A Japanese Yakuza gangster is exiled to the United States. Read More »
Tag Archives: 2000s
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 »
Heimat Fragments: The Women / Heimat-Fragmente: Die Frauen (2006) Edgar Reitz, Nicola Schössler, Henry Arnold, Salome Kammer
Lulu, the daughter of musician Hermann Simon, is looking for something she feels is missing from her life. Read More »