Renji Ishibashi

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Haw
6.3

Haw

Aug. 19, 2022

Haw

Tamio Akanishi works at a public office in Yokohama. He is going through one of the worst periods of his life, having been left by his fiancée. ...
Howling Village
5

Howling Village

Feb. 07, 2020

Howling Village

After her brother goes missing, a young psychologist visits an infamous haunted and cursed location known as ‘Howling Village’ to investigate his ...
Another World
6.3

Another World

Oct. 30, 2018

Another World

Ko, a man in his late 30s, lives in the countryside with his wife and teenage son. Mitsuhiko, who runs a local car dealership, also stayed in his ...
Cape Nostalgia
6.2

Cape Nostalgia

Aug. 29, 2014

Cape Nostalgia

Etsuko’s café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her famous brew. But the winds of change ...
The Lion Standing in the Wind
6.5

The Lion Standing in the Wind

Koichiro Shimada is sent to a research facility in Kenya, Africa by a teaching hospital in Japan. He encounters a desperate situation and decides ...
Homeland
6.9

Homeland

Mar. 01, 2014

Homeland

Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village in Fukushima Prefecture. The ...
Phone Call to the Bar
6.3

Phone Call to the Bar

Sep. 10, 2011

Phone Call to the Bar

In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his ...
Torso
6

Torso

Nov. 13, 2009

Torso

A seemingly “normal” office worker Hiroko has a secret. At home she lives with a prosthetic torso – no head, arms or feet, just ...
Castle Under Fiery Skies
6.5

Castle Under Fiery Skies

The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga’s (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori, when Nagashino Castle was besieged during ...
Outrage
6.8

Outrage

May. 17, 2010

Outrage

When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a ...
Lost Lovers
6.6

Lost Lovers

Nov. 05, 1971

Lost Lovers

A rebel youth joins a duo of entertainers only able to communicate by gesturing; when the female performer is suddenly abducted, he and Takeru ...
Into the Faraway Sky
6.1

Into the Faraway Sky

Aug. 18, 2007

Into the Faraway Sky

A vast wheat field, a straight road that has no end, a sky without a single building in sight – this is a town in the country where time ...
The Ramen Girl
6.3

The Ramen Girl

Feb. 08, 2008

The Ramen Girl

An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under ...
One Missed Call 2
5.3

One Missed Call 2

Feb. 05, 2005

One Missed Call 2

In Japan, the daycare teacher Kyoko Okudera is convinced by her colleague and friend Madoka to visit her boyfriend Naoto Sakurai in the ...
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
6.3

Play it, Boogie-Woogie

A runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in high school. The film follows their subsequent ...
The Negotiator
6.9

The Negotiator

Aug. 17, 2003

The Negotiator

After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital. Inspector Ishida and Captain Tohno handle ...
One Missed Call
6.2

One Missed Call

Nov. 03, 2003

One Missed Call

People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent ...
No Grave for Us
5.7

No Grave for Us

May. 26, 1979

No Grave for Us

A plot to steal money from gangsters leads to trouble…
Operation Plazma in Osaka
6.8

Operation Plazma in Osaka

Amidst Japan’s postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan’s largest crime syndicate plans a ...
Graveyard of Honor
6.9

Graveyard of Honor

Jun. 22, 2002

Graveyard of Honor

A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss’ life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
7.8

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

The year is 2071. Following a terrorist bombing, a deadly virus is released on the populace of Mars and the government has issued the largest ...
The Black House
6.2

The Black House

Nov. 13, 1999

The Black House

A meek agent at the Showa Life Insurance company receives a phone call from a customer who says that she’s planning to commit suicide and ...
Audition
7.1

Audition

Oct. 06, 1999

Audition

Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their ...
Woman’s Trail: Wet Path
4.8

Woman’s Trail: Wet Path

A man travels with his pill-popping girlfriend to the headquarters of her yakuza boss husband, in order to claim her for himself.
Rolling on the Road
5.6

Rolling on the Road

Oct. 23, 1981

Rolling on the Road

George is a washed-up middle-aged rocker, who divorces his wife and lives with his girlfriend, a soap massage parlor worker.
Dead or Alive
6.7

Dead or Alive

Nov. 27, 1999

Dead or Alive

Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to ...
Gemini
6.8

Gemini

Sep. 15, 1999

Gemini

When his mother’s untimely death quickly follows his father’s, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his ...
The Machine Gun Dragon
6.5

The Machine Gun Dragon

Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza ...
House on Fire
7

House on Fire

Apr. 12, 1986

House on Fire

In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work
The Inferno
6.1

The Inferno

Jun. 03, 1979

The Inferno

Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother’s grief from beyond the grave.
The Bird People in China
7.4

The Bird People in China

Wada, a salary man, is enlisted to venture off to China to investigate a potential Jade mine. After his arrival, Wada encounters a violent, yet ...
Crest of Betrayal
6.4

Crest of Betrayal

Oct. 22, 1994

Crest of Betrayal

Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and loyalty, and the second is a ghost story about a ...
The Oil-Hell Murder
6.5

The Oil-Hell Murder

May. 23, 1992

The Oil-Hell Murder

The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a mountain of debt, and is disowned by his parents.
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
6.9

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Jul. 01, 1989

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

A “metal fetishist”, driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he’s made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into ...
The Woman with Red Hair
5.7

The Woman with Red Hair

Junko Miyashita plays a mysterious hitchhiker picked up by a brute of a construction worker named Kenzo who takes her back to his run-down and ...
The International Gang of Kobe
5.8

The International Gang of Kobe

In 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun by United States occupation forces and ...
Break Out
6

Break Out

Jul. 30, 1988

Break Out

An accidental shooting on the job and a recent divorce take a toll on the personal and professional life of a Japanese detective. Just as it ...
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
6.6

Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice

Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his ...