The Floating Castle (2012)
Gênero : História, Comédia, Drama
Runtime : 2H 30M
Director : Shinji Higuchi, Isshin Inudo
Escritor : Ryo Wada
Sinopse
In the year 1590, the mighty warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi is close to fulfilling his ambition of unifying all of Japan under his banner when he comes across unexpected resistance in the form of a floating fortress known as Oshi Castle. Narita Nagachika, a frivolous hedonistic fellow and unlikely candidate for the position of rebel general, finds himself in charge of defending the castle. His odds? An army of 500 men to combat Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army of 20,000.
Ocho é sequestrado por um clã yakuza que usa uma quadrilha de mulheres para contrabandear drogas nas suas vaginas. Descobrindo que o chefe do crime havia matado o último chefe e sequestrado a sua filha, Ocho une forças com as mulas das drogas contra o clã.
A sort of re-telling of Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai”. This time the protagonists are a group of Chinese villagers who must band together to recruit outside help to defend themselves against marauding Japanese pirates demanding protection money. Set in year 1556, it’s supposedly based on true events occurring during the twilight of the Ming Dynasty.
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Mito Domain Samurai Seki Tetsunosuke must pay the consequences for his role in the assassination of Great Elder Ii Naosuke. Based on true events.
Yoshiyama Kazuko is in the 3rd grade of junior high. One day, she's cleaning in the laboratory, she notices of the smell of lavender, and faints. Since then, she has acquired a mysterious power to travel time.
Três anos se passaram desde o ataque da Legião, e que o mundo está mais uma vez sendo atormentado por ataques de Gyaos. Os monstros voadores, que teriam sido dizimado por Gamera , agora estão reaparecendo em números crescentes em todo o mundo e evoluíram em Gyaos Hiper. Mayumi Nagamine, ornitólogo observou, retorna para ajudar o Japão governo para enfrentar esta ameaça. Um cemitério de fósseis Gamera foi encontrado no fundo do mar. Agentes do governo sombrias senhorita Asukura e Kurata Shinji, o primeiro com crenças ocultistas, estão entretanto a trabalhar para uma agenda diferente, com Asukura acreditando Gamera ser um espírito maligno.
Tradicional filme de monstros, no estilo do cinema japonês, que resgata uma das mais populares personagens do gênero no País, Gamera, uma espécie de tartaruga capaz de voar e soltar fogo pela boca. Tudo começa quando um garoto que habita uma linda península ao lado de seu pai acha na praia um ovo. Dali nasce essa criatura que cresce mais rápido do que o normal, além de possuir os outros poderes. Ao mesmo tempo, uma série de embarcações começa a desaparecer no local, revelando a existência de um poderoso e terrível monstro chamado Zedus. Ele está pronto para destruir a tudo e todos que moram nas proximidades, até que se vê diante do bichinho de estimação que, na verdade, é a guardiã do universo, Gamera. Agora, a briga está pronta para começar e Gamera terá de se dedicar, se quiser vencer seu oponente que é mais experiente e forte, no princípio.
The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he returns to his haunt to make good by friend who took a bullet for him, he is diverted by the greedy boss Oyane and his insatiable taste for Miyamoto's precious stones. Replete with film noir style, "Underworld Beauty" is one of Suzuki's best nods to the American gangster genre.
While a menacing typhoon approaches, an accident at the giant natural gas plant Regalia occurs. Japan Coast Guard rescue divers Daisuke Senzaki (Hideaki Ito), Tetsuya Yoshioka (Ryuta Sato) and engineer Hiroshiichirou Sakuragi (Masaya Kato) head together to the gas plant. During their rescue efforts an explosion occurs that traps Daisuke, Natsu Nishizawa Kazue Fukiishi and worker Hisayoneo Kizima (Gaku Hamada). Daisuke then looks for a way out for his party with a man he just meets Takuya Hotori. Because of the typhoon, even a helicopter cannot approach the Regalia. Meanwhile, at the head office of the Japan Coast Guard, the Japanese coast guard tries to find a way to rescue the trapped people, but the government officials put national interests first. Tension arises between these two parties. Daisuke's wife Tamakisai Senzaki (Ai Kato) prays for the safe return of Daisuke not only for her sake, but for their new born son.
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Once again we focus on Nami Matsushima. This time she has a sister who goes missing and after getting too caught up in doing something about it, our innocent heroine is given a fifteen year sentence for a murder she didn't commit. She's sent to an all women prison where she's not exactly welcome. Her fellow inmates torture, humiliate and try to kill her; but the Scorpion prevails long enough to get some justice.
O promotor Marvin Lazar necessita pagar suas dividas e leva os Bears ao Japão com a esperança de conseguir algum dinheiro com a partida.
Can a candidate with no political experience and no charisma win an election if he is backed by the political giant Prime Minister Koizumi and his Liberal Democratic Party? This cinema-verite documentary closely follows a heated election campaign in Kawasaki, Japan, revealing the true nature of "democracy."
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There once was a hospital where patients and even doctors & nurses were all weird. Above all, Onuki, a patient who built up his company all by himself from scratch, is a super cranky old man. One day, he meets up a girl called Paco, who cannot retain memory beyond one day due to a car accident. She is reading the same picture book everyday. Onuki starts bonding with Paco after some incident, and begins to doubt his way of living. He starts wanting to do something for Paco with his remaining life, and comes up with a brilliant idea. This pleases Paco, but their fate is?
A group of terrorists has taken hold of the largest dam in Japan. They also capture the workers as hostages, and demanded $5 billion yen from the government with a 24 hour deadline in exchange for the lives of the hostages. To make things more complicated, there was a snowstorm and no one can get in or out near the area. Fortunately, the terrorists did not capture Togashi, the dam controller, and he is the only person who can rescue those hostages from the terrorists...
Após salvar um homem que caiu nos trilhos do metrô, os amigos Kei Kurono e Masaru Kato misteriosamente acordam em um apartamento do qual não podem sair. Neste apartamento está uma esfera negra, chamada Gantz, que os envia em missões para destruir alienígenas que estão na Terra.
A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may result in Gamera losing his bond with both Asagi and humanity.
A tímida e introvertida Asuka, é humilhada sem piedade pelos seus companheiros de instituto. Quando estes empreendem uma viagem de fim de curso à Coreia do Sul, Asuka, planeja a sua vingança enviando-lhes uma maldição. Uma das moças recebe uma mensagem MMS no seu celular com um aterrorizante tom musical e uma imagem da sua própria morte, advertindo-lhe que se reenviar a mensagem a um companheiro, a sua vida será poupada. Quando descobrem que a advertência é real, os estudantes apressam-se em reenviar as mensagens, iniciando uma luta mortal pela sobrevivência.