BATTLE ROYALE (2000)
byIn the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary ‘Battle Royale’ act.
JAPANESE CINEMA
THE INVISIBLE MAN APPEARS (1949) • THE INVISIBLE MAN vs. THE HUMAN FLY (1957)
byTwo unique Japanese riffs on H.G Wells’ classic character, also indebted to Universal’s iconic film series…
KAGEMUSHA (1980)
byA petty thief who resembles a samurai warlord is hired as the lord’s double, but when the warlord dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.
HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE (2004)
byWhen a young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with an insecure young wizard and his companions in his mobile castle.
VERSUS (2000)
byThere are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side, concealed from humanity. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal… the Forest of Resurrection.
TAMPOPO (1985)
byA truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business.
THE H-MAN (1958) • BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE (1959)
byEureka Entertainment’s ‘Masters of Cinema’ Series is proud to present two classics of Japanese sci-fi cinema, both directed by the great Ishirō Honda, for the…
MOTHRA (1961)
byA giant, ancient moth attacks Japan when trying to rescue its two petite worshippers, who were taken by an unscrupulous showman.
SHOGUN ASSASSIN (1980)
byWhen the wife of the Shogun’s Decapitator is murdered and he’s ordered to commit suicide by the paranoid Shogun, he and his four-year-old son escape and become assassins for hire…
BURST CITY (1982)
byPunk rock gangs and music groups clash with one another and the brutal police force in a futuristic Tokyo setting.
WARNING FROM SPACE (1956)
byAn alien takes the form of a popular female singer to warn the citizens of Tokyo about a deadly meteor headed for Earth.
BLACK TEST CAR (1962) • THE BLACK REPORT (1963)
byTwo car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.