, 2h5 Directed byTakeshi Kitano OriginJapon GenresComedy, Action ActorsTatsuya Fuji, Masaomi Kondō, Akira Nakao, Ben Hiura, Takeshi Kitano, Atomu Shimojō Roles Masa Rating63% Ryūzō (Tatsuya Fuji) is a retired yakuza gangster who lives a quiet unassuming life with his salaryman son, Ryuhei (Masanobu Katsumura). Still in contact with his former lieutenant, Masa (Masaomi Kondō), Ryūzō maintains his short tempo with their regular get-togethers. One day, the old gangster receives a call from an impostor pretending to be his son asking for ¥5 million. Ryūzō sees through the trick and learns from police detective Murakami (Beat Takeshi) that a member from the Keihin Rengo gang is responsible. Re-uniting his seven former henchmen to strike back, Ryūzō learns that they have all grown weak with their old age. The elderly yakuza members soon learn that they must overcome their weaknesses if they are to prove to be a match against the younger Keihin Rengo.
, 2h GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Crime ActorsOsamu Mukai, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Nao Ōmori, Kazue Fukiishi, Joe Odagiri, Hiroyuki Hirayama Roles Rokuro Kiriyama Rating53% Le NPS (National Police Safety Rescue), dont le but est d'attraper vivants les criminels les plus dangereux, devient le centre d'attention du public. Un sit-in de démonstration a lieu et les membres du NPS, dont Ichigo Kamikura, se rendent sur le site. Pendant ce temps, un navire de transport est détourné dans l'océan Pacifique.
, 2h4 Directed byTakashi Miike OriginJapon GenresScience fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action ThemesFilms about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Children's films ActorsRyūnosuke Kamiki, Chiaki Kuriyama, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Bunta Sugawara, Riko Narumi, Etsushi Toyokawa Roles Shōjō Rating63% A young boy named Tadashi Ino moves to a small town after the divorce of his parents. At a local festival, he is picked to be that year's "Kirin Rider," a protector of all things good. He soon discovers that his new title is quite literal, as a nefarious spirit named Yasunori Kato appears. Originally a human who became a demon from the strength of his hatred for humans, Kato desires vengeance against their actions on the Yokai. To carry out his revenge, Kato allies himself with a Yokai named Agi while he summons a fiery spirit called Yomotsumono, composed of the resentment of the many things which mankind has discarded. With Yomotsumono's flames, Kato feeds it Yokai which are used as ingredients in creating violent junkyard Tsukumogami under his control that capture other Yokai to build their numbers while killing humans. One of such Yokai, Sunekosuri, escaped and befriended Tadashi who attempts to obtain the Daitenguken from the mountain as part of being the Kirin Rider. However, he wimped out at the last second and with trickery by Shōjō, who picked Tadashi out, the boy overcame the test. Accompanied by Shōjō, Kawahime, and Kawataro, Tadashi makes his way to the DaiTengu who gives him a sword before being taken away by the Tsukumogami. In spite of Tadashi's attempts, the sword is broken as Agi takes Sunekosuri as her captive before the boy is knocked unconscious.
, 2h39 Directed byKenji Misumi OriginJapon GenresDrama, Action ActorsKen Ogata, Hideki Takahashi, Keiko Matsuzaka, Kiwako Taichi, Takahiro Tamura, Tōru Minegishi Roles Iba Hachiro Rating73% Japon, 1860. Sugi, un jeune samouraï a trouvé un nouveau père en la personne d'Ikemoto auprès duquel il a appris l'art du sabre. Ikemoto, espion à la solde du shogun Tokugawa et sentant la fin proche du monde des samouraïs, conjure Sugi de se tenir à l'écart des luttes politiques et des conflits violents qui déchirent le pays entre partisans du shogun, partisans de l'empereur et influence des occidentaux. Mais le tourbillon des événements semble vouloir tout emporter avec lui...
Directed byTeruo Ishii GenresHorror ActorsAsao Koike, Masaomi Kondō, Kichijirō Ueda Roles Takeshi Rating64% Après s'être évadé d'un hôpital psychiatrique, un homme prend l'identité d'un mort afin d'enquêter sur étrange cas de sosies. Il se retrouve sur une île où sévit un médecin qui transforme des hommes en monstres...
, 1h35 Directed byEiichi Kudō GenresDrama, Action, Adventure ThemesSeafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films ActorsIsao Natsuyagi, Koji Nanbara, Kō Nishimura, Ryūtarō Ōtomo, Kei Satō, Kōtarō Satomi Rating71% This black and white film is set in November 1839, during the final decades of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate. The retired Shogun's youngest son, Lord Nariatsu, crosses into the neighboring Oshi fief, while he's hunting. Confronted by the Clan Lord Abe Masayori for trespassing in his lands of Oshi, Nariatsu kills him in a fit of pique and rides home. The Oshi fief retainers appeal to the Shogun's Council of Elders for justice. Not wishing to embarrass the Shogun's Tokugawa Clan, Chief Secretary Mizumo rewrites the event with Clan Lord Abe in the wrong and Lord Nariatsu defending himself. For this "attack," the Oshi fief is to be abolished at the end of the month, and the lands will be given to Lord Nariatsu as compensation.