 Dolls 2002  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi, Chieko Matsubara, Kyoko Fukada, Tsutomu Takeshige, Kayoko Kishimoto, Kanji Tsuda, Yuuko Daike, Ren Osugi
Three stories about obsessive love intertwine in this film, which is modeled in the manner of the traditional, 300-year-old Buhraku doll theater performances that are loaded with symbolism.
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Gamera the Brave 2008  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Ryuta Tazaki
Cast: Kaho, Kanji Tsuda, Susumu Terajima, Ryo Tomioka, Tomorowo Taguchi
Eleven-year-old Toru (Ryo Tomioka) finds a glowing egg on the beach, and a flying turtle hatches from it. Toru names it "Toto" and makes it his secret pet. But, as time passes, Toto levitates, spits fire, and turns out to be a giant Gamera. Now, a giant man-eating monster, Jidas, appears on the scene killing Tokyo citizens, and Gamera leaps into action and protects mankind.
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Ju-On: The Grudge 2003 R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Cast: Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Kayoko Shibata, Kanji Tsuda, Misa Uehara, Yui Ichikawa, Yukako Kukuri, Shuri Matsuda, Yoji Tanaka, Chikako Isomura, Takashi Matsuyama, Takako Fuji
A woman and her child were murdered, and now an evil spirit haunts the house in which the crime was committed. One by one, those who have entered the house die. Now, social worker Rika (Megumi Okina) becomes suspicious and alerts police who attempt to unravel the deadly mystery.
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Junk Food 1998 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Masashi Yamamoto
Cast: Miyuk Ijima, Shizuko Yamamoto, Arate Furuta, Yoshi Yuki, Onimaru, MIA, Ali Ahmed, Mariarna, Kanji Tsuda, Choudry Ikram Ul Haq
One thing connects the two stories that make up this film: drug addicts existing on the fringe of Japanese society.
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Sonatine 1993 R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe, Masanobu Katsumura, Susumu Terajima, Ren Osugi, Tonbo Zushi, Kenichi Yajima, Eiji Minakata, Houka Kinoshita, Yuuki Natsusaka, Rome Kanda, Kanta Yamazaki, Kanji Tsuda
This film shows the brutality of gang life when a gang war on Okinawa accelerates after Tokyo yakuzas enter the fray. Yakuza underboss Murakawa (Takeshi Kitano) has arrived to bring an end to the warfare and then wonders if his boss Kitajima (Tonbo Zushi) has set him up to become the target of the Okinawa gangs. He plots revenge but wonders if it is all worthwhile.
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| 1. Dolls (2002)
2. Gamera the Brave (2008)
3. Ju-On: The Grudge (2003)
4. Junk Food (1998)
5. Sonatine (1993)
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