In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was Read More »
Tag Archives: Masato Hagiwara
Marks AKA Mâkusu no yama (1995) Yôichi Sai, Masato Hagiwara, Kiichi Nakai, Masato Furuoya
A string of brutal murders are being committed around Tokyo. Read More »
Many Happy Returns AKA Kyôso tanjô (1993) Toshihiro Tenma, Masato Hagiwara, Kôji Tamaki, Ittoku Kishibe
A young man, Kazuo, joins a new cult religion even though he sees through the initial recruitment pretense Read More »
Café Lumière AKA Kôhî jikô (2003) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Yo Hitoto, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara
The story revolves around Yoko Inoue, a pregnant woman in search for a cafe that’s frequented by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching. Read More »
Chaos (2000) Hideo Nakata, Jun Kunimura, Ken Mitsuishi, Masato Hagiwara
A man gets involved in a kidnapping scheme with the wife of a wealthy businessman. Read More »
Kyua / Cure (1997) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Masato Hagiwara, Kôji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Crime, Horror, Mystery
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 into contact with him. Detective Takabe starts a series of interrogations to determine the man’s connection with the killings.
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