Akage 1969  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: Red Lion
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Etsushi Takahashi, Shima Iwashita, Minori Terada, Shigeru Koyama, Nobuko Otowa, Yuko Mochizuki, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Tokue Hanazawa, Kawai Okada, Eisei Amamoto, Hideo Sunazuka
After a ten-year absence, Gonzo (Toshiro Mifune) returns to his village as a representative of the new emperor. His mission is to tell the villagers that there will be a cut in taxes, and he plans to bring an end to the villagers' suffering. But, when the army rescinds the tax cut and attacks the village, Gonzo is left with no choice but to lay siege on the army.
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Black Rain 1989 R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kate Capshaw, Andy Garcia, Ken Takakura, Yusaku Matsuda, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Shigeru Koyama, Yuya Uchida, Miyuki Ono, John Spencer, Guts Ishimatsu, Luis Guzman, John Costelloe, Stephen Root, Richard Riehle
American police detective Nick Conklin (Michael Douglas) and his partner Charlie Vincent (Andy Garcia) take a Japanese yakuza gangster, Sato (Yusaku Matsuda), back to Osaka where he is to go on trial for murder. But, they inadvertently hand Sato over to yakuza members who are dressed like police. Now, Conklin is put in the position of trying to recapture Sato, and he gets help from Japanese cop Masahiro "Mas" Masumoto (Ken Takakura) and from bargirl Joyce Kingsley (Kate Capshaw) who has information on the yakuza gang. During the investigation, Vincent is killed, and Conklin and "Mas" blend their cultures to work on the crime together.
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Godzilla vs. Destroyer 1995 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi / Action / Horror
Director: Takao Okawara
Cast: Takuro Tatsumi, Yoko Ishino, Yasufumi Hayashi, Megumi Odaka, Sayaka Osawa, Saburo Shinoda, Akira Nakao, Masahiro Takashima, Momoko Kochi, "Hurricane Ryu" Hariken, Takehiro Murata, Kenpachiro Satsuma, Shigeru Koyama, Ronald Hoerr, Akihiko Hirata
Godzilla's nuclear power appears to be reaching a critical point, which may result in a meltdown that would threaten the planet. Meanwhile, another creature, the Oxygen Destroyer, is on the loose and takes on Godzilla. How can mere mortals possibly save Earth from this potential meltdown?
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Samurai Rebellion 1967  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Rebellion
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa, Tsuyoshi Kato, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Shigeru Koyama, Masao Mishima, Tatsuya Nakadai, Etsuko Ichihara, Isao Yamagata, Michiko Otsuka, Tatsuo Matsumura, Takamaru Sasaki, Jun Hamamura, Emi Yamada, Hideo Fukuhara
In 18th-century Japan, father Isaburo Sasahara (Toshiro Mifune) and son Yogoro (Tsuyoshi Kato) are samurais who rebel against the feudal system when local rulers tell Yogoro that he must give up his wife, Ichi (Yoko Tsukasa). After Yogoro and Isaburo decline to give up Ichi, they are ordered to kill themselves. They refuse to commit hara-kiri, and a fight to the death ensues.
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| 1. Akage (1969)
aka: Red Lion
2. Black Rain (1989)
3. Godzilla vs. Destroyer (1995)
4. Samurai Rebellion (1967)
aka: Rebellion
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