Audition
When it comes to horror, no one does it better than the Japanese. This deeply disturbing and unsettling film will stay with you long after its finished. Take the girlfriend to see it (if you don’t like her very much).
Brother
Takeshi Kitano, wrote, directed, produced, starred in (and probably did the catering) for this story of a psychotic Japanese Yakuza that’s been exiled from the US.
Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa’s greatest film. The story was later used (stolen) as the basis for the Magnificent Seven.
Spirited Away
The master of fantasy, Hayao Miyazaki, has been making visually stunning films for years but this was his first universal success. And it’s probably one of his best. Howl’s Moving Castle comes a close second.
Nobody Knows
Hirokazu Kore-eda, wrote and directed this story about a family dealing with an unusual dilemma in an unusual manner. (Sounds cryptic but to explain it would give away too much of the plot).
Ichi the killer
The story of a superhero with razor blades in his shoes. Extreme cartoon violence that involves tongue removal, torture with meet hooks and guy who’s cooked like a piece of tempura. One for the kids then.
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