Blood: The Last Vampire 2000  N/R, 48 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi / Horror
Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Cast: Youki Kudoh, Saemi Nakamura, Joe Romersa, Rebecca Forstadt, Stuart Robinson, Tom Fahn, Akira Koteyama, Paul Carr, Fitz Houston, Steve Blum, Dave Mallow
Another step forward in animation is made with this short film. Saya (voice of Youki Kudoh), with sword in hand, sets out to hunt down and rid us of powerful creatures that have infested an American Air Force base in Japan.
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Heaven's Burning 1997 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Craig Lahiff
Cast: Russell Crowe, Youki Kudoh, Kenji Isomura, Ray Barrett, Robert Mammone, Petru Gheorghiu, Anthony Phelan, Matthew Dyktynski, Norman Kaye, Kate Fitzpatrick
Colin (Russell Crowe) and Midori (Youki Kudoh) are on the run escaping from a bank robber, the police, and Midori's husband. But, somehow, they still manage to find time to fall in love.
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The Limits of Control 2009  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Isaach De Bankole, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Paz de la Huerta, Gael Garcia Bernal, Youki Kudoh, Alex Descas, Hiam Abbass, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Oscar Jaenada, Luis Tosar, Maria Isasi, Hector Colome, Norma Yessenia Paladines
A well-dressed, mysterious man (Isaach De Bankole) with a criminal past travels through Spain. He carries a briefcase and receives cryptic messages from contacts who he meets as he walks through cities and fields across the country to complete his mission of killing an American businessman (Bill Murray).
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Mystery Train 1989  R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Masatoshi Nagase, Youki Kudoh, Screamin Jay Hawkins, Cinque Lee, Nicoletta Braschi, Elizabeth Bracco, Sy Richardson, Rick Aviles, Steve Buscemi, Joe Strummer
Three stories are told, with the common thread being a rundown hotel in Memphis and its two-person staff who watch after the assorted strange people that come and go. Segments include two touring Japanese teens obsessed with 1950s rock 'n roll; an Italian woman, who is taking her dead husband home, sees the ghost of Elvis; and three men who stay at the hotel after too much to drink results in a shooting.
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Rush Hour 3 2007  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Max von Sydow, Hiroyuki Sanada, Noemie Lenoir, Yvan Attal, Dana Ivey, Youki Kudoh, Tzi Ma, Roman Polanski, Zhang Jingchu, Julie Depardieu, Simon Rhee, Roselyn Sanchez, Henry O
Hong Kong's Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) and LAPD Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) are back and thrown into action after a sniper, Lee's adopted brother Kenji (Hiroyuki Sanada), wounds Chinese Ambassador Han (Tzi Ma), and Lee chases him across Los Angeles during rush hour. When Lee and Carter learn that the Chinese Triads are behind the shooting and have gained a huge influence in Paris, they fly to Paris where their East vs. West culture clash enters a new phase of French vs. American as they vow to protect Han and his daughter Soo Yung (Zhang Jingchu). Genevieve (Noemie Lenoir), on whose head are tattooed details of the Triad, holds the key to solving the case. And the action continues!
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Snow Falling on Cedars 1999 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott Hicks
Cast: Ethan Hawke, James Cromwell, Richard Jenkins, Youki Kudoh, James Rebhorn, Max von Sydow, Sam Shepard, Rick Yune, Zeljko Ivanek, Jan Rubes
Flashbacks abound in this adaptation of David Guterson's novel about a 1950s courtroom drama in which a Japanese American, Kazuo Miyamoto (Rick Yune) is on trial for murder. A reporter, Ishmael Chambers (Ethan Hawke), begins his own investigation and comes up with facts that neither the defense attorney (Max von Sydow) nor the prosecutor (James Rebhorn) are bringing out. But, Chambers' own World War II prejudices also stand in the way of the truth.
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| 1. Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
2. Heaven's Burning (1997)
3. The Limits of Control (2009)
4. Mystery Train (1989)
5. Picture Bride (1995)
6. Rush Hour 3 (2007)
7. Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
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