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[J - Movie] Horny House of Horror (2010)
Original Title: Fasshon heru
Director: Jun Tsugita
Writer: Jun Tsugita
Stars: Asami, Saori Hara and Yûya Ishikawa
Genre: Comedy | Horror
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Plot:
In Japan, Nakazu (Yuya Ishikawa) is about to get married to a woman who insists on keeping up with his daily events through a cellphone. His baseball fan friends Toshida (Wani Kansai) and Uno (Toushi Yanagi) feel that Nakazu needs one last thrill before tying the knot as they stumble upon a brothel called the Shogun Massage Parlor after a night of playing baseball. Toshida and Uno insist on entering into the brothel with Nakazu who has never paid for sex before. The three are presented before female buttocks that are displayed through holes in a wall to give them a taste of what the brothel has to offer. Each of the three men separate into rooms with their selected ladies of the night, Nagisa (Saori Hara), Nonoko (Asami) and Kaori (Mint Suzuki). The trio of men are unaware of the brothel's mission to sexually torture customers.
[J - Movie] The Prince of Tennis (2006)
Director: Yûichi Abe
Writers: Daisuke Habara (scenario), Takeshi Konomi (creator)
Stars: Kanata Hongô, Yû Shirota and Hiroki Aiba
Genre: Animation | Action | Comedy
Synopsis:
Twelve-year-old Ryoma Echizen is a tennis prodigy from America who has the personal history of winning four consecutive American Junior Tennis tournaments. His father, Nanjiro Echizen, a tennis player of legendary status, calls Ryoma back to Japan to attend the distinguished Seishun Academy Middle School. Ryoma, a first year, has his eyes set on being on the regulars team of the tennis club, for which the school is famous. Then, there is the lone girl who watches Ryoma from the audience. Her name is Shioin Higaki, whose parents had died in accident. She is mute due to traumatic shock of her past. She first meets Ryoma when he helps her on the train from a loud group of high school boys.
[J - Movie] Liar Game: The Final Stage (2010)
Title: Raiâ gêmu: Za fainaru sutêji (original title)
Director: Hiroaki Matsuyama
Writers: Shinobu Kaitani (manga), Tsutomu Kuroiwa (screenplay)
Stars: Erika Toda, Shôta Matsuda and Megumi Seki
Genre: Drama | Thriller
Summary:
Nao Kanzaki (Erika Toda) is a young simple college student who finds herself unwittingly involved in a mysterious competition called the Liar Game Tournament (LGT). In this competition, participants try to cheat one another of a large sum of money (loaned to them from the tournament organizers). To win - one must employ every possible trick and device to lie, cheat, swindle and con. Winners take home an obscene amount of money, while the losers incur an insurmountable mountain of debt. Nao seemingly has no chance of survival in this microcosm of greed and deceit. Fortunately, she manages to enlist the help of master con man, Shinichi Akiyama (Shota Matsuda), whose razor-sharp mind and genius with manipulation helps her survive an onslaught of ruthless challenges.
[Japanese Movie] Norwegian Wood (2010)
Romaji: Noruwei no mori
Japanese: ノルウェイの森
Director: Anh Hung Tran
Writer: Haruki Murakami (novel), Anh Hung Tran
Producer: Chihiro Kameyama, Shinji Ogawa
Cinematographer: Pin Bing Lee
Genre: Drama | Romance
Plot:
Set in the 1960's, high school student Toru Watanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama) loses his only friend Kizuki (Kengo Kora) after he commits suicide. Toru, now looking for a new life, enters a university in Tokyo. By chance, Toru meets Kizuki's ex-girlfriend Naoko (Rinko Kikuchi) in the university. They grow close because they both share the same loss.
As Toru and Naoko grow even closer, Naoko's sense of loss also grows. After Naoko's 20th birthday, she leaves for a sanitarium in Kyoto. Watanabe, devastated by the situation, meets pure-hearted Midori (Kiko Mizuhara) during the spring semester. Midori looks like a small animal that just came into the world.
[J - Movie] Frog Song (2005)
Title : Frog Song (J-Movie) – Not 4 Kids
Alternative Title(s) : Kaeru no uta
Hardsubbed or Softsubbed: Hardsubbed
English Subtitles: Yes
Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD): 2005
Summary:
Frog Song follows Akemi, a young woman who runs off into the night after discovering that her husband has been cheating on her. She ends up in a local comic shop where she meets an aspiring comic-book artist, Kyoko, who supports herself by working as a prostitute. Unable to deal with her husband’s betrayal, Akemimoves in with Kyoko where they develop a taste for sex, singing and frogs!
