Promare (2019) Trailer

Promare

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Japanese Story (2003) Trailer

Japanese Story

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Man from Reno (2014) Trailer

Man from Reno

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A stranger in the increasingly strange city of San Francisco, Japanese crime novelist Aki (Ayako Fujitani - Tokyo!) is unsure of precisely what role she has to play in a real-life murder mystery involving ambiguous MacGuffins and amorphous identities. Unfolding in lonely places such as bookshops and hotel bars, Dave Boyle's (Surrogate Valentine, White On Rice, Big Dreams Little Tokyo) moody thriller uncovers exhilarating new takes on genre conventions. Consequently, it's an alluring l'homme fatal who supplies Aki with the breadcrumb trail of clues that entices her into a labyrinthine plot of sinister dealings. In turn, the aging sheriff (veteran character actor Pepe Serna - Scarface, The Black Dahlia, The Jerk, fantastic in a rare leading role), who should rightfully be riding to her rescue, proves to be equally out of his depth. The game is afoot, the chase is exhilarating and the stakes are perilously high in this inspired neo-noir. 

Big in Japan (2014) Trailer

Big in Japan

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Big in Japan is a rock and roll road movie about a struggling Seattle band determined to not fade away. The film, which is based loosely on actual events, follows real life rockers, Tennis Pro, as they travel to Japan- a last ditch attempt to prevent their day jobs from becoming their careers. Director John Jeffcoat (Outsourced) utilizes a fresh narrative approach, guerrilla production style mixed with an international storyline to craft a dynamic and entertaining story where music and film intersect with two cultures to reveal simple, oftentimes hilarious, universal truths.

The Flowers of War (2011) Trailer

Jin líng shí san chai

The Flowers of War (simplified Chinese: 金陵十三钗; traditional Chinese: 金陵十三釵; pinyin: Jīnlíng Shísān Chāi) is a 2011 Chinese historical drama war film directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Christian Bale, Ni Ni, Zhang Xinyi, Tong Dawei, Atsuro Watabe, Shigeo Kobayashi and Cao Kefan.

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The film, set during Japan's 1937 invasion of China, is told from a young girl's point of view, not as a history lesson, but as an intimate, elemental and paradoxically universal celebration of the human spirit. Bale stars as a dissolute Westerner who seeks refuge in a Catholic church. There he meets a beautiful Chinese courtesan who helps him rescue a group of schoolgirls from a terrible fate at the hands of the Japanese. 

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) Trailer

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Java, 1942 - A clash of cultures, a test of the human spirit.

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Japanese: Senjō no Merī Kurisumasu (戦場のメリークリスマス, "Merry Christmas on the Battlefield"), also known in many European editions asFuryo (俘虜, Japanese for "prisoner of war")) is a 1983 Japanese-British film directed by Nagisa Oshima, produced by Jeremy Thomas and starring David Bowie, Tom Conti,Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano and Jack Thompson.

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In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a Japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honor and glory. In his view, the allied prisoners are cowards when they chose to surrender instead of committing suicide. One of the prisoners, interpreter John Lawrence, tries to explain the Japanese way of thinking, but is considered a traitor. Written by Mattias Thuresson

Fist of Fury (1972) Trailer

Fist of Fury

 Bruce Lee has done the impossible... ...HE'S SURPASSED HIMSELF!!!

Fist of Fury, also known as The Chinese Connection and The Iron Hand in the United States, is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Lo Wei, starring Bruce Lee in his second major role after The Big Boss (1971).

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Martial arts legend, Bruce Lee, plays the fictional character of Chen Jun, a student of legendary real-life martial artist Fok Yun Gap. In an epic tale of national rivalries, Lee is a true force of nature as he battles against Japanese Imperialist forces determined to subjugate his people. In the most electrifying performance of his career, Bruce Lee demonstrates complete mastery of his art in scene after scene of the most realistic brutal unarmed combat ever filmed!

A Majority of One (1961) Trailer

A Majority of One

The heart-warmingest picture under the rising sun! The happiest pairing of stars in many-a-moon! 

