Selected filmography

• Kagemusha
  Kagemusha
  is a 1980 film by Akira Kurosawa. The title is a term used for an impersonator. It is set in the Warring States era of Japanese history and tells the story of a lower-class criminal who is taught to impersonate a dying warlord in order to dissuade opposing lords from attacking the newly vulnerable...
  
  (1980)
• Station
  Station (film)
  is a 1981 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. Among many awards, it was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.-Cast:* Ken Takakura: Eiji Mikami* Chieko Baisho: Kiriko Michio* Ayumi Ishida: Naoko Mikami...
  
  (1981)
• Farewell to the Land
  Farewell to the Land
  is a 1982 Japanese drama film directed by Mitsuo Yanagimachi. It was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Jinpachi Nezu as Yukio Yamazawa* Kumiko Akiyoshi as Junko* Jirō Chiba as Akihiko Yamazawa...
  
  (1982)
• Angel's Egg
  Angel's Egg
  is a Japanese anime feature film produced by Tokuma Shoten in 1985. A collaboration between popular artist Yoshitaka Amano and director Mamoru Oshii, it incorporates surrealistic and existentialist qualities...
  
  (1985)
• Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
• Gonin (1995)
• Ruby Fruit
  Ruby Fruit
  is a 1995 Japanese film based on novel by Ayako Saito.-Cast:*Kaho Minami as Matsunaga Maiko*Tsugumi Arimura as Sirani*Jun Togawa as Yoshimi*Reiko Takashima as Kyoko*Haruko Mabuchi as Sayuri*Jinpachi Nezu as Hisao Kagami...
  
  (1995)
• Owls' Castle
  Owls' Castle
  Owl's Castle is a 1999 Japanese ninja-themed film written by Masahiro Shinoda and Katsuo Naruse and directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It is a remake of the 1963 film Castle of Owls, based on Ryotaro Shiba's 1959 novel under the same name.The film starred Kiichi Nakai, Takaya Kamikawa, Mayu Tsuruta and...
  
  (1999)
• The Man In White
  The Man In White
  The Man In White is a 2003 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takashi Miike.-Cast:*Masaya Kato as Azusa*Shôko Aida*Naomi Akimoto*Narumi Arimori*Kenichi Endo*Tatsuya Fuji*Mitsuru Hirata*Renji Ishibashi*Masaya Kato*Hiroshi Katsuno*Kazuki Kitamura...
  
  (2003)
• Runin: Banished
  Runin: Banished
  is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Eiji Okuda. The film is set in 1838, and follows the fate of various people exiled to remote Hachijo Island in the Pacific Ocean. The main character is Toyogiku, a courtesan exiled a number of years ago for arson, who longs to return to the mainland. The exiles...
  
  (2004)

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