The dentist Oscar has been married for five years and lives with his wife and adopted children. Read More »
Tag Archives: 2000s
Brother (2000) Takeshi Kitano, Claude Maki, Omar Epps
A Japanese Yakuza gangster is exiled to the United States. Read More »
Ashura / Ashura-jô no hitomi (2005) Yôjirô Takita, Somegorô Ichikawa, Rie Miyazawa, Kanako Higuchi
Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in the 19th Japan Read More »
Hikikomori: Tokyo Plastic (2004) Adario Strange, Rex Hayashi, Tsutomu Ishizuka, Kayoko Kawahara
In “Hikikomori: Tokyo Plastic,” Naomi, a young Japanese hacker born in Tokyo Read More »
800 Bullets / 800 balas (2002) Álex de la Iglesia, Sancho Gracia, Ángel de Andrés López, Carmen Maura
Julián Torralba is a former movie stuntman in Almeria, Spain. Read More »
The Whispering of the Gods / Gerumaniumu no yoru (2005) Tatsushi Ohmori, Hirofumi Arai, Leona Hirota, Megumi Sawara
Rou returns to the rural seminary farm where he studied as a boy and was molested by priests. Read More »
Winter Lily (2000) Roshell Bissett, Dorothée Berryman, Danny Gilmore, Jean Pierre Bergeron
Winter Lily is the first in a series of mystery thrillers set in an isolated bed Read More »
Time and Tide / Shun liu ni liu (2000) Hark Tsui, Nicholas Tse, Wu Bai, Candy Lo
Tyler is a restless, streetwise 21-year-old Hong Kong native who’s had trouble gaining the trust of others all his life. Read More »
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo (2009) Isabel Coixet, Rinko Kikuchi, Sergi López, Min Tanaka
A dramatic thriller that centers on a fish-market employee who doubles as a contract killer. Read More »
Tuya’s Marriage / Tuya de hun shi (2006) Quan’an Wang, Nan Yu, Ba’toer, Sen’ge
Set in Inner Mongolia, a physical setback causes a young woman to choose a suitor who can take care of her, as well as her disabled husband. Read More »