The Place Promised in Our Early Days(雲のむこう、約束の場所 ) -
The Place Promised in Our Early Days (Kumo no Muko, Yakusoku no Basho, lit. "Beyond the Clouds, the Promised Place") is a 90-minute Japanese anime film created and directed by Makoto Shinkai, following his previous work Voices of a Distant Star. As in the previous film,
Guan yu ai (2005) (About Love) - Ten Shimoyama -
About Love (Chinese: 關於愛; pinyin: Guan Yu Ai) is a 2005 film.
Three stories are told, respectively set in Tokyo, Taipei, and Shanghai. The first two stories are about a Japanese person and a Taiwanese person. The last one is set in Shanghai with a story a
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 video source from youtube  2004 Install (インストール, Install) is a 2004 Japanese film based on a Risa Wataya novel and directed by Kei Kataoka. Plot Asako is an attractive 17-year-old high school girl who decides to take a day off from school and contemplate her life. She meets a 10-year-old boy named Aoki who teaches her all about Internet chat rooms and the ease of earning money engaging in cybersex with strangers who either don't know or don't care that they may be getting off by chatting with people who may or may not be who they claim. .. |
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video source from veoh 2006 Memories of Matsuko (嫌われ松子の一生, Kiraware Matsuko no Isshō, "Life of despised Matsuko") is a 2006 Japanese film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. It is based on a Japanese novel by Muneki Yamada. It has not yet received North American distribution, though in its North American premiere at the 2007 New York Asian Film Festival, the film received the Audience Award with an average rating of 9.2 Synopsis The story begins with Sho cleaning out the remaining belongings of his recently deceased aunt Matsuko. Sho gradually learns many details of his aunt's life, and it is through his investigations that the audience learns the story of Matsuko's past. In the early 1970s, Matsuko was a popular school teacher. However, when one of her students (Ryu) committed a theft, and Matsuko took the blame for him, this had terrible consequences for her life. The film also reveals some details of Matsuko's earlier life, includ.. |
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video source from dailymotion Hosoda Yoshihiko,Matsuyama Kenichi,Okada Yoshinori,Takahashi Issei,Yamane Kazuma,Kato Rosa,Omori Mika, Soichi Negishi is a shy and gentle young man who dreams of a career as a pop musician. Dreams don't pay the bills, so he's ended up as the lead singer and lead guitarist of a death metal band called “Detroit Metal City.” In stage costume he is Johannes Krauser II, rumored to be a terrorist demon from hell. Negishi despises DMC and all that it stands for, but so help him, he's a terrific performer and can't walk away from that. As DMC's star rises Negishi tries to satisfy both worlds, but can't... |
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video source from wat_tv 2004-Oct-09 Details Title: 七子と七生 Title (romaji): Nanako to Nanao Tagline: 姉と弟になれる日 / Ane to Otouto ni nareru Hi Tagline (English): The Day They Became Sister and Brother Format: Tanpatsu Genre: Family, human drama Broadcast network: NHK Broadcast year: 2004-Oct-09 Air time: 20:00-21:14 Synopsis Nanako is an ordinary high school girl who lives with her mother, who is a taxi driver. One day, suddenly she has a younger brother - Nanao, the son of her late father's mistress. While Nanao's mother is being put in jail, Nanako's mother decides to take care of him. Nanako doesn't like it at all. Everything Nanao does irritates her. Shortly afterwards, Nanako's mother becomes very sick. In fact, she doesn't have much time left. Since she is in hospital, Nanako is forced to live with Nanao alone... Credits: gosha at D-Addicts .. |
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video source from veoh 2007 Leading a lazy life, Fumiya has been a university student for 8 years and owes money to loan sharks. One day, a man named Fukuhara comes to collect the loan, which Fumiya cannot pay. So Fukuhara makes a proposition: He will cancel the debt as long as Fumiya agrees to walk with him across Tokyo to the police station of Kasumigaseki, where he intends to turn himself for a crime he deeply regrets. Not having much choice, Fumiya accepts the deal. Thus begins their journey as life wanders on. Based on the original novel by the 125th Naoki Prize winner Yoshinaga Fujita [1] comes a fascinating and humorous film capturing various encounters on a walking trip across Tokyo. Adrift in Tokyo (Japanese title 転々, tenten) is a 2007 Japanese film based on a novel by Yoshinaga Fujita... |
