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, 58minutesDirected by Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Bin Shimada, Takeshi Kusao, Hitoshi Takagi, Yūko Minaguchi, Junko Shimakata, Kara Edwards
A Saiyan space pod flying through space crash-lands on Earth out of which a wounded Broly crawls out, who barely escaped from the "new" planet Vegeta just moments before it was destroyed. The Legendary Super Saiyan reverts to his normal state, then falls into a coma as the crater freezes over him. Seven years later, Goku is deceased having sacrificed his life to save the Earth from Cell. Goten, Trunks, and Videl search for the magical Dragon Balls and encounter the cursed village, Nataday. With the villagers haunted by a supposed monster, they are prompted by their priest to conduct human sacrifice to appease the threat. Goten, Trunks, and Videl devise a plan to bait the supposed monster. However, when Goten inadvertently obstructs the plan, Videl slaps him and he soon begins to cry. The supposed monster, a dinosaur, is drawn out but is quickly vanquished by Goten and Trunks. With the priest exiled and Nataday peaceful, the group depart to continue their Dragon Ball search.
, 51minutesOrigin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Masako Nozawa, Shin Aomori, Takeshi Kusao, Hiromi Tsuru, Ryō Horikawa, Megumi Urawa
On a distant planet, a young alien boy frantically searches his surroundings, sword at the ready, but before he can react, he is crushed by a giant foot while someone laughs maniacally in the background.
The Lost Bladesman (2011)
, 1h47Directed by Felix Chong, Alan Mak
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical, Martial arts
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Betty Sun, Alex Fong, Chin Siu-ho (錢小豪), Andy On
The film opens with a scene of Cao Cao attending Guan Yu's funeral — Guan's severed head is buried with a wooden statue in place of his body. The scene flashbacks to 20 years ago: After Guan Yu had been separated from his sworn brother Liu Bei, he temporarily served Cao Cao while he waited for news of Liu's whereabouts. At the Battle of Baima between Cao Cao and his rival Yuan Shao, Guan Yu slew Yuan's general Yan Liang and lifted the siege on Baima. As a reward, Cao Cao suggested to Emperor Xian to grant Guan Yu a marquis title and promote him to a higher rank.
Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995)
, 50minutesDirected by Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films, Political films
Actors Masahiro Anzai, Takeshi Kusao, Hiromi Tsuru, Atsushi Kisaichi, Hikaru Midorikawa, Daisuke Gōri
In the Other World, a teenage "oni" guarding a spirit cleansing machine turns the volume of his walkman up so loud that he fails to change the evil essence tank when necessary. Due to the overload of evil essence, the machine explodes and the "oni" is transformed into a huge-childlike monster with power over the laws regarding the worlds of the living and the dead. As a result, both worlds are thrown into chaos: in the living world, several deceased are brought back to life, while in the other world, beings who were allowed to keep their bodies turn into spirits, and vice versa.
Xanadu (1980)
, 1h33Directed by Robert Greenwald
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films based on mythology, Sports films, Musical films, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, Gene Kelly, James Sloyan, Dimitra Arliss, Sandahl Bergman
Sonny Malone is a talented artist who dreams of fame beyond his job, which is the non-creative task of painting larger versions of album covers for record-store window advertisements. As the film opens, Sonny is broke and on the verge of giving up his dream. Having quit his day job to try to make a living as a freelance artist, but having failed to make any money at it, Sonny returns to his old job at AirFlo Records. After some humorous run-ins with his imperious boss and nemesis, Simpson, he resumes painting record covers.
, 1h10Directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Eric Vale, Bin Shimada, Ryō Horikawa, Takeshi Kusao, Mayumi Tanaka, Toshio Furukawa
On his planet in the Otherworld, King Kai senses the destruction of the South Galaxy by an unknown Super Saiyan, and realizes that the North Galaxy will be next. To this end, King Kai contacts Goku telepathically while he and Chi-Chi are sitting down having an interview inside a private school which they hopefully plan to send Gohan to. In the middle of the interview, Goku teleports to King Kai's planet and is told the entire story.
, 1h41Directed by Daniel Lee
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical, Martial arts
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Andy Lau, Sammo Hung, Yu Rongguang, Maggie Q, Vanness Wu, Andy On
Zhao Zilong begins his career by enlisting in Liu Bei's army. He befriends a fellow soldier, Luo Ping'an, who is also from his hometown in Changshan. Not long later, Zhao participates in a battle against Liu Bei's rival Cao Cao. He follows Zhuge Liang's plan and launches a sneak attack on the enemy camp at night, achieving his first victory. Liu Bei is overwhelmed by Cao Cao and is forced to retreat to Phoenix Heights but is separated from his family during the chaos. Luo is ordered to find and bring Liu's family back safely but fails. Zhang Fei is angered and thrusts his spear towards Luo, but Zhao blocks the attack and engages Zhang and Guan Yu in a fight. Zhao remains undefeated after dueling for several rounds and Liu Bei is impressed by his skill. Zhao offers to retrieve Liu's family, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei cover him while he breaks through enemy lines to begin the search.
