The Yakuza Code Still Lives

Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose relationship is about to be broken apart by the former's parents, who have insisted their son take part in an arranged marriage to...

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Takeshi Kitano

Cast

Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi

Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambi...

Runtime

2h 10m

Director

Takashi Miike

Cast

Yûta Sone, Show Aikawa, Kimika Yoshino

An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up again...

Runtime

1h 19m

Director

Mark L. Lester

Cast

Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their past lives they decided to team up and use their talents in killing for good... much to the upset of the crime syndica...

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Takashi Miike

Cast

Show Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi, Noriko Aota

A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.

Runtime

1h 23m

Director

Mori Masaki

Cast

Issei Miyazaki, Masaki Kouda, Seiko Nakano