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video source from myspace Sakaguchi Taku,北村康,Kuriyama Chiaki,Maeda Ai,Negishi Toshie,Osaki Reiko,Kitamura Kazuki,Takashima Reiko, January, 2005 Multitalented Aya Ueto returns as the sword wielding assassin out to continue the mission she left unfinished at the finale of her first hit movie. Once again, Azumi must wrestle between the person she's been trained to be all her life and the woman she's now becoming. Will she risk death or love? Find out in this thrilling new adventure helmed by popular fantasy director Shunsuke Kaneko (Heisei "Gamera"Trilogy, "NECRONOMICON," "Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters' All-Out Attack"). He picks up the story and style from the previous adventure. Alternative Title: Azumi 2: Death or Love Genre: Action Film Date: January, 2005 Japan Casts: Kuriyama Chiaki, Oguri Shun, Takashima Reiko , Ueto Aya .. |
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video source from yahoo August 28, 2004 Profile Movie: Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun, the Movie Romaji: Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun, the Movie Japanese: NIN×NIN 忍者ハットリくん THE MOVIE Director: Masayuki Suzuki Writer: F. Fujio Fujiko, Magii Producer: Cinematographer: Release Date: August 28, 2004 Runtime: 102 Min. Language: Japanese Country: Japan Plot Shingo Katori, one of the members of Japan's top pop group SMAP, stars as Ninja Hattori-kun in the latest live-action adaptation of the hit manga / live-action TV / anime series. NIN X NIN Ninja Hattori-kun The Movie was a hit when it was released in theaters last August because this latest adventure maintains the tongue-in-cheek humor that has made this character so popular for the last 40 years! Hattori-kun becomes the classic "fish out of water" after he decides to travel to Edo in the hope of perfecting his skills. He gets more than he bargained for when he finds hims.. |
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video source from wat_tv 2003 Year: 2003 Directed: Masahiko Nagasawa Genre: Drama, Family Runtime:01:53:26 Country: Japan Language: Japanese Subtitles: English Cast: Yui Natsukawa, Shin’ichi Tsutsumi, Rina Uchiyama, Hiroyuki Kishi IMDb: Sotsugyo Synopsis / Plot Asami (Rina Uchiyama) is about to gradute from college. One rainy day, she offers her umbrella to Mayama (Shinichi Tsutsumi) who was her mother’s lover, and Asami’s real father, though he doesn’t know it. As they keep meeting each other, Asami realizes how much her dead mother means to him. At the same time, Mayama’s current lover decides to leave him, sensing there’s no room for her in his heart.--- http://www.avistaz.com/movies/2009/the-graduation-japanese-2003.html .. |
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video source from yahoo Three bank robbers, who declare themselves to be Space Travelers, take six persons as hostages when they are surrounded by the police. Among the hostages, there is a terrorist with a hidden bomb. In order to escape, the robbers ask the hostages to pretend to be part of the gang. Surprisingly, the hostages soon enjoy doing so. On that strange day, the bank becomes a tropical paradise? .. |
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video source from veoh Koike Teppei,Nishino Akihiro,Ikewaki Chizuru, October 25, 2008 Profile Movie: The Homeless Student Romaji: Hômuresu chûgakusei Japanese: ホームレス中学生 Director: Tomoyuki Furumaya Writer: Hiroshi Tamura (novel) Producer: Cinematographer: Release Date: October 25, 2008 Runtime: 116 min. Distributor: Toho Movie Studio: Toho Language: Japanese Country: Japan Notes Movie is based on the best selling autobiographical novel “The Homeless Junior High School Student”, by Hiroshi Tamura (of the comedian duo Kirin). In his autobiographical novel, Tamura wrote that he was homeless during his high school days after the breakup of his parents. He lived in a public park at night, going through such hardships like eating cardboard paper for food. Related titles: The Homeless Student | Homuresu chugakusei (2008) Homeless Chugakusei (Fuji TV / 2008) The Homeless is Junior High School Student | Homeless ga Chuga.. |
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video source from myspace Asae Onishi,Kazuko Kato,Maki Hamda,Mitsuo Hamada,Rina Saito,Yui Sakuma, January, 2004 One day on her way to school, middle school student Aya (Asae Onishi) suddenly falls to the ground. The doctor diagnoses her with spinocerebellar degeneration, a rare and incurable neurological disease. Entering high school, Aya's condition continues to worsen as physical movements become more difficult. Forced to attend a special boarding school, she nonetheless finds hope and happiness through the support of her new friends and family. Working hard, she completes her high school education and bravely begins a new stage in her life, despite her weak health and continuous trips to the hospital. Aya never gives up, living each day of her life to the fullest until the very end... |
