 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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Brother 2000  R, 114 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps, Claude Maki, Masaya Kato, Susumu Terajima, Royale Watkins, Lombardo Boyar, Ren Osugi, Ryo Ishibashi, James Shigeta
Yamamoto's (Takeshi Kitano) Tokyo gang has been annihilated when he flees to Los Angeles and moves in with his half-brother, Ken (Claude Maki), who happens to be a lowly drug dealer. But Yamamoto makes use of his ability to run a gang, calls on his pal Kato (Susumu Terajima) for help, and soon has Ken set up as a real player in the crime scene. Now, the question is, "How long will it last?"
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 The Grudge 2004  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, William Mapother, Clea DuVall, KaDee Strickland, Grace Zabriskie, Bill Pullman, Rosa Blasi, Ted Raimi, Ryo Ishibashi, Yoko Maki, Takashi Matsuyama
An American nurse working in Tokyo, Karen (Sarah Michelle Gellar), is plagued by a supernatural curse "the grudge," which has traveled from person to person and then has killed each victim. It will continue until someone achieves freedom from it while still alive. Will Karen be the one to free herself from its control and bring an end to the curse?
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War 2007  R, 103 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
aka: Rogue Assassin
Director: Philip G. Atwell
Cast: Jet Li, Jason Statham, John Lone, Devon Aoki, Luis Guzman, Saul Rubinek, Ryo Ishibashi, Sung Kang, Mathew St. Patrick, Nadine Velazquez, Andrea Roth, Kane Kosugi, Terry Chen
FBI Special Agent Jack Crawford's (Jason Statham) partner (Terry Chen) and family are brutally killed in their home, and Crawford sets out for revenge. The killer left a clue–a uranium bullet in a titanium shell–that is the trademark of Japanese assassin Rogue (Jet Li). Crawford's investigation continues for three years, and now he is in charge of the Asian Organized Crime Unit. As Crawford's investigation unfolds, it becomes clear that Rogue is working on both sides in an age-old feud between the Japanese Yakuza boss, Shiro (Ryo Ishibashi), and the Chinese Triad mob leader, Chang (John Lone). Now, Rogue does not appear to be what he seems, and Crawford must figure why Rogue appears to be playing one side against the other.
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| 1. Audition (1999)
2. Brother (2000)
3. The Grudge (2004)
4. War (2007)
aka: Rogue Assassin
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