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Shin Togashi Movies

2004  
 
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An elementary school student with the determination of an entire army goes toe-to-toe with one of the most destructive forces of terror ever unleashed on humankind in the feature-length movie based on one of Japan's hottest anime series. Tokyo has been laid to waste by a giant robot named Black Ox, and as the vengeful terrorist who created the towering death machine savors the chaos that surrounds him, terrified elementary school student Shotaro Kaneda (Shosuke Ikematsu) receives a most unusual telephone call from a mysterious elderly man. It appears that the recently deceased father of the unidentified caller had perfected a giant robot with the power to defeat the dreaded Black Ox before he died, and he named his creation Tetsujin-28. Though at first young Shotaro and his powerful ally suffer a crushing defeat while attempting to dismantle their formidable foe, a little determination and a helpful word of encouragement from the boy's supportive mother and father find the young warrior rushing into the battlefield to prove his worth, and take down the Black Ox once and for all. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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2003  
 
Japanese director Shin Togashi spins this mystical tale of two young souls who may have been soul mates had they been given a chance in his 2003 romantic drama, Hoshi ni Negaio (Night of the Shooting Stars). Working long hours in the emergency room, nurse Kana Aoshima (Yuko Takeuchi) befriends musician and frequent hospital patient Shogo Amami (Yu Yoshizawa). Shogo's therapy visits for his muteness and blindness happen to frequently coincide with Kana's shift, which enables the nurse to get to know the handsome artist well enough to start falling in love with him. Fate intercedes, however, when Shogo is killed after being hit by a car -- a development that utterly crushes Kana's will to live. Shogo's spirit is transported to heaven, where it is given the chance to return to Earth to assist Kana through her grieving and to renew her sense of faith in the world -- with the only caveat being he cannot reveal his identity to Kana. Night of the Shooting Stars was selected for inclusion into the 2003 Berlin International Film Festival. ~ Ryan Shriver, Rovi

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Starring:
Yuko TakeuchiYu Yoshizawa, (more)