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video source from veoh Asari Yosuke,Ichihara Hayato,Kiguchi Aya,Nonami Maho,Seki Megumi, 2007 ネガティブハッピー・チェーンソーエッヂ Alternative Title: ネガティブハッピー・チェーンソーエッヂ Genre: School Film Date: October, 2007 Japan Casts: Hayato Ichihara, Seki Megumi One day, apathetic high school student Yosuke meets a beautiful girl named Eri. Eri does battle every night with an indestructible, chainsaw-wielding maniac, “Chainsaw Man”. As Yosuke and Eri bond, he eventually joins the fight. Features CG effects by the talents behind the “Death Note” series. Based on the best-selling novel by Tatsuhiko Takimoto... |
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video source from veoh Takeshi Kaneshiro, Returner (リターナー, Ritana) is a 2002 Japanese science fiction film, directed by Takashi Yamazaki and starring Anne Suzuki and Takeshi Kaneshiro. Plot Milly (Anne Suzuki) is a female soldier from the year 2084, when the human race is on the verge of extinction at the hands of an alien race, the "Daggra" (which means "enemy" in the Tibetan language). At the human resistance's final stronghold in Tibet, which is on the verge of collapse at the hands of the Daggra, Milly rushes to a newly-built time portal and leaps into it, just before a flying bomb destroys it. The portal sends her to October 19, 2002, where her mission is to kill the first Daggra who faked a crash landing and stop him from signaling the others - effectively preventing the war which starts on the morning of October 22. Milly lands in the aftermath of a shootout in Tokyo Bay, Japan, where a hitman named Miyamoto (Takeshi Kaneshiro) finally has the murderous mo.. |
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video source from dailymotion Asaka Seto,Kohji Yamamoto,Ryo Kase , January, 2006 A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent... |
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video source from youtube 1997 Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫, Mononoke-hime?) is a 1997 Japanese animated historical fantasy feature film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli. It was first released in Japan on July 12, 1997 and in the United States on October 29, 1999 in select cities and on November 26, 1999 in Canada. It is a period drama set specifically in the late Muromachi period of Japan but with numerous fantastic elements and concentrates on the struggle between the supernatural guardians of a forest and the humans who consume its resources as seen by the outsider Ashitaka. "Mononoke" (物の怪?) is not a name, but a general term in the Japanese language for a spirit or monster. Roger Ebert placed the movie sixth on his top ten movies of 1999.[1] Mononoke also became the highest grossing movie in Japan until Titanic took over the spot several months later. Overall, Mononoke is the third highest grossing anime movie in Japan,[citation needed] next to 2.. |
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video source from youtube 2007 Stage, the end of the 19th century, Europe had drawn to the magic of imagination and science geunmiraehwagadeulyi and the coexistence of the world 'aenggeori'. She died in his father's hat shop swilteum 18-year-old girl to work with. One day, She just went to town to meet the royal family is the wizard Howl. Howl is a little scared, but the secret of the handsome young man. However, a crush on Howl to a misunderstanding between two people to the wilderness witch, walk the order to the Sophie'll make the 90-year-old hag. Dejected She ran away from home and wander about the wilderness and eventually into Howl live sex maid is a strange life to start. However, a huge castle Howl lives of people with four legs are too scared to 'Moving Castle. Howl and Sophie this bizarre weird castle of love and adventure begins .. .. |
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video source from dailymotion May 24, 2008 Profile Movie: Shaolin Baba Romaji: Japanese: 少林老女 Director: Kotaro Terauchi Writer: Producer: Cinematographer: Release Date: May 24, 2008 Runtime: Language: Japanese Country: Japan A Kung Fu old lady from Shaolin, fight against various characters. 72 years old Chiyoko Asami perform as Shaolin Kung Fu master!! Shaolin Baba is a Japanese martial arts comedy. It is also a spoof of the highly-publicized 2008 release Shaolin Girl. --- http://asianmediawiki.com/Shaolin_Baba .. |
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video source from dailymotion Yoshioka Hidetaka,Ishida Yuriko,Nakagoshi Noriko, June 4, 2005 Profile Movie: Miracle in Four Days / The Gift Romaji: Yokkakan no kiseki Japanese: 四日間の奇蹟 Director: Kiyoshi Sasabe Writer: Takuya Asakura (novel), Kiyoshi Sasabe Producer: Yasuhiro Mase, Mineko Okamoto Cinematography: Masaaki Sakae Release Date: June 4, 2005 Runtime: 118 min Language: Japanese Country: Japan Plot Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" wafts through a hospice recreation room. Sitting at the grand piano is a young girl, Chiori, with a prodigious ability to play any piece of music after one hearing. Keisuke Kisaragi whose career was abruptly cut short when he jumped in front of a bullet fired by a crazed gunman. The nerves in one hand were severed but he saved the life of Chiori. The tragic incident takes the lives of Chiori's parents, however, and Keisuke becomes her guardian. Not long after their return to Japan, Keisuke discovers Chiori's musical gift... |
