, 1h44 Directed byTakeshi Kitano OriginJapon GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime ThemesYakuza films ActorsTakeshi Kitano, Ken Mitsuishi, Hakuryu, Yutaka Matsushige, Ren Osugi, Kanji Tsuda Roles Lee Rating64% Cinq ans ont passé après la guerre entre les Sanno et les Hanabishi, les deux grandes familles du crime organisé japonais, à laquelle l’ancien chef Yakuza Otomo a survécu. Aujourd'hui, il travaille maintenant en Corée du Sud pour M. Chang, un intermédiaire respecté dont l’influence s’étend jusqu’au Japon. Lorsque la vie de M. Chang est en danger, le dévoué Otomo reviendra au Japon pour régler les choses à sa façon et surtout pour achever définitivement le conflit contre les Hanabishi.
, 2h9 Directed byHiroshi Nishitani GenresDrama, Crime ActorsMasaharu Fukuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kazuki Kitamura, Anne Watanabe, Jun Fubuki, Hakuryu Roles Hidetoshi Senba Rating65% Masaharu Fukuyama reprend le rôle qu'il avait joué dans "Suspect X" en 2008, en interprétant le physicien-détective Manabu Yukawa. Le scientifique et enquêteur arrive dans une ville côtière pour participer à une conférence. Mais lorsqu'un homme est retrouvé mort à l'extérieur de l'auberge où il loge, Yukawa commence à démêler les liens qui unissent la victime à la fille activiste des aubergistes et à un garçon précoce qui apparaît pour la première fois dans un train et qui ne cesse de réapparaître. Il s'agit d'un mystère à la Sherlock Holmes avec une touche environnementale, qui devrait plaire aux amateurs de romans policiers classiques.
, 1h52 Directed byTakeshi Kitano OriginJapon GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Crime ThemesLa corruption policière, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films ActorsTakeshi Kitano, Toshiyuki Nishida, Ryō Kase, Tomokazu Miura, Yutaka Matsushige, Tao Okamoto Roles Lee Rating67% The film begins with two anti-corruption detectives observing the discovery of dead bodies in a car being recovered from the bottom of a harbor. The detectives suspect that the drowned bodies are related to the recent gang war and power struggle at the huge Sanno-kai crime syndicate, which covers a large portion of eastern Japan. The new Grand Yakuza leader of Sanno-kai, Kato (Tomokazu Miura), must now reform his standing with the powerful rival Hanabishi-kai of western Japan. Otomo (Beat Takeshi), a former Yakuza, is serving time in a maximum security prison after falling out of favor with Sekiuchi, the former Grand Yakuza before Kato murdered him and took control.
, 1h59 Directed byKang Je-gyu OriginCoree du sud GenresDrama, War, Action, Historical ThemesSports films, Athletics films, Political films ActorsJang Dong-gun, Joe Odagiri, Fàn Bīngbīng (范冰冰), Kim In-kwon, Do Ji-han, Lee Yeon-hee Roles Governor of Athletic Federation Rating76% The year is 1928 in Gyeong-seong (modern-day Seoul), Korea. Young Kim Jun-shik (Shin Sang-yeob), his father (Chun Ho-jin) and sister Eun-soo (Jo Min-ah) work on the farm of the Hasegawa family (Sano Shiro, Nakamura Kumi) in Japanese-occupied Korea. Both Jun-shik and young Hasegawa Tatsuo (Sung Yoo-bin) are interested in running; by the time they are teenagers (Do Ji-han, Kobayashi Yukichi), they have become fierce competitors. Tatsuo's grandfather (Natsuyagi Isao) is killed in a bomb attack by a Korean freedom fighter, and subsequently a Korean runner, Sohn Kee-chung (Yoon Hee-won), wins a marathon race against Japanese competitors, further inflaming Korean-Japanese tensions.
GenresDrama ActorsShota Matsuda, Nakamura Shidō II, Kento Nagayama, Tokio Emoto, Yōko Maki, Sei Ashina Rating59% Gu est un jeune Japonais aux origines Coréennes.
Il a abandonné le lycée pour faire des petits boulots pas toujours très sérieux, l'entrainant régulièrement dans des problèmes de toutes sortes. Un jour, il est contacté par un ancien pote devenu membre d'un gang et se retrouve impliqué dans une sombre affaire de meurtre...
, 2h19 Directed byKim Jee-woon OriginCoree du sud GenresComedy, Action, Adventure, Western ActorsSong Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Jeong Woo-seong, Yoon Je-moon, Oh Dal-soo, Ryu Seung-soo Roles Ishihara Rating71% In the desert wilderness of 1930s Manchuria, Park Chang-yi, The Bad (Lee Byung-hun)—a bandit and hitman—is hired to acquire a treasure map from a Japanese official traveling by train. Before he can get it however, Yoon Tae-goo, The Weird (Song Kang-ho)—a thief—steals the map and is caught up in The Bad's derailment of the train. This involves the slaughter of the Japanese and Manchurian guards, and various civilians. Park Do-won, The Good (Jung Woo-sung)—an eagle-eyed bounty hunter—appears on the scene to claim the bounty on The Bad. Meanwhile, The Weird escapes, eluding his Good and Bad pursuers. A fourth force—a group of Manchurian bandits—also want the map to sell to the Ghost Market. The Weird hopes to uncover the map's secrets and recover what he believes is gold and riches buried by the Qing Dynasty just before the collapse of their government. As the story continues, an escalating battle for the map occurs, with bounties placed on heads and the Imperial Japanese Army racing to reclaim its map as it can apparently "save the Japanese Empire".
