Battle Royale

Battle Royale 2000

7.30

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

2000

Tekken

Tekken 2010

5.36

In the year of 2039, after World Wars destroy much of the civilization as we know it, territories are no longer run by governments, but by corporations; the mightiest of which is the Mishima Zaibatsu. In order to placate the seething masses of this dystopia, Mishima sponsors Tekken, a tournament in which fighters battle until only one is left standing.

2010

Blindness

Blindness 2008

6.52

When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.

2008

Snakes and Earrings

Snakes and Earrings 2008

6.40

While alone in a nightclub, straight-laced Lui meets sensitive but troubled punk kid Ama. Mesmerized by his split tongue, she becomes obsessed with body modification and soon wants the same treatment. After Ama's heavily-tattooed friend Shiba pierces her tongue, Lui finds herself inexorably drawn to both men – and to her growing list of desires, she now adds a tattoo.

2008

Battle Royale II: Requiem

Battle Royale II: Requiem 2003

4.96

It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down the government. His terrorist group, Wild Seven, stages an attack that levels several buildings in Tokyo on Christmas Day, killing 8000 people. In order for the government to study the benefits of "teamwork", the new students work in pairs, with their collars electronically linked so that if one of them is killed, the other dies as well. They must kill Nanahara in three days - or die.

2003

Fudoh: The New Generation

Fudoh: The New Generation 1996

6.64

In order to settle a business dispute, a mob leader murders one of his own teenage sons. The surviving son vows to avenge his brother's death, and organizes his own gang of teenage killers to destroy his father's organization.

1996

My Rainy Days

My Rainy Days 2009

7.50

Because of her past, 17-year-old Rio lives her days filling the emptiness in her heart with money—until one day, she meets a university professor named Kouki and falls in love.

2009

Shaolin Girl

Shaolin Girl 2008

4.80

A Shaolin-trainer young woman returns to Japan to resuscitate her grandfather's defunct martial arts school.

2008

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve 2001

6.00

A horror depicting the serial murder that occurred in a villa closed in the snow.

2001

Prayer of the Rollerboys

Prayer of the Rollerboys 1991

5.60

Griffin, a rollerblader in the not so distant future of an economically wrecked Los Angeles, races against time to save both his younger brother and the city from the fate dealt out by the fascist rollerblading street gang, the Rollerboys.

1991

The Princess Blade

The Princess Blade 2001

5.70

Raised by assassins, Yuki is the last of the Takemikazuchi royal bloodline. A deadly weapon in her own right, she learns the gruesome truth about the death of her beloved mother and joins forces with a mysterious rebel leader.

2001

Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.

Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. 1991

5.67

Harry Griswald is a NYPD cop who is possessed with the spirit of a great Kabuki master. This has made him 'the chosen one' to do battle with 'the evil one'. He is also out to do good deeds and fight crime in the name of the law. The only problem is that a number of corrupt people in the community and their henchmen want him dead so that they can gain power when 'the evil one' come to take over the world. Sgt. Kabukiman must use his special superpowers to outsmart and out-fight the bad guys.

1991

Gigolo

Gigolo 1995

1

Daisuke is a regular businessman who is looked down upon by his family and colleagues at work. But that job is only a cover for his real job as an agent who gets paid to extract top secret information from his targets by using his sexual technique to please women. One day, he unwillingly gets involved in a murder case....

1995

Into the Faraway Sky

Into the Faraway Sky 2007

7.00

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 comfortably passes by. But this former paradise is now being stirred up by a fight amongst its people over constructing an airport. This is a tale of three young people exploring youth and friendship as they reach out into the sky.

2007

Zëiram

Zëiram 1991

6.00

Teppei and Kamiya, two average joes working in the electronic services industry, stumble upon the intergalactic bounty-hunter Ilia, and her partner, the artificial intelligence named Bob. Both men are accidentally transported to the Zone, a virtual reality in which Bob has trapped Ilia's latest prey, a biological weapon named Zeram. The Earth natives must both survive the experience and help Ilia capture Zeram before the Zone disappears around them.

1991

Backdancers!

Backdancers! 2006

6.00

A cadre of backup dancers is left astray when their star singer moves on with her life and marriage. They each had their own ambition and hope, which subconsciously rested on the star power of the singer. When plan A does not work, they cling to plan B. When that does not work, in an act of desperation, they are assigned to plan C by their agency. A fight and unprofessionalism seems to put the Backdancers on permanent ice.

2006

Zero Woman 2

Zero Woman 2 1995

4.80

A gang of young thieves try to rob a mob boss, but their heist is interrupted by an officer of the Tokyo Police Department's elite Zero Division. They get away with the loot, but the officer, a beautiful, more-than-slightly psychotic young woman who also happens to be an excellent shot, is tracking them down. To bring the case to a successful conclusion, she must deal with rival crime gangs, small- time crooks, and the wavering loyalties of her own partner.

1995

Misty

Misty 1997

5.00

Witnesses of a murder. Remake of Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon.

1997

Rock'n'Roll Mishin

Rock'n'Roll Mishin 2002

6.00

A bored salaryman quits his mundane job to help an old friend start an indie clothing label.

2002