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video source from veoh Aki Maeda,Kanji Tsuda,Kiyohiko Shibukawa,Masato Ibu ,Ryou Kimura,Shihori Kanjiya,Shunsuke Kubozuka,Takuji Kawakubo, January, 2006 Saikano (最終兵器彼女, Saish? Heiki Kanojo?, lit. She, the Ultimate Weapon or My Girlfriend, the Ultimate Weapon) is a manga and anime series by Shin Takahashi, creator of Iihito and Kimi no Kakera. Saikano was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine... |
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video source from veoh Izam,Naohito Fujiki,Ryo Ishibashi,Ryudo Uzaki,Yukie Nakama,Fujiki Naohito,Izam,Okayama Hajime, November, 2008 G@me is a 2003 Japanese thriller film, based on a novel by Keigo Higashino. A 'kidnapper' holds a girl hostage until a ransom demand is paid from her father. In reality, the kidnapper is actually an advertiser, who has been beaten to a 3 billion deal and so takes his Rival's daughter hostage. The girl later turns out to be more than she seems and turns into a handful for her 'kidnapper'.. |
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video source from megavideo 2006 I Just Didn't Do It (それでもボクはやってない Soredemo boku wa yattenai?) is a 2007 Japanese film directed by Masayuki Suo. Based on a true story, the film focuses on the story of a young man charged with groping on a train. Following the events depicted in the film, he was acquitted after a five year legal battle. It was Japan's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was chosen as the Best Film at the 2008 Yokohama Film Festival. .. |
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video source from other Matsuda Shota, 2008 Profile Movie: Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Romaji: Ikigami Japanese: イキガミ Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto Writer: Motoro Mase (manga), Akimitsu Sasaki Producer: Akimitsu Sasaki, Osamu Kubota, Jun Kurosawa, Kazuya Hamana, Daisuke Ohkka, Makihiro Higuchi Cinematographer: Takahide Shibanushi Release Date: September 27, 2008 Runtime: 133 min. Movie Studio: TBS Distributor: Toho Language: Japanese Country: Japan Available Online: Plot A place, somewhere, that bears a strong resemblance in history and environment to Japan. Its return to prosperity after defeat in war is due to a certain law, a pillar of the state. This is the Special Law for the Maintenance of National Prosperity. 24 hours before this capsule is to bring about death, an official of the Ministry of Health and Welfare brings a letter announcing impending death, an ikigami. Those who receive this ikigami letter have 24 hours .. |
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video source from youku Ryoko Hirosue,Nakatani Miki, November 14, 2009 Zero Focus (ゼロの焦点 Zero no Shōten?) is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Inudō Isshin. It is nominated for Best Film at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize. One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, and along the way discovers some surprising facts about her husband's past. With only a pair of old photographs among his belongings to go off of, Teiko tries to figure out what has happened to him... |
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video source from yahoo February 9, 2008 Team Batista no Eikō (바티스타 수술 팀의 영광チーム·バチスタの栄光, The Glorious Team Batista?) is a Japanese mystery film and television show adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by Takeru Kaidō. The story revolves around a hospital with a team of doctors known for their success with a type of heart surgery. After a series of failed operations that result in the patient's death, an internal investigation is initiated, led by a doctor named Taguchi and a brash government official. In the original novel the main character Taguchi, was a male doctor in his forties. However, for the film adaptation TBS suggested replacing the character with a young female resulting in Yuko Takeuchi being cast as in the role.[1] For the TV show, Taguchi is a man, with Atsushi Itō playing the role. A top notch seven-member team of doctors and nurses known as “Team Batista” are Tojo University Hospital’s pride and joy. The medical t.. |
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video source from wat_tv February 2009 Profile Movie: Yoroi: The Samurai Zombie Romaji: Yoroi: Samurai zonbi Japanese: 鎧 サムライゾンビ Director: Tak Sakaguchi Writer: Ryuhei Kitamura Producer: Cinematographer: Release Date: February 14, 2009 Runtime: 91 min. Language: Japanese Country: Japan Plot A family on a road trip comes across a car accident, and pulls over to help the driver of the car. It turns out that the driver is a fugitive, who hijacks the family's car. Pointing a gun at the father's head, the fugitive commands him to step on the gas and drive off. Guided by the fugitive, they soon encounter a blockade on the highway, so they take a road into the woods. All of a sudden, the car's navigation system monitor turns blood red. The blip on the monitor seems to be moving around in a sea of blood. Then the car breaks down for no apparent reason, and they're stuck in the woods. The fugitive tells the father to go .. |