Directed byShunichi Nagasaki GenresDrama, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts ThemesSeafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films ActorsKimika Yoshino, Hakuryu Roles Police Captain Kiichi Tanihara Rating68% The events take place in 1932 in Japanese-occupied Manchuria, in which the corrupt leaders of the Japanese army are trying to take over all the Karate dojos /training halls for their own personal benefit. Amidst these circumstances the master Eiken Shibahara (portrayed by Yosuke Natsuki) from one of these dojo located on the southernmost Japanese island of Kyushu dies before passing on the Kuroobi/ black belt to his successor; leaving three of his pupils (Taikan (portrayed by Tatsuya Naka 7th Dan JKA Shotokan karate), Giryu (portrayed by Akihito Yagi 7th Dan Meibukan Gōjū-ryū Karate) and Choei (portrayed by Yuji Suzuki, 1st Dan Kyokushin karate) the task of deciding amongst themselves who deserves it most. After they bury their master, they are forced to leave the dojo and join the Japanese army. At this point, their journey leads them on rather different paths both in life and in the understanding of their master's teachings of martial arts, only to reunite them at the end, in a battle of corruption vs tradition.
, 2h10 Directed byJunji Sakamoto GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Crime ActorsKoichi Sato, Kim Kap-soo, Choi Il-hwa, Choi Il-hwa, Yoshio Harada, Ken Mitsuishi Rating61% The story is centered on Masuo Tomita, a Japanese intelligence officer who helped arrange for South Korean agents to kidnap and try to kill Park Chung-hee's enemy Kim Dae-jung, who was in exile in Tokyo. Tomita went along with the plan to save a South Korean teacher Lee Jeong-mi, whom he loved.
, 2h30 Directed byTakashi Miike OriginJapon GenresDrama, Action, Crime ActorsMickey Curtis, Naoto Takenaka, Takashi Miike, Kenichi Endō, Hakuryu, Masatō Ibu Roles Numata Rating66% L'histoire est celle, assez classique d'une guerre des clans ourdie par le plus puissant d'entre eux pour les contrôler tous, Mais une petit groupe d'irréductible se dégage et décide de se battre jusqu'au bout. Ce groupe c'est celui d'Higuchi et de Kunihiko, deux dur de dur qui n'acceptent pas de se faire gober sur tapis vert par leurs anciens rivaux et vont donc entrainer avec eux quelques yakuzas décidés pour défendre leur clan.
, 2h Directed byItsumichi Isomura OriginJapon GenresDrama, Comedy ActorsRena Tanaka, Itsumichi Isomura, Tomoko Nakajima, Hakuryu, Mutsuko Sakura, Fujiko Roles Kensaku Shinomura Rating70% De nos jours, sous une pluie battante, des entrepreneurs inspectent un vieil hangar. Ils passent sans y prêter attention devant une photo jaunie par le temps et l'humidité, une photo d'une équipe féminine d'aviron... À Matsuyama, peu de temps après la rentrée des classes de l'année 1976, Etsuko Shinomura, une élève sans grande passion décide de faire de l'aviron mais se voit éconduite ; l'équipe de l'école Higashi est essentiellement masculine. Malgré cela, Etsune se met en tête de monter sa propre équipe. Et en Hime, Dakko, Ri et Imochi, elle a trouvé les quatre autres membres de son équipe, mais aussi et surtout, quatre grandes complices.
, 1h43 Directed byTakeshi Kitano OriginJapon GenresDrama, Thriller, Crime ThemesMafia films, Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Yakuza films, Gangster films ActorsTakeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi, Susumu Terajima, Hakuryu, Kanji Tsuda Roles Yakuza Hitman Rating76% Kitano plays Nishi, a violent and unpredictable police detective who quits the force after a terrible incident results in his partner, Horibe (Ren Osugi), needing to use a wheelchair. After his retirement, he spends much of his time looking after his wife Miyuki (Kayoko Kishimoto), who has leukemia. The film moves at a deliberate pace and devotes much time to exploring their relationship. Nishi has also borrowed money from the Yakuza to pay for his wife's needs, and is having difficulty repaying them. Meanwhile, Horibe takes up painting and creates works of art that are surrealistic.
, 1h50 Directed byTakeshi Kitano OriginJapon GenresComedy ThemesFilms about sexuality, Erotic films ActorsTakeshi Kitano, Iizuka Minoru, Hakuryu, Akiji Kobayashi, Kanji Tsuda, Ren Osugi Roles Audition Judge Rating60% In Getting any? Minoru Iizuka, also known as "Dankan" (Boiling Point), portrays Asao, a naive and goofy man who lives with his grandfather in Saitama Prefecture. Even though Asao is 35 years old, he is very inexperienced with girls, but he absolutely wants to have sex. One day as he watches an erotic TV film, he realizes that all he needs to get girls and sex is a fancy car, so he runs to the closest car dealer.