 Code 46 2004  R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Om Puri, Togo Igawa, Jeanne Balibar, Emil Marwa, Nina Fog, Bruno Lastra, Christopher Simpson, David Fahm, Taro Sherabayani, Nabil Elouhabi
In a future world, a story of doomed love unravels between an insurance investigator (Tim Robbins) who can read people's minds and a clerk (Samantha Morton) involved in the sale of forged passports.
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Incognito 1997  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Badham
Cast: Jason Patric, Irene Jacob, Thomas Lockyer, Ian Richardson, Simon Chandler, Pip Torrens, Michael Cochrane, Rod Steiger, Togo Igawa, Joseph Blatchley
Artist Harry Donovan (Jason Patrick) is hired by a British art gallery to forge a Rembrandt (that has been lost for over 300 years). The price: $500,000. Meanwhile, he meets and has a one-night stand with Marieke (Irene Jacob), who happens to be a Rembrandt expert and who later is hired to evaluate the painting's authenticity. So it's off to Europe to research and paint, but the plans go awry when Marieke declares the painting a fake and Harry runs for his life–with Marieke as a hostage.
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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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 Memoirs of a Geisha 2005  PG-13, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Suzuka Ohgo, Togo Igawa, Mako, Samantha Futerman, Elizabeth Sung, Thomas Ikeda, Gong Li, Tsai Chin, Michelle Yeoh, Karl Yune, Eugenia Yuan, Zhang Ziyi
Nine-year-old Chiyo is sold to a geisha house and endures cruel treatment from geisha Hatsumomo–until she is rescued by a rival geisha, Mameha, and learns the artistic and social skills that lead her into pre-World War II Japanese society. Three Academy Awards were received (Best Art Direction, Cinematography, and Costume Design), and the film received three additional nominations.
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Night Train 2009 R, 83 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Brian King
Cast: Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Zahn, Matthias Schweighofer, Takatsuna Mukai, Togo Igawa, Richard O'Brien, Jo Marr, Constantine Gregory, Geoff Bell, Luca Bercovici, Harry Anichkin, Marianne Stanicheva, Dessi Morales, Yana Atanasova Popova
A dead body is found on a night train by the conductor, Miles (Danny Glover), pre-med student Chloe (Leelee Sobieski), and salesman Peter (Steve Zahn). The only possession of the dead man is a box, which contains a valuable treasure. Greed steps in as each tries to out-deceive the other two and claim the entire loot. But there is more to the box that meets the eye.
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| 1. Code 46 (2004)
2. Incognito (1997)
3. The Last Samurai (2003)
4. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
5. Night Train (2009)
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