[J-Movie] The Secret Female Ninja 2 (2011)
Also Known As: Memoirs of a Lady Ninja 2
Directed by: Jiro Ishikawa
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama |Pinku
Cast: Kazuya Nomura, Fukuten, Shouta Fukuchi, Aya Tanimoto
Synopsis:
During Japan’s feudal era, Mitsuhide Akechi worked to foil Nobunaga Oda’s ambition for the unification of the entire country. To this end, Akechi had his eyes set on many of Oda’s vassals, including leyasu Tokugawa. To protect Tokugawa’s life, the kunoichi Kaede is sent to keep an eye on him as he travels through the mountains of Igo. Hiding in plain sight as a boxwood inn, she discovers that a skilled killer and his crew are already gathering in the area. Will a single lady ninja be able to complete her mission in the face of so many armed and dangerous men?
During Japan’s feudal era, Mitsuhide Akechi worked to foil Nobunaga Oda’s ambition for the unification of the entire country. To this end, Akechi had his eyes set on many of Oda’s vassals, including leyasu Tokugawa. To protect Tokugawa’s life, the kunoichi Kaede is sent to keep an eye on him as he travels through the mountains of Igo. Hiding in plain sight as a boxwood inn, she discovers that a skilled killer and his crew are already gathering in the area. Will a single lady ninja be able to complete her mission in the face of so many armed and dangerous men?
[J-Movie] Hanamizuki (2010)
Directed by: Nobuhiro Doi
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Year: 2010
Genre: Romance, Drama
Casts:
* Yui Aragaki – Sae Hirasawa
* Toma Ikuta – Kouhei Kiuchi
* Osamu Mukai – Junichi Kitami
* Hiroko Yakushimaru – Ryoko
* Misako Renbutsu – Ritsuko Watanabe
* Arata – Keimichi
* Yuichi Kimura – Makato Endo
* Yutaka Matsushige
* Eri Tokunaga
* Yuta Kanai
* Yu Koyanagi
* Tsutomu Takahashi
* Mamatsu Hayashi
* Kaori Mizushima
Summary:
Sae (Yui Aragaki) is a high school student who is studying hard for her college entrance exams. She lost her father when she was very young and so lives her mother Ryoko (Hiroko Yakushimaru) in Hokkaido, Japan. Her father Kemimichi (Arata) once planted a dogwood tree in their garden after he found out he had a terminal disease and could not watch Sae grow up. She hopes to enter a university in Tokyo. She then meets Kouhei (Toma Ikuta), who attends a specialized high school teaching fishery. He hopes to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather as a fisherman. These two young people meet and have a long distance relationship. Although their love is strong it does not last. 10 years later these two people have a miracle …
[J-Movie] Gantz (2011)
Director: Shinsuke Sato
Writers: Hiroya Oku (manga), Yûsuke Watanabe (screenplay)
Stars: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Takayuki Yamada and Kazunari Ninomiya
Synopsis:
After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.
[J-Movie] Breath in Breath out (2004)
Title : Breathe In Breathe Out (Movie)
Alternative Title(s) : shinkokyuu no hitsuyou
Number of Episodes: 1
Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD): 2004
Alternative Title(s) : shinkokyuu no hitsuyou
Number of Episodes: 1
Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD): 2004
Summary: The film begins with five getting off a boat together at a tiny port, but barely speaking to each other, even after they realize they are all there to cut cane for the same old couple, Granny (Taeko Yoshida) and Grandpa (Sabu Kitamura) Taira. Outgoing Hinami (Karina) has been temping in Tokyo and looking for a new direction (and, as it soon seems obvious, a new man); moody, sharp-tongued Daisuke (Hiroki Narimiya) is a college boy on vacation; tall, thirtyish, sagely smiling Shuichi (Shosuke Tanihara) doesn’t seem to belong (but is Hinami’s idea of Mr. Right); ditzy Etsuko (Sayaka Kaneko) arrives dolled up for a resort vacation, right down to her long, painted nails; shy Kanako (Masami Nagasawa) looks like a squelched virgin and says nothing beyond her name. Their foreman is the brisk, bronzed Yutaka (Nao Omori), who helps the Tairas every year and makes a living going from harvest to harvest, something like an educated migrant worker, with options. None of the five newbies quite realized what they were getting into: 35 days of back-breaking labor. If they fail to cut the cane, their kindly hosts, the Tairas, will face ruin. Yutaka, camp-counselor-like, tries cajoling them into something resembling enthusiasm and competence, but the work goes slowly as resentment builds. They are free spirits and privileged children of the middle class — not slaves! Finally Etsuko and Daisuke, the two most disgruntled of the lot, make their escape. Will anyone but Yutaka and the Tairas be left when the 35 days are up?