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video source from wat_tv Tamaki Hiroshi,Kitagawa Keiko, June 13, 2009 Profile Movie: Last Operations Under the Orion / Battle Under Orion Romaji: Manatsu no Orion Japanese: 真夏のオリオン Director: Tetsuo Shinohara Writer: Yasuo Hasegawa (Screenplay), Tsukasa Ikegami (novel) Producer: Cinematography: Release Date: June 13, 2009 Runtime: Movie Studio: , TV Asahi Distributor: Toho Language: Japanese Country: Japan Plot Capt. Takayuki Koramoto (Hiroshi Tamaki) leads a Japanese submarine as it engages an American destroyer off the coast of Okinawa during the waning days of World War II. Notes Based on Tsukasa Ikegami's novel "Raigeki Shindo Juukyuu-ten-go". "Last Operations Under the Orion" was filmed with the joint cooperation of the JSDF and U.S. Navy. For the U.S. destroyer, the "USS Slater" moored on the Hudson River in Albany, NY and the "USS Hurst" now under Mexican ownership were used. .. |
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video source from google Matsumoto Jun,Ninomiya Kazunari,Sakura,Tabata Tomoko, November, 2007 [황색눈물 黄色い涙]The five members of Arashi appear together on the big screen again in the highly anticipated Kiiroi Namida, a.k.a. Yellow Tears. Based on the classic manga by Nagashima Shinji, this nostalgic film takes the audience back to the 1960s with a moving story about youth, friendship, and the pursuit of dreams. Director Inudo Isshin, whose previous works include Touch, Maison de Himiko, and Across a Gold Prairie, strikes the right balance of compelling drama and coming-of-age tropes in following the hopes and trials of five young men in post-war Japan. With all the members of Arashi in a film together for the first time since Pikanchi, Kiiroi Namida inevitably bears the label of an idol movie, but it is much more than that. Matsumoto Jun (Hana Yori Dango), Sakurai Sho (Honey and Clover), Ninomiya Kazunari (Letters from Iwo Jima), Aiba Masaki (Triple Kitchen), and Ohno Satoshi have all developed respectable acting careers in their own ri.. |
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video source from wat_tv Aki Hirose,Kentaro Matsumoto,Ryunosuke Oki,Sakutaro "Saku" Matsumoto , May, 2004 In a small regional town in 1980s southern Japan, Sakutaro "Saku" Matsumoto and Aki Hirose, who were classmates all through junior high school, become high school students and then fall in love with one another. They share audio diaries, go on excursions together, and enjoy summer vacation. However, Aki soon finds herself suffering from Leukemia and begins to weaken day by day, rendering her unable to see Saku or go outside. Saku, desperate to take Aki to Uluru (Ayer's Rock) in Australia (the "Center of the World" in the Japanese title), a place she had wished to go to, desperately tries to achieve just that. Saku buys tickets to go, but Aki dies before boarding the plane... |
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video source from tudou Masanubu Ando,Renji Ishibashi,Ryo Ishibashi,Ryuhei Matsuda, September, 2006 At the end of their vacant, destructive lives, two boys meet when they are both incarcerated for murder. With exactly opposite personalities, the two boys share only their instincts, but this is enough for them to discover the emotion of love. However, at the end of their love lies another murder, with one boy the accused and one the victim... |
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video source from yahoo 2007 Nightmare Detective ( 悪夢探偵 Akumu Tantei?) is a 2007 Japanese horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto and released by Movie-Eye Entertainment Inc, starring Ryuhei Matsuda and hitomi. Masanobu Ando and Ren Osugi play supporting roles, and Tsukamoto himself plays the unnamed villain. The film is shot entirely within Adachi, Tokyo. Nightmare Detective 2 was released in 2008. Matsuda returns in the lead role of Kagenuma. Hitomi declined to reprise her role. Story outline A middle-aged man is taking a drink of beer. A young man (Matsuda) appears from under the floor, and it is revealed that the older man, Mitake, is a former teacher of Kagenuma's father. Kagenuma is being haunted by the soul of a daughter whom his wife had aborted without his knowledge. Mitake refuses to help him. Kagenuma wakes up in hospital next to the body of Mitake, and surrounded by Mitake's children. Kagenuma had been in Mitake's dream, to find out who should inherit his pr.. |
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