Reviews A-Z

A
2LDK (2003)

#Alive (2020)

A (1998) (Documentary)

A2 (2001) (Documentary)

Aankhen (2002)
Ace Attorney (2012)

Adrift in Tokyo (2007)

After the Rain (1999)
After the Storm (2016)

Airport 2013 (2013)
Akira (1988) (Anime)
All for the Winner (1990)

All of Us Are Dead (2022) (Drama)

Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)
Armour of God (1986)
Armour of God 2 (1991)

April Story (1998)

As Tears Go By (1988)

Asakusa Kid (2021)

Audition (1999)

August in the Water (1995)

B
Baadshah (1999)
Baan Muay Thai (2021)

Bad Guys Always Die (2015)

Bamnol - The Debt (2021)

Battle Royale (2000)

Battle Royale 2: Requiem (2003)

Bayside Shakedown (1997) (Drama)
Bayside Shakedown (1997-1998) (Drama Specials)
Bayside Shakedown: The Movie (1998)
Bayside Shakedown: The Movie 2 (2003)
Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose (2010)
Bayside Shakedown 4: The Final Movie (2012)

Beloved (2022)

Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2021)
A Better Tomorrow (1986)
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
A Better Tomorrow III (1989)

Black Magic M-66 (1987) (Anime)

Boiling Point (1990)
Bullet in the Head (1990)

BU SU (1987)
The Bullet Train (1975)

C
The Captain (2019)
Cash Calls Hell (1966)
The Chaser (2008)
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)

A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)

A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)
Chungking Express (1994)

Citizen Kitano (2020) (Documentary)
City Hunter (1993)

Crazy Thunder Road (1980)
Crime Story (1993)
A Class to Remember (1993)

A Class to Remember 2: The Learning Cycle (1996)

The Confidence Man JP (2018) (Drama)

The Confidence Man JP: The Movie (2019)

The Confidence Man JP: Princess (2020)

A Confucian Confusion (1994)
The Crucible (2011)

Cube (2021)

Cure (1997)
Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990) (Anime)

D
The Dark Soul (2018)

The Days (2023) (Drama)

Days of Being Wild (1990)

Dearest (2012)
Dominion Tank Police (1988-2006) (Anime)

Doctor X 7 (2021) (Drama)
Dr. Akagi (1998)

Dr. Mack (1995)

Drive My Car (2021)

E
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987) (Documentary)

Enter the Dragon (1973)
Everest: The Summit of the Gods (2016)

Everyday Hero (2017)

Exit (2019)

Extreme Job (2019)

F
The Family Game (1983)

Farewell My Concubine (1993)

The Fatal Contract (2018)

Fish Story (2009)

Four Sisters (1985)

Fuben na Benriya (2015) (Drama)

Fukushima 50 (2020)
The Funeral (1984)

Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers! (2007)
 
G
Game of Death (1978)

Game of Death II (1981)

Gekisou Sentai Carranger (1996) (Tokusatsu Show)

Getting Any? (1994)

Ghost in the Shell (1995) (Anime)

Ghost in the Shell: Rescored (2020) (Anime)

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) (Anime)

Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 (2020) (Anime)

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983)
Godzilla (1954)

Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)

Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)

Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003)

Godzilla and Heroine (2020) (Documentary)

Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)

Godzilla Singular Point (2021)

Godzilla X Mechagodzilla (2002)
The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
Goyokin (1969)
The Great Wall (2016)

GTO: The Movie (1999)

Gundress (1999) (Anime)
Gunhed (1989)
Gunnm [Battle Angel Alita] (1993) (Anime)

H
Hanalei Bay (2018)

The Handmaiden (2016)

Hard Boiled (1992)
Hell in the Pacific (1968)

Hell's Garden: Office Royale (2021)
Her Fatal Ways (1990)
Her Fatal Ways II (1991)
Her Fatal Ways III (1992)
Her Fatal Ways IV (1994)

Heroic Duo (2003)
High and Low (1963)

High Risk (1995)
Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger (2012-2013) (Tokusatsu Show)
His Fatal Ways (1991)

His Motorbike, Her Island (1986)
Hit-and-Run Squad (2019)

Honest Candidate (2020)

House of Flying Daggers (2004)

I
Ichi (2008)

In the Land of Lost Angels (2018)

In the Line of Duty 3 (1988)

In the Line of Duty 4 (1989)
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Initial D: The Movie (2005)

Inland Sea (2018) (Documentary)
Inuyashiki (2018)

The Island Closest to Heaven (1984)

J
The Japanese Wife (2010)
Jail Breakers (1976)

Joint Security Area (2000)

The Journalist (2022) (Drama)
 
K
Kaito Ruby (1988)

Kamikaze Taxi (1995)

Keizoku: Beautiful Dreamer (2000)
Keizuko: Unsolved Cases (1999) (Drama)
Kikujiro (1999)
Kill! (1968)

The Killer (1989)
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger (1992) (Tokusatsu Show)