In 1961 Spigelgass adapted his play for a Warner Bros. film starring Rosalind Russell, Alec Guinness, Madlyn Rhue and Ray Danton and directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

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A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness and forgiveness.

Across the Pacific (1942) Trailer

Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific is a 1942 American spy film set on the eve of the entry of the United States into World War II.

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Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-marshaled out of the army and boards a Japanese ship for the Orient in late 1941. But has Leland really been booted out, or is there some other motive for his getting close to fellow passenger Doctor Lorenz? Any motive for getting close to attractive traveller Alberta Marlow would however seem pretty obvious. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Devils on the Doorstep (2000) Trailer

Guizi lai le

Devils on the Doorstep (simplified Chinese: 鬼子来了; traditional Chinese: 鬼子來了; 

Japanese: 鬼が来た!; literally "the devils are here") is a 2000 Chinese black comedy film 

directed, co-written and produced by Jiang Wen, starring Jiang himself, 

Kagawa Teruyuki, Yuan Ding and Jiang Hongbo .

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During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's

 home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the 

next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The village leaders convene

 to interrogate the prisoners. The townspeople then struggle to accommodate 

the prisoners. One is a bellicose Japanese nationalist, the other a nervous 

translator. Will the townspeople manage to keep the prisoners until the New Year? 

Written by Ken Miller <wkmiller704@yahoo.com>

The Burmese Harp (1956) Trailer

Biruma no tategoto

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At the close of World War II, a Japanese army regiment in Burma surrenders to the British. Private

Mizushima is sent on a lone mission to persuade a trapped Japanese battalion to surrender also. 

When the outcome is a failure, he disguises himself in the robes of a Buddhist monk in hope of

 temporary anonymity as he journeys across the landscape -- but he underestimates the

 power of his assumed role.

The Thin Red Line (1998) Trailer

The Thin Red Line

Every man fights his own war.

Trailer for Terrence Malick's film starring Sean Penn, James Caviezel, Ben Chaplin,

 Elias Koteas, Adrien Brody, John Cusack, George Clooney, Nick Nolte,

John C. Reilly, John Travolta, John Savage, Woody Harrelson, Thomas Jane,

 Don Harvey, Jared Leto, Dash Mihok, Tim Blake Nelson, Nick Stahl, Miranda Otto,

 Larry Romano, Kirk Acevedo, Mark Boone Junior,

Terrence Malick's adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing

 on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.

Demonlover (2002) Trailer

Demonlover

French director Olivier Assayas creates a wild thriller about corporate intrigue, hardcore sex Internet sites, and Japanese animé. Wealthy French business man Henri-Pierre Volf (Jean-Baptise Malartre) assigns Diane de Monx (Connie Nielson) to make a deal with TokyoAnime, a company at the forefront of three-dimensional adult animation, after his former assistant, Karen (Dominique Reymond), is kidnapped. Diane, however, is actually a spy for a different company. Standing in her way is another headstrong business woman (Gina Gershon), and Diane's assistant, Elise Lipsky (Oscar nominee Chloe Sevigny) who questions her boss' morality.

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Topsy-Turvy (1999) Trailer

Topsy-Turvy

Singapore (1947) Trailer

Singapore

The Railway Man (2013) Trailer

The Railway Man

Revenge is never a straight line.

The Railway Man is a 2013 British–Australian-made war film directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. 

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Academy Award® Winners Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman star in the remarkable autobiography of Eric Lomax (Colin Firth), a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tormented and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Decades later, still suffering the trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax and his wife Patti (Nicole Kidman) discover that the Japanese interpreter responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and set out to confront him, in this powerful and inspiring tale of heroism, humanity and the redeeming power of love.

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The Ramen Girl (2008) Trailer

The Ramen Girl

An Autumn Afternoon (1962) Trailer

Sanma no aji

Kiri-Kis (1907) Les Kiriki, acrobates japonais

 Les Kiriki, acrobates japonais

Japanese Butterflies (1908) Les papillons japonais

Les papillons japonais