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Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Yoshiaki Kawajiri is a Japanese director, animator and writer. more

Directed [14]
Written [7]
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The Animatrix
(2003)
Animation, Science Fiction
Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japanese anime to provide the background of the Matrix universe and the conflict between man and machines. The shorts include Final Flight of the Osiris, The Secon...
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Peter Chung, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takeshi Koike, Mahiro Maeda, Kouji Morimoto, Shinichiro Watanabe
Cast:
Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Clayton Watson, Akio Ohtsuka, Pamela Adlon
7.4
89%
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Ninja Scroll
(1993)
Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, lending his services to those with gold—or a worthy cause. His fearsome abilities have served him well, but a plot to overthrow the government threatens to end his wandering ways—and possibly his life.
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Cast:
Koichi Yamadera, Kôichi Yamadera, Emi Shinohara, Takeshi Aono, Daisuke Gouri
7.9
94%
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Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
(2000)
Action, Animation, Fantasy, Horror
D has been hired to track down Meier Link, a notoriously powerful vampire who has abducted a woman, Charlotte Elbourne. D's orders are strict - find Charlotte, at any cost. For the first time, D faces serious competition. The Markus Brothers, a family of Vampire Hunters, were hired for the same bounty. D Must intercept Meier and conque...
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Cast:
Hideyuki Tanaka, Andrew Philpot, Ichirō Nagai, John Rafter Lee, Koichi Yamadera
7.7
72%
62
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Wicked City
(1987)
Action, Animation, Fantasy, Horror
A peace treaty between the Earth and the Black World, a parallel universe of demons, is coming to an end. Two cops, Taki, a human male, and Maki, a female demon, are assigned to protect a diplomat who will help secure another treaty. A radical group of demons from the Black World are out to assassinate the diplomat and prevent the trea...
Runtime:
82 min
Director:
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Cast:
Yuusaku Yara, Yusaku Yara, Arisa Andō, Asami Mukaidono, Ichirō Nagai
6.8
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Program
(2003)
Animation, Science Fiction
Cis and Duo discuss leaving the real world while during a samurai sword fight. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.
Runtime:
7 min
Director:
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Cast:
Hedy Burress, Phil LaMarr, John DiMaggio
7.4
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Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
(2007)
Action, Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Colin MacLeod hunts for the man responsible for the death of his love. He chases the immortal Marcus Octavius across centuries as his quest threatens to take over his life and heart. In his quest, he meets a woman who reminds him of his slain beauty. But it's his final battle with Marcus that will decide not only his fate, but also the...
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Cast:
Alistair Abell, Alistair Abell, Debi Mae West, Hank Banks, Nolan North
6.7
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Neo Tokyo
(1989)
Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Three shorts directed by the same names that brought you Metropolis, Ninja Scroll, and Akira. It begins with “Labyrinth Labyrinthos”, a story of a maze in a child's mind, directed by Rintaro. Next Yoshiaki Kawajiri gives us “The Running Man”. This is a futuristic formula one race is set on a deadly track. Lastly Katsuhiro Ôtomo describ...
Runtime:
50 min
Director:
Rintaro, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Katsuhiro Ōtomo
Cast:
Hideko Yoshida, Masane Tsukayama, Yû Mizushima, Iemasa Kayumi, Jôji Yanami
7.2
N/A
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Cyber City Oedo 808
(1990)
Action, Animation, Crime, Horror, Science Fiction
In the city of Oedo 2808a.d., three Cyber criminals are given two choices, to either rot in jail or to join a special force of the Cyber Police to get possibly one more chance at freedom ever again. For each criminal apprehended, and for each successful mission done, the state will agree to reduce their sentences. Lead by Hasegawa, the...
Runtime:
128 min
Director:
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
7.8
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Demon City Shinjuku
(1988)
Action, Animation, Fantasy, Horror, TV Movie
Kyoya's father was a great warrior, killed at the hands of the diabolical psychic, Rebi Ra, who has now opened a portal to hell in the city of Shinjuku. It falls to Kyoya to finish what his father started and battle his way through demons, while protecting a young woman from harm. The only problem is that he's not exactly your classic ...
Runtime:
80 min
Director:
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Cast:
Hideyuki Hori, Hiromi Tsuru, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Yûsaku Yara, Ichirō Nagai
6.5
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Lensman: Secret of the Lens
(1984)
Action, Animation, Science Fiction
In this animated adaptation of E. E. Doc Smith's groundbreaking science fiction serial "Grey Lensman" from the 1930s-1950s, Kimball Kinnison, a young man from the agricultural planet Mquie and his Valerian companion, Buscirk find a dying man with a legendary crystal lens embedded in his hand. As the man was dying, he mysteriously pass...
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Kazuyuki Hirokawa
Cast:
Toshio Furukawa, Mami Koyama, Chikao Ohtsuka, Nachi Nozawa, Katsuya Kobayashi
6.6
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The Cockpit
(1993)
Animation, Foreign, History, War
A World War II anthology film based on Leiji Matsumoto's Battlefield manga. Kawajiri's Slipstream follows a Luftwaffe pilot on his mission to protect Germany's trump card: the world's first atomic bomb. Imanishi's Sonic Boom Squadron explores the last hours of an Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka pilot on August 6, 1945. Takahashi's Knight of the Iro...
Runtime:
69 min
Director:
Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Ryôsuke Takahashi, Takashi Imanishi
Cast:
Kenyuu Horiuchi, Richard Cansino, Mona Marshall, Emi Shinohara, Hikaru Midorikawa
7.6
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Lensman: Power of the Lens
(1984)
Animation, Science Fiction
The story is about a dying Lensman who transfers his Lens to a young man named Kimball Kinnison. To his best knowledge, Kim wasn't aware of how big the responsibility of holding the Lens is. This Lens contains vital information that would enable the Galactic Patrol to face the deadly DNA weapon created by the Boskone Empire. The Arisia...
Runtime:
95 min
6.7
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Goku II: Midnight Eye
(1989)
Action, Animation, Thriller
Goku, the lone wolf private detective is back, contracted by Yoshiko, a mysterious, beautiful and very afraid woman, to find and save her brother, Ryu. Will Goku be able to protect Yoshiko from her step father`s soldiers long enough to find her brother? Meanwhile Ryu, the unfortunate subject of a military experiment gone bad, leaves a ...
Runtime:
60 min
Director:
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Cast:
Juuji Matsuda, Daisuke Gouri, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Issei Futamata
6.3
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Goku: Midnight Eye
(1989)
Action, Animation, Thriller
In the near future, Goku, a former police detective turned private, is investigating a mysterious string of apparent suicides of a special police unit investigating a ruthless weapons merchant. In his aggressive style, Goku almost joins that list, but he mysteriously survives and receives a cybernetic eye by parties unknown that can li...
Runtime:
50 min
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