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2) Audition
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日本語
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Recent widower Shigharu Aoyama is advised by his son to find a new wife, agreeing Shigeharu seeks the advice of a colleague having been out of the dating scene for many years. Taking advantage of their position as a film company they stage an AUDITION. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu becomes enchanted by Asami, a quiet, 24-year-old woman, who is immediately responsive to his charms. But soon things take a very dark and twisted turn as we...
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日本語
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Leading attorney Shigemori takes on the defence of murder-robbery suspect Misumi who served jail time for another murder 30 years ago. Shigemori’s chances of winning the case seem low - his client freely admits his guilt, despite facing the death penalty if he is convicted. As he digs deeper into the case, as he hears the testimonies of the victim’s family and Misumi himself, the once confident Shigemori begins to doubt whether his client is the...
6) Paprika
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A revolutionary machine has been built that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream. After the machine is stolen, a fearless detective and brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device before it falls into the hands of a "dream terrorist."
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After a floundering toy salesman rescues a beguiling woman whose car was stuck on the train tracks, she inadvertently whisks him into an epic series of misadventures that turn his life upside down. While his once humdrum routine was already complicated by two female co-workers, he soon finds himself entrenched with gangsters, strange interlopers, kidnapping, and other sundry crimes and misdemeanors. Singular auteur Koji Fukada (A Girl Missing) marks...
8) Rashōmon
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A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife. This eloquent masterwork and international sensation revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema, and a commanding new star.
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Criterion collection volume 24
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日本語
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A complex crime thriller in which a wealthy shoe manufacturer's chauffeur's son is kidnapped in mistake for his own, and he faces a moral dilemma -- should he pay the ransom anyway and risk losing his position?
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日本語
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"Major Motoko Kusanagi is a beautiful but deadly cyborg that is squad leader of Section 9, the Japanese government's clandestine unit assigned to battle terrorism and cyber warfare. Surrounded by an expertly trained team, Motoko faces her ultimate challenge - The Laughing Man - a terrorist who orchestrated a kidnapping and extortion plot many years ago and has suddenly reappeared. In order to discover the identity of this enigmatic criminal, Motoko...
11) Danganronpa
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日本語
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"Hope's Peak High School only accepts the best of the best, and these superlative students will have to add slaughter to their schedules if they hope to leave the school in something other than a body bag. Beat! Stab! Crush! Just don;t get caught! To the victor goes freedom, but only if no one can figure out whodunnit. Get caught, and suffer a specially ordered punishment to fit the crime! From the oddly ordinary Makoto Nagei, to students that are...
12) High and low
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日本語
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A botched kidnapping of a Japanese executive's son turns into a race-against-time.
13) The third murder
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日本語
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Leading attorney Shigemori takes on the defense of murder-robbery suspect Misumi who served jail time for another murder 30 years ago. Shigemori's chances of winning the case seem low; his client freely admits his guilt, despite facing the death penalty if he is convicted. As he digs deeper into the case, as he hears the testimonies of the victim's family and Misumi himself, the once confident Shigemori begins to doubt whether his client is the murderer...
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日本語
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In a world caught in the grip of information overload, Major Kusanagi is an elite officer and heavily modified cybernetic agent on the trail of a computer-criminal who turns people into human marionettes, controlled by computer. She discovers that his true identity lies at the center of a vast and lethal political conspiracy.
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日本語
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A famous teenage detective is shrunk to the size of a seven-year-old after being forced to swallow a mysterious potion by unknown assailants. Undaunted by his change in stature, he continues solving cases on a free-lance basis while also pursuing the antidote that will cure him.
17) Cure
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Criterion collection volume 1155
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日本語
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A detective tries to solve a series of murders with a supernatural connection.
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日本語
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Paradigm City, a city of amnesia. Forty years ago everyone lost their memory, but humanity continues to survive. They've learned to operate machinery, produce electricity, and go on living each day at a time. Still there's something missing in a town with no past, no history of what has come before.
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日本語
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For nearly a century, Dowa Kingdom has known only peace thanks to the independent organization known as ACCA. But as the king grows older with no named heir, rumors of a coup are spreading from the top brass down to the notorious smoker, Jean Otus. Tasked with auditing all thirteen states, he soon finds himself the target of his higher-ups while a mysterious person keeps tabs on his every move.
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