Renji Ishibashi

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Lost Lovers
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Lost Lovers

Nov. 05, 1971

Lost Lovers

A rebel youth joins a duo of entertainers only able to communicate by gesturing; when the female performer is suddenly abducted, he and Takeru ...
Into the Faraway Sky
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Into the Faraway Sky

Aug. 18, 2007

Into the Faraway Sky

A vast wheat field, a straight road that has no end, a sky without a single building in sight – this is a town in the country where time ...
The Ramen Girl
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The Ramen Girl

Feb. 08, 2008

The Ramen Girl

An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a ramen chef under ...
One Missed Call 2
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One Missed Call 2

Feb. 05, 2005

One Missed Call 2

A Japanese restaurant cook/owner dies after answering his daughter’s cellphone. Other people are getting strange, same ringtone calls as ...
Play it, Boogie-Woogie
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Play it, Boogie-Woogie

A runaway cat-loving girl begins a love triangle with a reckless older man and a young biker in high school. The film follows their subsequent ...
The Negotiator
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The Negotiator

Aug. 17, 2003

The Negotiator

After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital. Inspector Ishida and Captain Tohno handle ...
One Missed Call
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One Missed Call

Nov. 03, 2003

One Missed Call

People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent ...
Operation Plazma in Osaka
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Operation Plazma in Osaka

Amidst Japan’s postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan’s largest crime syndicate plans a ...
Graveyard of Honor
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Graveyard of Honor

Jun. 22, 2002

Graveyard of Honor

A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss’ life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
The Black House
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The Black House

Nov. 13, 1999

The Black House

A timid insurance agent investigates a possible insurance fraud case that involves a death. As the facts are slowly revealed, he becomes ...
Audition
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Audition

Mar. 03, 2000

Audition

Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their ...
Woman’s Trail: Wet Path
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Woman’s Trail: Wet Path

A stripper reluctantly returns to her manager and husband with her new lover in tow. The lover tries to claim her but after escaping a beating he ...
Rolling on the Road
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Rolling on the Road

Oct. 23, 1981

Rolling on the Road

George is a washed-up middle-aged punk rocker, who divorces his wife and lives with his girlfriend, a soap massage parlor worker. His life ...
Dead or Alive
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Dead or Alive

Nov. 27, 1999

Dead or Alive

Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to ...
Gemini
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Gemini

Sep. 15, 1999

Gemini

When his mother’s untimely death quickly follows his father’s, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his ...
The Machine Gun Dragon
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The Machine Gun Dragon

Ryu, a low life thug, along with his mother, steals a shipment of drugs. Now with his machine gun and a gang of hoodlums, he must face the yakuza ...
House on Fire
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House on Fire

Apr. 12, 1986

House on Fire

In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work
The Inferno
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The Inferno

Jun. 03, 1979

The Inferno

Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother’s grief from beyond the grave.
The Bird People in China
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The Bird People in China

Wada, a salary man, is enlisted to venture off to China to investigate a potential Jade mine. After his arrival, Wada encounters a violent, yet ...
Crest of Betrayal
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Crest of Betrayal

Oct. 22, 1994

Crest of Betrayal

Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and loyalty, and the second is a ghost story about a ...
The Oil-Hell Murder
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The Oil-Hell Murder

May. 23, 1992

The Oil-Hell Murder

The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a mountain of debt, and is disowned by his parents.
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
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Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Jul. 01, 1989

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

A “metal fetishist”, driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he’s made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into ...
The Woman with Red Hair
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The Woman with Red Hair

Junko Miyashita plays a mysterious hitchhiker picked up by a brute of a construction worker named Kenzo who takes her back to his run-down and ...
Okiku and the World
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Okiku and the World

Apr. 28, 2023

Okiku and the World

Two rogue vagrants make their living as “manure men”, turning the waste from the tenement toilets into fertiliser sold to local ...
Pale Moon
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Pale Moon

Nov. 15, 2014

Pale Moon

Daily, Rika Umezawa battles a nagging sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction. She works a tiring job, comes home to an unappreciative husband and ...