Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers

An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Quentin Tarantino

Cast

Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox

A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Takeshi Kitano

Cast

Omar Epps, Claude Maki, Susumu Terajima

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

Runtime

2h 39m

Director

Stanley Kubrick

Cast

Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack

The story of a young couple, Pierre and Geraldine, and their desire for a child, which leads them on a journey of initiation to Cambodia. On their difficult and transformative adventure, they must contend with obstructive authorities and the jealousies and mistrust of a small community of would-be adoptive parents.

Runtime

2h 10m

Director

Bertrand Tavernier

Cast

Jacques Gamblin, Isabelle Carré, Bruno Putzulu

Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 years ago, to settle the probate of his girlfriend who left him shortly after marriage without a trace.

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

Gérard Krawczyk

Cast

Jean Reno, Ryoko Hirosue, Michel Muller