 Audition 1999  R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Takashi Miike
Cast: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura, Renji Ishibashi, Miyuki Matsuda, Toshie Negishi, Ren Osugi, Shigeru Saiki, Ken Mitsuishi, Yuriko Hirooka, Misato Nakamura, Fumiyo Kohinata, Yuuto Arima, Ayaka Izumi
Another unique film from Director Takashi Miike, this is the story of an executive, Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) who has been a widower for seven years. He would like companionship, but it must be with a "proper" woman. His movie-executive friend has an idea: he will hold an audition pretending that it is for an upcoming production. Asami Yamazaki (Eihi Shiina) is selected, and an affair begins. Now comes the dark side as the disturbing truth about Asami is revealed.
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The Bird People in China 1998 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Drama
Director: Takashi Miike
Cast: Masahiro Motoki, Renji Ishibashi, Mako, Wang Li Li, Yuichi Minato, Michiko Kase, Tomohiko Okuda, Manzo Shinra
When naive salaryman Wada (Masashiro Motoki) is sent to a remote Chinese village, yakuza Ujiie (Renji Ishibashi) stays with him to protect company interests. But, the trek is less than peaceful as they have multiple conflicts with each other. The guide, Shun (Mako), takes them into a remote village where Wada and Ujiie are sidetracked by a mysterious woman, Yan, Si-Chang (Wang Li Li), who tells them that she teaches children to fly. Now, finally, Wada and Ujiie take second looks at their lives and realize that they both have gained valuable insights.
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Dead or Alive 1999 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Takashi Miike
Cast: Riki Takeuchi, Sho Aikawa, Renji Ishibashi, Hitoshi Ozawa, Shingo Tsurumi, Kaoru Sugita, Dankan, Michisuke Kashiwaya, Ren Osugi, Susumu Terajima
Now here's a shocker. The first 10 minutes grab your attention with the violence and blood but then settles into a conventional, but good, tale of the narcotics cop (Sho Aikawa) pitted against a drug czar (Riki Takeuchi).
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One Missed Call 2003  R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
Director: Takashi Miike
Cast: Kou Shibasaki, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Kazue Fukiishi, Anna Nagata, Renji Ishibashi, Goro Kishitani, Yutaka Matsushige, Mariko Tsutsui, Atushi Ida, Kumiko Imai, Keiko Tomita, Kayoko Fugii
College friends of Yumi (Kou Shibasaki) have been receiving messages that record their voices at the time of their future deaths–72 hours after receiving the call. When Yumi gets her call, she seeks help from a funeral director whose sister had been killed earlier, and the race is on to find the answers before someone else dies.
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One Missed Call 2 2005  R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror / Mystery
Director: Renpei Tsukamoto
Cast: Mimura, Yu Yoshizawa, Asaka Seto, Karen Oshima, Tara Platt, Renji Ishibashi, Haruko Wanibuchi, Peter Ho, Nana Koizumi
When the telephone rings, the receiving party hears their violent demise on the other end, and then meets their doom a few minutes later. The curse is working through the numbers in the telephone book. When Takako Nozoe (Asaka Seto), Naoto Sakurai (Yu Yoshizawa), and Kyoko Okudera (Mimura) learn about a similar case in Taiwan, they travel there to solve the mystery and end the horror.
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The Sea Is Watching 2002 R, 119 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Sea Watches
Director: Kei Kumai
Cast: Misa Shimizu, Nagiko Tono, Masatoshi Nagase, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Eiji Okuda, Renji Ishibashi, Miho Tsumiki, Michiko Kawai, Yumiko Nogawa, Tenshi Kamogawa, Yukiya Kitamura, Kumiko Tsuchiya
A naive hooker, Oshin (Nagiko Tono), works in the red-light district of Okabasho, Japan. One night she hides a fugitive samurai (Hidetaka Yoshioka), falls in love with him, and a broken heart results when she learns that love cannot overcome the strong caste system.
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Tetsuo 1988 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
aka: Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Cast: Tomorowo Taguchi, Nobu Kanaoka, Shinya Tsukamoto, Kei Fujiwara, Naomasa Musaka, Renji Ishibashi
This cult classic involves a strange "metal fetish." After being responsible for a hit-and-run accident, the driver (Tomorowo Taguchi) is haunted by his "victim" (Shinya Tsukamoto) who causes bits of metal to protrude from the driver's body. Now he evolves into a part-human, part-machine and finds his body turning into pieces of metal. When he realizes that his hit-and-run victim is not dead and is responsible for his condition, he tracks him down, and a violent street battle erupts.
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| 1. Audition (1999)
2. The Bird People in China (1998)
3. Dead or Alive (1999)
4. One Missed Call (2003)
5. One Missed Call 2 (2005)
6. The Sea Is Watching (2002)
aka: The Sea Watches
7. Tetsuo (1988)
aka: Tetsuo: The Iron Man
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