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Koji Hashimoto & Sakyo Komatsu – Sayônara, Jûpetâ AKA Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984)
wikipedia says:“Sayonara Jupiter (さよならジュピター Sayonara Jiupitā?, English release: Bye Bye Jupiter) is a 1984 Japanese science fiction film directed by Koji Hashimoto and produced by Toho. The script was...
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Nobuhiko Obayashi – Nerawareta gakuen AKA School in the Crosshairs (1981)
Based on the juvenile sci-fi novel by Taku Mayumura. An ordinary high school girl finds that she has ESP power.Merit Health Enacted (Pharmacist pill Bo-decorated) with a special Super Power, it will...
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Patrick Leung – Sip si 32 dou aka Beyond Hypothermia (1996)
Synopsis/Review:In the ’80s and early ’90s, Hong Kong’s star-rich cinema was one of the most fascinating, fully evolved of national cinemas. Orgiastic violence and radical shifts from humor to romance...
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Kwon-taek Im – Chunhyangdyun (2000)
Summary:Mongryong marries the beautiful Chunhyang without telling his father, the Governor of Namwon. When his father is transferred to Seoul, Mongryong has to leave Chunhyang and finish his exams....
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Hiroshi Inagaki – Sengoku burai AKA Sword For Hire (1952)
Synopsis:Set in the civil wars of the 1570s, the film follows three samurai, Hayate, Jurata, and Yakeiji after the fall of their castle. Jurata escapes by pretending to be Hayate and escorting...
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Hideo Nakata – Kaidan (2007)
KAIDAN-Ghost Story (2007) is a breath of fresh air in the genre of J-horror; the film is a homage to classic romantic ghost stories. The film is directed by Hideo Nakata, the same director responsible...
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Kô Nakahira – Getsuyôbi no Yuka AKA Only On Mondays (1964)
Quote:Directed by Ko Nakahira. With Mariko Kaga, Akira Nakao, Takeshi Kato. Yuka is a “good-time girl” from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa to sleep with a foreign business executive so that he...
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Johnnie To & Ka-Fai Wai – Chuen jik sat sau AKA Fulltime Killer (2001)
Quote:O (Takashi Sorimachi) is the number 1 assassin in all of Asia. Tok (Andy Lau) wants to dethrone him and become the premier hitman in the world. What these two have in common is that they are in...
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Kazuo Ikehiro – Hitori okami AKA Lone Wolf Isazo (1968)
Synopsis:Isazo (Ichikawa Raizo), often called ‘The Ripper’, is a living legend in the world of the Yakuza. Known for his swordsmanship and bravery, but also for his polite manners, and a gifted talent...
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Shûichi Okita – Kitsutsuki to ame AKA The Woodsman and the Rain (2011)
Synopsis:Rookie movie director Koichi and his crew travels to the mountain village of Yamamura to film his next movie. The villagers are eventually enlisted to help film the movie and, in particular,...
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Sang-soo Hong – Gangbyeon hotel AKA Hotel by the River (2018)
SynopsisIt is the dead of winter and a poet invites his sons to join him at a hotel for a reunion. The hotel also hosts a newly single woman who has a friend keep her company and with whom she shares...
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Nobuhiko Obayashi – Sabishinbô aka Lonely Heart (1985)
Lonely and love-struck, high-school student Hiroki pursues one girl but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his lonely psyche, or real? An intricate triangle develops,...
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Kihachi Okamoto – Akage aka Red Lion (1969)
Gonzo (Toshiro Mifune), a member of the Imperial Restoration Force, is being asked by the emperor to deliver official news to his home village of a New World Order. Wanting to pose as a military...
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Yigong Wu & Yonggang Wu – Ba Shan Ye Yu aka Evening Rain (1980)
This film had a deep influence upon China in the 1980s, as it was beginning to come to terms with the Cultural Revolution. Quote:Evening Rain, a feature film co-directed by Wu Yonggang and Wu Yigong,...
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Kenji Misumi – Kozure Ôkami: Sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma AKA Lone Wolf and Cub...
Synopsis:Based on the best-selling manga series, the six intensely kinetic Lone Wolf and Cub films elevated chanbara to bloody new heights. The shogun’s executioner, Itto Ogami (Tomisaburo Wakayama),...
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Satsuo Yamamoto – Tengu-to aka Blood End (1969)
Quote:BLOOD END is one of the great unknown films from Japan’s golden era of the late 1960’s. Starring NAKADAI Tatsuya in one of his best roles, this is the story of the Mito Tengu Group who attempted...
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Jûzô Itami – Marutai no onna AKA Woman in Witness Protection (1997)
Synopsis:Following the release of his Minbo No Onna — less a film than a textbook on how to extricate oneself from yakuza harassment — veteran director Juzo Itami was attacked and almost killed by the...
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Shunji Iwai – Hana to Arisu AKA Hana and Alice (2004)
Synopsis:Upon entering high school, two best friends named Hana and Alice notice a boy a year older them while waiting for the train, and they both develop a pretty strong crush on him. One day while...
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Akio Jissoji – Nami no bon AKA Lanterns on Blue Waters (1983)
This Jissoji starring Chishu Ryu is the story of a Japanese man who went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now retired and still living in Hawaii...
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Teinosuke Kinugasa – Jigokumon aka The Gate of Hell (1953)
Synopsis:In 1159, during an attempted coup, one of the court’s ladies in waiting disguises herself as the lord’s wife, and a loyal samurai conveys her from the city. This diversion allows the royal...
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