We begin in 1865, when the Shogunate is on its last legs, but still capable of punishing its enemies. Read More »
Tag Archives: Ryûhei Matsuda
Before We Vanish AKA Sanpo suru shinryakusha (2017) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Masami Nagasawa, Ryûhei Matsuda, Hiroki Hasegawa
As vanguards of an invasion of the planet three aliens take possession of host bodies and assume human form. Read More »
9 Souls AKA Nain souruzu (2003) Toshiaki Toyoda, Yoshio Harada, Ryûhei Matsuda, Genta Dairaku
Nine convicts escape from prison; most are convicted murders. They commandeer a van from a strip club. Read More »
Boys on the Run AKA Bôizu on za ran (2010) Daisuke Miura, Kazunobu Mineta, Mei Kurokawa, Ryûhei Matsuda
Toshiyuki Tanishi (Mr Tanishi) is a 29-year-old chronic masturbator and toy vending machine salesman – he is socially awkward and down on his luck. Read More »
Nightmare Detective AKA Akumu tantei (2006) Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Ryûhei Matsuda, Hitomi, Masanobu Andô
Three people in Tokyo take a surreal voyage of self-discovery through memory and nightmares. Read More »
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A AKA 46-okunen no koi (2006) Takashi Miike, Ryûhei Matsuda, Masanobu Andô, Shunsuke Kubozuka
An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. Read More »
Kanikôsen (2009) SABU, Ryûhei Matsuda, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kengo Kôra
On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserable conditions, with minimum wages. Read More »
Karaoke Terror (2003) Tetsuo Shinohara, Ryûhei Matsuda, Kayoko Kishimoto, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. Read More »
Gohatto / Taboo (1999) Nagisa Ôshima, Takeshi Kitano, Ryûhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda, Drama, History, Thriller
Akumu Tantei 2 / Nightmare Detective 2 (2008) Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Ryûhei Matsuda, Yui Miura, Hanae Kan, Drama, Horror
Yukie and two of her girlfriends are being haunted by the ghost of a classmate, they once heavily bullied. When the other two die under mysterious circumstances, Yukie sees only one chance for herself. With the help of the Nightmare Detective (Ryuhei Matsuda) she hopes to escape her hopeless situation.
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