Tokyo Noir

A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel called Sandakan No. 8.

Runtime

2h 2m

Director

Kei Kumai

Cast

Komaki Kurihara, Yoko Takahashi, Kinuyo Tanaka

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Jap...

Runtime

2h 9m

Director

Yoji Yamada

Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi

Max is a former playboy who has decided to settle down by marrying his current love, Muriel. However, when Max catches a glimpse of the great lost love of his life, he becomes obsessed with rekindling their relationship.

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Gilles Mimouni

Cast

Romane Bohringer, Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci

Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Takashi Miike

Cast

Kazuya Nakayama, Kaori Momoi, Ryuhei Matsuda

When the bizarre mass suicide of 54 high school girls throwing themselves in front of a subway train appears to instigate a string of suicides around the country, Detective Kuroda strives to find the answer, which isn't as simple as he had hoped.

Runtime

1h 39m

Director

Sion Sono

Cast

Masatoshi Nagase, Ryo Ishibashi, Sayako Hagiwara