3 Ninjas Kick Back 1994  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Action
Director: Charles T. Kanganis
Cast: Victor Wong, Max Elliott Slade, Sean Fox, J. Evan Bonifant, Caroline Junko King, Dustin Nguyen, Alan McRae, Sab Shimono, Margarita Franco, Jason Schombing, Angelo Tiffe, Don Stark, Kellye Nakahara, Tommy Clark, Scott Caudill
The 3 ninja brothers–Rocky (Sean Fox), Colt (Max Elliott Slade), and Tum Tum (J. Evan Bonifant)–who are the grandsons of a ninja master (Victor Wong), are back fighting off an evil gang in this action-packed film. Their Grandfather has taught them martial arts skills, and they call off a Little League baseball game and head to Japan to help Grandpa rescue a ceremonial dagger from a previous game. With help from teenager Miyo (Caroline Junko King), they recover the dagger and, in the process, teach Miyo a few things about baseball.
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 The Big Hit 1998  R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Kirk Wong
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Avery Brooks, Bokeem Woodbine, China Chow, Elliott Gould, Lainie Kazan, Antonio Sabato Jr., Sab Shimono, Lela Rochon, Joshua Peace, Robin Dunne, David Usher, Danny Smith
Three hit men–Melvin (Mark Wahlberg), Cisco (Lou Diamond Phillips), and Crunch (Bokeem Woodbine)–hatch a scheme to kidnap the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Too late, they realize the daughter, Keiko (China Chow), is the goddaughter of their boss, and he is more than a little interested in obtaining Keiko's safe return.
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The Challenge 1982 R, 112 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Sword of the Ninja
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Scott Glenn, Toshiro Mifune, Donna Kei Benz, Atsuo Nakamura, Clyde Kusatsu, Miiko Taka, Calvin Jung, Sab Shimono, Kiyoako Nagai, Kenta Fukasaku
Set in Japan, this martial arts film is about an American, Rick (Scott Glenn), who becomes involved in a Japanese family's feud over rights to family swords.
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Come See the Paradise 1990   R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono, Shizuko Hoshi, Stan Egi, Ronald Yamamoto, Akemi Nishino, Naomi Nakano, Brady Tsurutani, Elizabeth Gilliam
The plight of the Japanese-Americans and the union activists/organizers in the 1930s and 1940s are both highlighted in this love story of union activist Jack (Dennis Quaid) and Japanese-American Lily (Tamlyn Tomita). Against the wishes of her father, Lily marries Jack. When World War II breaks out, Lily, along with many of the Japanese-Americans, is put in an internment camp. Jack, now in the service, goes AWOL and searches the camps for Lily. Not many films have dealt with the treatment of the Japanese-Americans, and this one, though not great, is adequate in its treatment of the subject. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 10/18/2007 | | This is a great love story. I love this movie |
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Gung Ho 1986  PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt, Mimi Rogers, John Turturro, Clint Howard, Rance Howard, Sab Shimono, Rick Overton, So Yamamura
This likable comedy highlights the differences in Japanese and American cultures. Hunt Stevenson (Michael Keaton) attempts to save his hometown by pleading with the Japanese to open an automobile plant. The Japanese finally do, and the plant workers must now adapt to the Japanese style of management.
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Paradise Road 1997 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Glenn Close, Pauline Collins, Cate Blanchett, Frances McDormand, Julianna Margulies, Jennifer Ehle, Sab Shimono, Wendy Hughes, Johanna ter Steege, Elizabeth Spriggs
Women prisoners in a World War II Japanese internment camp, located on a desolate island, survive brutal conditions in this film written by Director Bruce Beresford.
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Presumed Innocent 1990 R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Winfield, Greta Scacchi, Joe Grifasi, John Spencer, Anna Maria Horsford, Sab Shimono, Tom Mardirosian, Bradley Whitford, Christine Estabrook, Michael Tolan, Madison Arnold
Rusty Sabich (Harrison Ford) is a deputy prosecutor forced to investigate the murder of a woman with whom he once had an affair. After a few twists and turns, Sabich becomes the accused killer who must go on trial for his life. The ending is a shocker.
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Robot Stories 2003 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Greg Pak
Cast: Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono, Wai Ching Ho, Greg Pak, James Saito, Cindy Cheung, Bill Coelius, Elisa Davis, Vin Knight, Louis Ozawa Changchien, Tim Kang, Julienne Hanzelka Kim
"Robot Stories" contains four individual tales in which humans connect with robots in their everyday lives. Good entertainment in the science fiction realm.
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Suture 1993 R, 96 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Scott McGehee
Cast: Dennis Haysbert, Mel Harris, Sab Shimono, Dina Merrill, David Graf, Michael Harris, Fran Ryan, John Ingle, Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Sanford Gibbons
Two brothers are separated at birth–Vincent (Mel Harris) and Clay (Dennis Haysbert) later meet at their father's funeral. Clay is a good, unsuspecting man who gets blown up by a car bomb–set off by his brother Vincent in order to cover Vincent's murder of their father. Clay lives, suffers amnesia, goes through plastic surgery, and is helped by his psychiatrist (Sab Shimono) to become "Vincent" (who everyone believes he is). The question is–will Clay regain his true identity before the real Vincent returns? (It's also clever that one brother is white, the other black.)
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III 1993  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Stuart Gillard
Cast: Mark Caso, Matt Hill, Jim Raposa, David Fraser, Elias Koteas, Paige Turco, Stuart Wilson, Sab Shimono, Vivian Wu, Henry Hayashi, Jim Raposa, John Aylward, Mak Takano, Steve Akahoshi, Kent Kim
Leonardo (Mark Caso), Donatello (Jim Raposa), Raphael (Matt Hill), and Michelangelo (David Fraser) go back hundreds of years and fight Samurai warriors in ancient Japan as they try to save their friend April (Paige Turco).
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| 1. 3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994)
2. The Big Hit (1998)
3. The Challenge (1982)
aka: Sword of the Ninja
4. Come See the Paradise (1990)
5. Gung Ho (1986)
6. Paradise Road (1997)
7. Presumed Innocent (1990)
8. Robot Stories (2003)
9. Suture (1993)
10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
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