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Mitsuki Koga Movies

2006  
PG13  
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Better Luck Tomorrow director Justin Lin picks up where John Singleton left off to offer a high-octane look at the world of underground Japanese drift-racing in the latest installment of the super-charged Fast and the Furious film series. A frustrated teen from a broken home, Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) is an outsider looking to make a name for himself on the illegal street racing circuit. When Sean is busted by the police for his high-speed exploits and given the option of either spending time behind bars or moving overseas to live with his no-nonsense, military man father who's currently stationed in Tokyo, the young rebel packs his bags and sets his sights on Nippon. Though at first reluctant to adapt to the unfamiliar customs and foreign code of honor of his new home, Sean soon strikes up a friendship with American speed freak Twinkie (Bow Wow), a like-minded race fan who schools the inexperienced newcomer in the pulse-pounding world of drift-racing. Inadvertently challenging local champion and yakuza associate D.K. (The Drift King) his first time on the road, Sean is subsequently forced to work under expatriate Han (Sung Kang) to pay off his debt after failing to cross the finish line first. Taking note of the young American's affinity for racing as he warmly welcomes him into his merry band of misfit drift-fanatics, Han slowly introduces Sean to the key principles of the popular new racing style. When Sean makes the potentially deadly mistake of falling for D.K.'s girlfriend Neela (Nathalie Kelley), he'll need all the help he can get to face his most challenging race to date and take on the most notorious driver on the Tokyo drift scene in a hair-raising, hairpin-turn race where the winner truly takes all. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Starring:
Lucas BlackBow Wow, (more)
 
2005  
 
Director Yûdai Yamaguchi, who made his feature debut with the wacky horror comedy Battlefield Baseball, follows up with Cromartie High School: The Movie, based on the popular manga and anime series. The loosely structured movie begins with the disaster-filled history of the ill-fated eponymous institution, a school so desperate for students that it seems nearly anyone can enroll. Kamiyama (Takamasa Suga) is a good student, but he applies to Cromartie (apparently named after American-born professional baseball player Warren Cromartie) so he can attend the same school as his dimwitted best friend and protector, Yamamoto (a cameo by Battlefield Baseball star Tak Sakaguchi). Unfortunately, Yamamoto fails to meet even Cromartie High's lax standards for admission, leaving Kamiyama to fend for himself. Steadfastly determined to make the best of things, Kamiyama decides that he'll devote all his energies to making Cromartie a better school. With a student body apparently consisting primarily of unruly thugs and wannabe yakuza, including a giant with motion sickness (professional wrestler Yoshihiro Takayama), a Freddie Mercury lookalike (Hiroyuki Watanabe), a gorilla (screenwriter Shôichirô Masumoto dons the suit), and an antisocial robot -- and with no teachers in sight -- Kamiyama has his work cut out for him. Eventually, he gets some of his colorful classmates (and, inexplicably, actor Kai Atô, playing himself) to join him in forming the Global Defense Force. If only aliens would invade, so they'd have something to do....Cromartie High School had its New York premiere at the 2006 New York Asian Film Festival, presented by Subway Cinema. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi

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2003  
PG  
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Fifty years after he first attacked Tokyo, Godzilla is back on the rampage in this monster opus from Toho Studios. After numerous rounds of combat with Japan's most furious monsters, the robotic beast Mechagodzilla is in for some much needed repairs when a handful of sprites appear before the scientists putting the machine back in fighting shape. The enchanted ones warn the scientists that their actions could have grave consequences, but it isn't long before Godzilla, the most fearsome of all monsters, returns to the scene to prove his might once and for all. What's more, Godzilla is joined by Mothra for a reign of terror that threatens to devastate the island. With few alternatives, Japan's leaders pit the repaired Mechagodzilla against Godzilla and Mothra, but it quickly becomes unclear if the robot will obey its human creators or join forces with the flesh-and-blood monsters. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Starring:
Noboru KanekoMiho Yoshioka, (more)
 
2003  
R  
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Edward Zwick returned to the director's chair for the first time since 1998's The Siege with this sweeping period drama set in 19th-century Japan. After centuries of relying on hired samurai for national defense, the Japanese monarchy has decided to do away with the warriors in favor of a more contemporary military. Tom Cruise stars as Nathan Algren, a veteran of the U.S. Civil War who is hired by the Emperor Meiji to train an army capable of wiping out the samurai. But when Algren is captured by the samurai and taught about their history and way of life, he finds himself conflicted over who he should be fighting alongside. Billy Connelly, Tony Goldwyn, and Ken Watanabe co-star. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

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Starring:
Tom CruiseTimothy Spall, (more)