Inugami 2001  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Masato Harada
Cast: Yuki Amami, Atsuro Watabe, Eugene Harada, Shiho Fujimura, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Kanako Fukaura, Shion Machida, Kenichi Yajima, Masato Irie, Makoto Togashi, Keiko Awaji, Koichi Sato
Young teacher Akira (Atsuro Watabe) is assigned to teach at a remote village where he meets and falls for an older woman, Miki (Yuki Amami). Warned by the villagers that her family is associated with the evil, fierce deity Inugami, Akira soon learns that there may something behind the warnings.
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Kamikaze Taxi 1995  N/R, 170 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Masato Harada
Cast: Kazuya Takahashi, Koji Yakusho, Kenichi Yajima, Mickey Curtis, Reiko Kataoka, Taketoshi Naito, Toshi Shioya, Tomorowo Taguchi, Takeshi Caesar, Chika Nakagami
After his girlfriend is murdered by the crime boss, retribution becomes the name of the game for gangster Tatsuo (Kazuya Takahashi).
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 The Last Samurai 2003  R, 144 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Edward Zwick
Cast: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Timothy Spall, Tony Goldwyn, Koyuki, Sosuke Ikematsu, Aoi Minato, Masato Harada, Masashi Odate, William Atherton, Chad Lindberg, John Koyama, Togo Igawa, Shichinosuke Nakamura
In 1876, Civil War veteran-turned-drifter Captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) takes on the task of training the Japanese Imperial Army in the use of modern weapons of the West. With this new expertise, the Emperor plans to modernize Japan by sending his army into battle against the last of the feudal, militaristic samurais. Algren leads the troops into battle but is captured by samurai leader Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe) from whom he learns meditative, instead of violent, ways to deal with life. Nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actor (Ken Watanabe).
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| 1. Inugami (2001)
2. Kamikaze Taxi (1995)
3. The Last Samurai (2003)
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