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Upon graduation, highly trained teenage assassins Chisato and Mahiro are informed by upper management that they will need to hold down “normal” jobs as a cover, and—even worse—they’ll be forced to share an apartment. However, after an unfortunate run-in with a Yakuza member, the two must band together to survive an epic fight for their lives.

In the Nakameguro area of Tokyo is Hydra, a bar run by a young woman named Rina. Working in the kitchen is the stoic, tough-as-nails Takashi. Unknown to Rina, Takashi is an assassin for a secret organization that eliminates people threatening society’s well-being. Takashi joined the staff at Hydra to watch over Rina, a promise he made to her dying father. However, Takashi has been targeted by a criminal group, with Rina seen as their key to ridding themselves of Takashi and the vigilante organization as they strive to unleash an unstoppable underworld syndicate the likes of which Japan has

Pre-WWII, the Japanese Navy commissioned the creation of impressive “supership” Yamato, strongly opposed by a top official insisting on more strategic and battle-ready warships. After being ignored without cause, Admiral Yamamoto recruits a math genius to help uncover what he soon suspects is a massive conspiracy.

When a master samurai arrives to duel the disgraced Yoshioka dojo, he walks into an ambush. In the world’s first 77-minute, one-take action film sequence, Miyamoto Musashi (Tak Sakaguchi) fights for his life against 400 warriors, earning a place in history as the Crazy Samurai Musashi.

Acclaimed filmmaker Bernard Rose has created a stunning visual feast complemented by a haunting score from iconic composer Philip Glass. Inspired by a race still held annually in Japan, SAMURAI MARATHON is a lively action flick with a samurai twist. In late feudal Japan, a young ninja (Satoh) operates undercover in the court of an aging lord and his rebellious daughter. When the lord challenges his lazy samurai to a punishing marathon—joined covertly by Princess Yuki—the ninja finds his loyalties tested. Facing impossible odds, this unusual band of characters runs a race to either win or die.

FIRST LOVE is an action-packed yakuza film by acclaimed Japanese director Takashi Miike.
Set over one night in Tokyo, we follow Leo, a young boxer down on his luck as he meets his ‘first love’ Monica, a call-girl and an addict but still innocent. But, little does Leo know, Monica is unwittingly caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, and the two are pursued through the night by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, his nemesis, and a female assassin sent by the Chinese Triads. All their fates intertwine in spectacular Miike style, at his most fun and anarchic.

Two lifelong rivals unite to survive as their world erupts into war. Jun-shik (Jang Dong-gun) is a young Korean man who dreams of becoming a gold medalist runner. Tatsuo (Joe Odagiri) is Japan’s top marathoner. Sharing a strong sense of competition since their first childhood race, the two grow up to be the greatest of national rivals. A year after an unexpected incident sees Jun-shik forced into Japanese military service; destiny reunites him with Tatsuo, now a colonel in the Japanese army. Caught in the maelstrom of World War II, Jun-shik and Tatsuo wear the uniforms of Japan, the Soviet

THE SHOCK LABYRINTH marks Japan's first foray into the world of live-action 3-D feature films. The story follows a group of teenagers dealing with the disappearance of a childhood friend, Yuki, who was last seen in an amusement park’s haunted house. On a rainy day, 10 years after the incident, Yuki inexplicably returns. However, soon after reuniting with her friends, she collapses, and the group rushes her to a nearby hospital. But things are not quite as they seem at the medical center. As the night wears on, the group sinks deeper and deeper into the events from a decade ago that led to Yuki