[J-Movie] Lovely Complex Live Action (2006)
Synopsis: Lovely Complex is about two Hich School students Atsushi Otani (played by Koike) and Risa Koizumi (played by Fujisawa). Risa, a tall Japanese girl, gets rejected by a boy because she is taller than him. Otani, a short Japanese guy, gets rejected by a girl because he is shorter than her. And the two gradually become attracted to each other while coping with their respective height complexes. Together, they became the laughing stock of their whole school, always caught bickering back and forth. Although everyone claims that they’re a “perfect couple”, both deny it with rage. Fed up, Koizumi set out on a mission to find a fitting boyfriend, but who knows, maybe everyone was right.The pair’s comedic dialog in Kansai dialect is very popular and the manga has sold over 6 million copies of volumes 1 through 12 combined.Obviously these two would make the oddest of couples and would never be a good match for each other right? Well, love doesn’t always follow such logic as Lovely Complex will show.
[J-Movie] Gokusen Movie (2009)
Title : Gokusen (Movie)
Alternative Title(s) : Gokusen (Movie)
Number of Episodes: 1
Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD): 2009-07-13
Wiki D- Addicts: N/A
Summary: A passionate teacher, Kumiko Yamaguchi, a.k.a. Yankumi, is now overseeing the new students of Class 3D of Akado High School, who still have not opened up to her and are giving her a hard time. One day, the students of 3D get harassed by street hoodlums. Then, Reita, a leader figure of 3D, shows up and beats up the hoodlums, yelling “Keep your hands off my friends.” The next day, the guys beat up by Reita come storming into their school. Principal Sawatari berates the students for getting mixed up with a gang, and gives Kumiko an ultimatum: “You’re fired the next time a 3D student gets into trouble.” Then Reita tells Kumiko that he doesn’t want to owe her anything, and he takes off by himself to settle the score with the gang… Meanwhile, trouble was also brewing for the former 3D student who just graduated. The police are after Ren for being involved in an illegal drug transaction. Upset Kumiko tries to find him with the other former 3D students. However, they later find out from her grandfather, the head of the Oedo Family, the shocking identity of the mastermind pulling the strings of the drug deal Ren is being accused of… Gokusen: The Movie was released in 2009-Jul-13. In the movie, the same characters in season 3 special are involved, but the story is set during the following school year. There are also some cameos from former class 3D students of season 1 and 2 but only Kamenashi Kazuya’s character returned as a teacher-in-training under Yankumi.
[J-Movie]Confession (2010)
A psychological thriller of a grieving mother turned cold-blooded avenger with a twisty master plan to pay back those who were responsible for her daughter's death.
Middle school teacher Yoko Moriguchi’s (Takako Matsu) life comes crashing down after the murder of her 4 year old daughter. Eventually Yoko Moriguchi suspects some of her own students to have been responsible for her daughter’s death. An elaborate plan for revenge then ensues, including forcing students to drink HIV tainted milk …
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
Writers: Kanae Minato (based on the novel by), Tetsuya Nakashima (screenplay)
Stars: Takako Matsu, Yukito Nishii and Kaoru Fujiwara
[J-Movie] Alive(2002)
Title : Alive (Movie)
Number of Episodes: 1
Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD): 2002
Wiki D- Addicts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive_%282002_film%29
Summary:
After survivng his own execution, Tenshu choses to be subjected to the bizarre experiments of the prison officials.
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[J-Movie] Deathrow Girls(2004)
Also Known As: Kûga no shiro: Joshû 1316
Directed by: Sadaaki Haginiwa
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Year: 2004
Genre: Action
CAST
Aki Hoshino, Momo Iizawa, David Ito, Emi Kitagawa, Junko Maru, Ami Natsui, Ren Suzuki
SYNOPSIS
Inmate 1316 is sent to the Island, Japan’s toughest prison for the most notorious female prisoners, and realizes the place is even worse than its reputation — nobody except the guards ever leaves alive. As she uncovers one terrible secret after another, including graveyards and unauthorized executions, she decides to fight back with every weapon she can find in this Japanese action thriller by Sadaaki Haginiwa.
[J-movie]Oppai Volleyball(2009)
Japanese: おっぱいバレー
Year: 2009
Director:Eiichiro Hasumi
Writer:Yoshikazu Okada, Munenori Mizuno (original novel)
Cast:
Haruka Ayase, Munetaka Aoki, Haruki Kimura, Kento Takahashi, Yoshihiro Tachibana, Masaki Honjo, Ryuichitaro Megumi, Takuya Yoshihara, Toru Nakamura, Takuya Ishida, Ohgo Suzuka
The Skinny:
Oppai Volleyball is a tame coming-of-age story about an educator who is inspired to become better…by agreeing to show high schoolers her breasts if they win a volleyball game. The film is amusing and light, but director Eiichiro Hasumi (Season of Snow) doesn't seem to know how to handle character dramas that don't require expensive camerawork.