L
Lady Detective Shadow (2018)

Lady Snowblood (1973)

The Last Kung Fu Monk (2010)

Leap (2020)

Little Cheung (1999)

The Longest Summer (1998)

Love and Leashes (2022)
Love Letter (1995)

The Lunchbox (2013)

M
Mad Cats (2023)

Mada Kekkon Dekinai Otoko (2019) (Drama)

Madam City Hunter (1993)

Made in Hong Kong (1997)
Madaari (2016)

Mama wa Idol (1987) (Drama)
Mammo (1994)

Melancholic (2018)

Memories (1995) (Anime)
Memories of Murder (2003)
Minbo: The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1992) 

Miss & Mrs. Cops (2019)

Mirai Sentai Timeranger (2000) (Tokusatsu Show)

Mixed Doubles (2017)

Molly Aunty Rocks! (2012)
Monday (2000)

The Monk and The Samurai (2022)
Montage (2013)

Mulan (2009)
My Cousin, The Ghost (1987)

My Lucky Stars (1985)
My Teacher (2017)

N
The Naked Director (2019-2021) (Drama)

Negotiator (2003)

Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi (2005)
The Negotiator The Movie (2010)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-1996) (Anime)

New Police Story (2004)
The Next Generation: Patlabor (2014) (Drama)
The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War (2015)

A Night in Nude (1993)

A Night in Nude: Salvation (2010)

Noriko's Dinner Table (2006)

Noroi: The Curse (2005)

O
Okay! Madam (2020)

One Cut of the Dead (2017)

Onoda - 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021)

Operation Red Sea (2018)
Outlaw Star (1998) (Anime)

P
Parasite (2019)
Patlabor: The Mobile Police (1988-2016) (Anime)
Patlabor: The Movie (1989) (Anime)

Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993) (Anime)
Peking Opera Blues (1986)

Peninsula (2020)

Plan 75 (2022)
Pokémon: The First Movie (1998) (Anime)

Poisson d'Avril (1986)
Police Story (1985)
Police Story 2 (1988)
Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992)

Police Story 4: First Strike (1996)

Project S (1993)

Psychokinesis (2018)

Pulse (2001)

Pure Japanese (2022)
Pushing Hands (1991)

Q

The Quiet Family (1998)

R
Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Ran (1985)
Reset (2017)

The Resistance (2011)
The Return of Godzilla (1984)
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)
Ring: The Final Chapter (1999)
Ring: Kanzenban (1995)
Ringu (1998)

River (2023)
Rouge (1988)

Rumble in the Bronx (1995)

S
Samjin Company English Class (2020)

Samurai Assassin (1965)
Samurai I- Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
Samurai II- Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
Samurai III- Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
Samurai Marathon (2019)

Samurai of the Sky (1976)
Samurai Reincarnation (1981)

Sanjuro (1962)

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

A Scene at the Sea (1991)

School in the Crosshairs (1981)
Seoul Raiders (2005)
Shall We Dance? (1996)

Shin Godzilla (2016)

Shin Kamen Rider (2023)

Shin Ultraman (2022)
Shirkers (2018) (Documentary)
Shoplifters (2018)
Shubho Muharat (2003)
Shuto Kousoku Trial (1988)

Shuto Kousoku Trial 2 (1990)

Shuto Kousoku Trial 3 (1991)

The Silent Sea (2021) (Drama)

A Song I Remember (2011)

Space Battleship Yamato (2010)

Space Sweepers (2021)

The Story of 90 Coins (2015) & The Tattoist (2018)

The Story of Osaka Castle (1961)
Stray Dog (1949)

Suffering of Ninko (2016)

Supermarket Woman (1996)
Survival Family (2017)
Survive Style 5+ (2004)
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji (2005)
Swing Girls (2004)

T
Taipei Story (1985)

A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)

Talvar (2015)
Tampopo (1985)
A Taxing Woman (1987)
Te3n (2016)

Techno Brothers (2023)

Tengoku to Jigoku: Psychona futari (2021) (Drama)

Tezuka's Barbara (2020)

Tiger Cage (1988)

Tiger Cage 2 (1990)

Tiger Cage 3 (1991)
To Live (1994)
Tokusatsu Gagaga (2019) (Drama)

Tokyo Melody (1985)

Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
Tokyo Raiders (2000)
The Tournament (1974)
Train to Busan (2016)
Tunnel (2016)
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers (2005)

U
Under The Open Sky (2021)

 

V
The Very Last Day (2018)
Vixen (2018)

W
The Wailing (2016)
The Wandering Earth (2019)
Waterboys (2001)
The Way of the Dragon (1972)
The Wedding Banquet (1993)

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
Winners and Sinners (1983)

Winter's Flower (1978)

Woman in Witness Protection (1997)

Women Prison (1988)
Wood Job! (2014)
WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3 (2002) (Anime)

X

Y
The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)

Yojimbo (1961)

Z
Zatoichi (2003)

Zokki (2021)

Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)