, 1h30Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films based on mythology, Time travel films, Films about cats, Children's films
Actors Kaneta Kimotsuki
, 50minutesOrigin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Tesshō Genda, Takeshi Kusao, Masako Nozawa, Naoko Watanabe
Bojack is the main villain of the movie. His goal is to conquer the universe and destroy all those that stand in his way. According to King Kai, he was sealed by all four Kais in a star, but when Goku teleported the devolved, ready to self-destruct Cell to King Kai's planet, killing him, the seal has broken, allowing Bojack to reap destruction upon the Earth.
, 46minutesDirected by Daisuke Nishio
Genres Science fiction, Action, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Ryūsei Nakao, Ryō Horikawa, Masako Nozawa, Naoki Tatsuta
A few years prior, the tyrant Frieza destroyed the Planet Namek during his battle with the newly transformed Super Saiyan Goku. The peaceful Namekians found themselves without a home for months. Eventually they had a new planet created for them with the help of the Dragon Balls. For three years or so they lived in peace on their new planet. One day however, a strange metal planet began to absorb New Namek. The silver planet wrapped around New Namek, absorbing its energy. Dende, who is now the Earth's guardian, senses the plight of his people and calls Goku to ask for help.
Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly (1994)
Genres Science fiction, Action, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Bin Shimada, Takeshi Kusao, Miki Hirano, Mayumi Tanaka, Daisuke Gōri, Tomiko Suzuki
In a dark laboratory on a distant island, strangely-coloured humanoids emerge from tanks, having been created by Dr. Collie. Collie's employer, Mr. Jaguar, plans to use these men to expose the "world's greatest fraud", and laughs madly as a furry tail is shown in a distant tank.
, 45minutesDirected by Daisuke Nishio
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Kōhei Miyauchi, Hisao Egawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Toshio Kobayashi, Takeshi Kusao
The film opens with the introduction showing the death of Dr. Gero at the hands of the Androids 17 and 18 including the Red Ribbon Army, but also reveals that Gero previously copied his consciousness into an underground supercomputer, working on an alternate ultimate android.
, 1h1Directed by Daisuke Nishio
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Yukimasa Kishino, Kōji Nakata, Naoki Tatsuta, Daisuke Gōri
While looking at the Dragon Radar, Oolong notices that all of the Dragon Balls are starting to be gathered together. He and Gohan, who were also searching for the Dragon Balls, head out to investigate and end up at the Tsurumai-Tsuburi Mountains’ eternal wall of ice, where coincidentally, Piccolo is also training. Dr. Kochin summons Shenron and wishes for Dr. Wheelo’s lab to be released from the ice. The ice begins to break away and a building emerges. Gohan and Oolong look on in disbelief, when they are suddenly attacked by Dr. Kochin’s Biomen. Piccolo shows up to save Gohan, but is overcome by three mysterious fighters, while Gohan and Oolong escape.
Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (1991)
, 49minutesOrigin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Hideyuki Hori, Kenji Utsumi, Shōzō Iizuka, Masako Nozawa
While meditating beside a waterfall, Piccolo is approached by Gohan and Icarus, with Gohan showing Piccolo a tune he has just learned to whistle. To his shock, Piccolo finds the noise excruciatingly painful due to his enhanced Namekian hearing, and angrily orders Gohan to stop. Meanwhile, at the Capsule Corporation compound, Bulma and her father discover that a meteor is heading toward the Earth and will most likely destroy the planet upon impact. Amidst mass panic throughout the Earth, Goku and Krillin rush to intercept the meteor, blasting it with Kamehameha waves, but fail to damage it. The meteor, however, does not hit Earth, instead passing it and exploding in orbit. When the dust clears, a strange building is present on the Earth.
, 48minutesOrigin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Toshio Furukawa, Shō Hayami, Masato Hirano, Naoko Watanabe, Ichirō Nagai, Hiromi Tsuru
In the film, Freeza's older brother Cooler is introduced. It begins with a flashback to when Freeza destroyed the Saiyan home world, Planet Vegeta. Cooler's ship soon picks up a Saiyan space pod on the radar. The pod, carrying a baby Saiyan named Kakarot, is shown to be heading towards Earth, but Cooler's henchmen believe it is an escape. Cooler lets the ship go, accounting that it's Freeza's naïveté, and responsibility. More than twenty years later, Kakarot, eventually renamed Goku, transforms into a Super Saiyan and defeats Freeza on Planet Namek. Despite showing no compassion towards his brother, Cooler takes his Armored Squadron - Doore, Neiz, and Salza to Earth with the intention of killing Goku in order to reclaim his family's honor. His forces ambush Goku and his friends on a camping trip, and Goku is wounded when he takes a blast from Cooler that was intended for Gohan.