Takenaka Naoto
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Takenaka Naoto at IFFR
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Amazing Story
Kobayashi Masahiro | 103' | Japan | None
Again, Kobayashi takes us along to a snow-covered Hokkaido, where this time a man kidnaps the hairdresser of a small town. Not a thriller, but… -
Gonin Saga
Ishii Takashi | 130' | Japan | European première
If the original Gonin was the Titanic of Yakuza movies, Ishii Takashi’s twenty-years-later sequel brings the tangle of reckless attacks, jealousies an -
Gonin
Ishii Takashi | 109' | Japan | -
Modern, hard and surprising Japanse gangster film. With a surprise in the tail: Kitano ‘Beat’ Takeshi! -
Tokyo Fist
Tsukamoto Shinya | 87' | Japan | -
Violent drama about young boxers in Tokyo, by the director of the TETSUO-cult movies. -
Waterboys
Yaguchi Shinobu | 91' | Japan | -
Synchronised swimming team trained by a dolphin trainer grows into something great despite setbacks and insults. Japanese high-school comedy is an ode -
Agitator
Miike Takashi | 150' | Japan | International premiere
Miike IV at the IFFR 2002: Classic gangster epic about youthful bravura versus traditional discipline, Mercedes versus Mustang, Versace versus Yamamot -
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
Iguchi Noboru | 101' | Japan | World premiere
Don’t take it seriously. A real tokusatsu (special-effects film) which focuses on the fun of ridiculous effects. The hero with his racing engine -
Rampo
Mayuzumi Rintaro | 93' | Japan | International premiere
Edogawa Rampo is the Japanese Edgar Allan Poe. His horror stories lead a suspicious life of their own. This is the version by the producer.… -
Rampo
Kazuyoshi Okuyama | 99' | Japan | International premiere
Edogawa Rampo is the Japanese Edgar Allan Poe. His horror stories lead a suspicious life of their own. This is the version by the director.…