The Pig's Retribution (1999)
Género : Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 58M
Director : Yoichi Sai
Escritor : Wishing Chong, Yoichi Sai
Sinopsis
A virginal boy travels with three hookers to a small island to collect his estranged father's washed up and sun-bleached bones.
Daniel y el señor Miyagi viajan a Okinawa, a la pequeña aldea en la que el anciano nació y de la que tuvo que marcharse por un asunto de honor. Su padre está gravemente enfermo y quiere verlo, pero también le espera su antiguo amor de juventud. La llegada del señor MIyagi reabre unas heridas que el tiempo y la distancia parecían haber borrado.
Narra la historia de Desmond Doss, un joven médico militar que participó en la sangrienta batalla de Okinawa, en el Pacífico durante la II Guerra Mundial, y se convirtió en el primer objetor de conciencia en la historia estadounidense en recibir la Medalla de Honor del Congreso. Doss quería servir a su país, pero desde pequeño se había hecho una promesa a sí mismo: no coger jamás ningún arma.
The movie for Non Non Biyori series.
Summer vacation is drawing to an end. When Suguru wins a free trip to Okinawa, all of the five students of Asahigaoka branch school are excited to end their vacation with a bang. Along with Hikage, Konomi, and their teacher and the candy store owner, everyone goes to Okinawa for a fun three-day trip. There, Natsumi makes friends with Aoi, the girl who helps out at the hotel they stay in.
Dos miembros de un equipo de baseball junior se ven mezclados con la yakuza local. Después de que su entrenador sea herido por ellos, los dos chicos se van a Okinawa para hacerse con un arma y vengarse. Allí, los dos jóvenes se hacen amigos de un psicótico yakuza retirado llamado Uehara (Kitano), que tiene una deuda pendiente con la yakuza, por lo que no duda en acompañar a los dos chicos a Tokio y enfrentarse con la mafia japonesa. (FILMAFFINITY)
El joven Hasumi vive 2 mundos, por un lado ha montado una web en la que adora junto a otros fans a la cantante pop Lily Chou-Chou, y por otro lado sufre abusos de un grupo de chicos y chicas de su instituto, para quienes la prostitución, la delincuencia y las violaciones ya no son cosas de adultos...
Hawai, verano de 1942. Los aviones surcando constantemente el cielo contrastan con la placidez de las playas y ponen de manifiesto una trágica realidad: la guerra. Los japoneses dominan las islas hasta Guadalcanal. El mayor Dan Kirby es nombrado comandante del escuadrón de combate VMF-247, noticia que no es muy bien recibida por los soldados, que esperaban el ascenso de Carl Griffin, su capitán. Los caracteres de Kirby y Griffin chocan al principio, aunque el capitán irá descubriendo poco a poco el valor y la entereza de Kirby, sobre todo cuando deban emprender la gran batalla del Pacífico.
Esta película cuenta una historia sobre un hombre que brutalmente asesina a una pareja casada y deja la palabra "Ikari" ("Anger") escrita con su sangre. El asesino se somete a cirugía plástica y huye. En tres lugares diferentes en Japón, aparece un extraño. La gente sospecha que el extraño podría ser el asesino.
Jimmy Tong is an expert blackmailer and thief who specialises in white-collar crimes. With his side-kick, Jimmy steals a personal diary belonging to a Yakuza leader Ken Sato intending to use its details as a platform for blackmailing and to extort money. Sato agreed to the uneasy deal and made preparations to pay Jimmy his exorbitant demands only for Sato's girlfriend Jenny to betray him and make off with the money to Okinawa.
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.
Adaptación de una obra de Broadway. Después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, al capitán Fisby se le encomienda la misión de enseñar los beneficios de la democracia y el comercio en la ciudad de Okinawa.
On the eve of their return to the states, the crew of the U.S.S. Blake is unpleasantly surprised when their new captain, Lt. Commander Hale, announces that they've been reassigned to the upcoming invasion of Okinawa. With the news turning the crew against him, Hale must rise to the occasion to keep his men inline.
Naoto Kiba takes on the task of protecting thug Junpei who embezzled 500 million yen from Okinawa's largest gangster gangs, Soryu-kai.
Pierre, a retired professor in his early sixties ends up making a short, unsettling trip around Okinawa with Junko, a 40-year-old runaway wife. The confused intellectual would rather not get involved with this unlikely and unexpected lover but decides to follow his destiny, wherever it (she?) may take him.
Standing Army, directed by Enrico Parenti and Thomas Fazi, is an award-winning documentary film about the global network of U.S. military bases, the impact that these have on local populations, and the military-industrial complex that lies behind it.
Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangsters battling their way through fight after bloody fight with rival yakuza on the streets of Okinawa.
A magical realist story of the legendary Okinawan hero Untamagiru participating in efforts to form an independent Okinawa before the island was returned to Japan in 1972.
When cabaret singer Lily writes Toraya about her illness, Tora-san rushes to Okinawa to be by her side.
On April 1, 1945, the United States military launched its invasion of the main island of Okinawa, the start of a battle that was to last 12 weeks and claim the lives of some 240,000 people. This film depicts the Battle through the eyes of Japanese and American soldiers who fought each other on the same battlefield, along with Okinawa civilians who were swept up in the fighting. The film also depicts the history of discrimination and oppression forced upon Okinawa by the American and Japanese governments. Carrying up to the current controversy over the construction of a new base at Henoko, the film explores the root causes of the widespread disillusionment and anger expressed by many Okinawans. This ambitious documentary was directed by the American John Junkerman, long-term resident of Japan and Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker. Okinawa: The Afterburn is a heartfelt plea for peace and an expression of deep respect for the unyielding spirit of the Okinawa people.
A virginal boy travels with three hookers to a small island to collect his estranged father's washed up and sun-bleached bones.
When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works feverishly to trace the location of his pistol, ultimately clashing with a gang of youthful Okinawans.