by the yakuza, they live in ...
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