[J-Movie]The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)
Director: Chia-Liang Li
Writers: Edward Tang (screenplay), Man-Ming Tong (screenplay)
Stars: Jackie Chan, Ho-Sung Pak and Lung Ti
Genres : Action | Comedy
Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-Hong has learned a style of fighting called "Drunken Boxing", which makes him a dangerous person to cross. Unfortunately, his father is opposed to his engaging in any kind of fighting, let alone drunken boxing. Consequently, Fei-Hong not only has to fight against the foreigners, but he must overcome his father's antagonism as well.
[J-Movie] AZUMI 2 Death or Love (2005)
Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Writers: Yu Koyama (comic), Mataichirô Yamamoto (screenplay)
Stars: Aya Ueto, Yûma Ishigaki and Chiaki Kuriyama
Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance with former friend Nachi.
[J-Movie] AZUMI(2003)
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura
Writers: Yu Koyama (comic), Mataichirô Yamamoto (screenplay)
Stars:Aya Ueto, Kenji Kohashi and Hiroki Narimiya
Synopsis:
After the Battle of Sekigahara, a samurai is tasked by the Ieyasu shogunate to raise a band of assassins to finish off Toyotomi's allies and other ambitious warlords, to prevent another civil war. Azumi, played by Aya Ueto, is discovered as a 7-8 year old girl weeping next to the body of her dead mother by the samurai master Gessai, played by Yoshio Harada, and his entourage of young students. Azumi is raised in the martial skills of samurai and shinobi sword fighting, and the art of assassination. Azumi and her fellow classmates, now at young adult age, are constantly being told about a "mission" they must accomplish, though they have no idea what this mission is yet. Prior to setting out on their mission, their master orders his students to "pair up" with each others' best friend and proceed to kill each other, thus out of 10 students only five will remain to proceed with the mission. Questions and internal conflicts begin to arise amongst Azumi and her comrades as it seems their mission even prevents them from saving a village of mostly women and children from being masacred at the hands of a group of bandits, as their primary mission is to kill the warlords Asano Nagamasa, Masayuki Sanada and Kiyomasa Kato. Aside from the warlords, Azumi must also deal with a narcissistic mercenary, "swordsman in white", whose sword has no handguards as he claims to never have had to defend against attacks.
[J-movie]Kung.Fu.Dunk.(2008)
Director: Chu Yen-Ping
Cast: Jay Chou, Eric Tsang, Charlene Choi
Country: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Language: Cantonese, English Subtitles, Mandarin
Alternate Titles: 功夫灌籃
Release Date: 2008
Runtime: 98 minutes
Fang Shi-Jie (Chou) was orphaned as an infant, abandoned by a basketball court. Raised in a martial arts school, Jie has terrific accuracy when throwing objects, but not a great deal of respect for the new masters of the school. When he falls in with a con-man named Li (Tsang) who attempts to use his skills scamming people in darts games, they attract the attention of local gangsters and get Jie thrown out of school. But Li’s next endeavor shows more promise: he enters Jie into First University, where Jie quickly takes up basketball and uses his throwing skills as a kung fu slam dunk champion.
The film revolves around an orphaned boy who grew up in a kung fu university and becomes a talented basketball player. The youngster, Fang Shi Jie (Jay Chou) grew up at the Kung-Fu School. He practiced excellent Kung-Fu and is equipped with good skills. When he is punished by his principal to stay on the streets for one night, he demonstrates his incredible accuracy to a down-and-out hustler, Wang Li. On the pretext of helping him search for his family, Wang Li invites him to play basketball at 'First University' as the new star of its basketball team. Meanwhile, Wang Li capitalizes on media interest in Shi-Jie to make money via interviews and news articles
[J-Movie]Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night (2010)
Also Known As: パラノーマル・アクティビティ 第２章／TOKYO NIGHT
Directed by: Toshikazu Nagae
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Year: 2010
Genre: Horror, Myster
The Yamano family lives in a secluded home in a remote Tokyo residential area. Their 27-year-old daughter Haruka suffered a compound fracture in a car accident while traveling in America. Haruka returns home in a wheelchair. There to meet her is her younger brother 19-year-old Koichi. Their father is away from the Yamano resident due to a business trip abroad. Koichi is left to take of his sister for until she can walk again.
