A Japanese anthology film consisting of four segments on works by Edogawa Ranpo. Read More »
Tag Archives: Tadanobu Asano
Tokyo Zombie AKA Tôkyô zonbi (2005) Sakichi Satô, Tadanobu Asano, Shô Aikawa, Erika Okuda
After getting busted for goofing off at work, lovable morons Fujio (Tadanobu Asano) Read More »
The Face of Jizo AKA Chichi to kuraseba (2004) Kazuo Kuroki, Rie Miyazawa, Yoshio Harada, Tadanobu Asano
Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. Read More »
Journey to the Shore AKA Kishibe no tabi (2015) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Eri Fukatsu, Tadanobu Asano, Masao Komatsu
Mizuki’s husband Yusuke drowned at sea three years ago. When he suddenly comes back home Read More »
Survive Style 5+ (2004) Gen Sekiguchi, Tadanobu Asano, Reika Hashimoto, Kyôko Koizumi
A man continually trying and failing to get his wife to stay dead Read More »
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore (2014) Khavn, Tadanobu Asano, Brenda Mage, Elena Kazan
When violence is the only life you know, will love save you or just unravel everything? Read More »
Helpless (1996) Shinji Aoyama, Tadanobu Asano, Ken Mitsuishi, Yôichirô Saitô
Yasuo is a gangster just released from jail. Believing his boss double-crossed him Read More »
Sad Vacation (2007) Shinji Aoyama, Tadanobu Asano, Kaori Fujimitsu, Eri Ishida
Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving Read More »
Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001) Gakuryû Ishii, Yoshiki Arizono, Tadanobu Asano, Masakatsu Funaki
A young boy gets jolted with electricity as he’s climbing a tall cable pylon. Read More »
The Buried Forest AKA Umoregi (2005) Kôhei Oguri, Tadanobu Asano, Mai Enoki, Tokie Hidari
Machi, a young high school student from a small mountain town, is having fun with her friends 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 »
Focus (1996) Satoshi Isaka, Tadanobu Asano, Keiko Unno, Akira Hirai
A small and intrusive reporting crew are reporting on the actions of a man who monitors transmissions in a documentary they are filming. Read More »
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998) Katsuhito Ishii, Tadanobu Asano, Ittoku Kishibe, Sie Kohinata
In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Read More »
My Grandpa (2003) Yôichi Higashi, Bunta Sugawara, Satomi Ishihara, Tadanobu Asano
Yoichi Higashi’s Watashi No Gurampa (My Granpa) concerns the relationship between ex-convict Kenzo (Bunta Sugawara) Read More »
Hakuchi: The Innocent (1999) Macoto Tezuka, Tadanobu Asano, Miyako Koda, Reika Hashimoto
A retro-futuristic dystopia adapted from an Ango Sakaguchi novel. Read More »