Chakushin Ari Movie: Takashi Miike is a busy man, but his hard schedule doesn't seem to be affecting the quality of his films. "Chakushin Ari," released in theaters in early 2004, is the story of college student Yuki Nakamura, played by Shibasaki Kou (Battle Royale). Bored at a singles party, Yuki waits for her friend Yoko, who arrives to the party late after finishing work. While Yoko is changing clothes in...

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Crows Zero: Suzuran High School is also known as The School of Crows. The biggest clique, Serizawa Army and its boss Tamaran Serizawa are challenged by a new student to the school, Kenji Takiya. Takiya, son of a yakuza boss, wants to be the school’s ace fighter. But at the advice of Ken Katagiri, a low-ranked start-out yakuza, Takiya starts to muster together a gang of his own. And as he grows into a true leader, he must face an ultimate battle with Serizawa’s gang. Through Serizawa and Takiya’s battle, director Takahashi shows not only his unique aesthetics for violence but also the true meaning of charisma, friendship, and leadership.

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Crows Zero 2: Several months after "Crows: Episode 0" trouble brews again when thugs known as "The Army of Killers" from rival high school Hosen Academy threaten Suzuran High aka the School of Crows.The ruthless Hosen gang go after Suzuran alumni Sho Kawanishi (Shinnosuke Abe) after his released from reformatory for killing a Hosen member two years back. Kawanishi turns to his younger Suzuran gang members for protection. The Housen gang then seeks out right revenge on the entire Suzuran school, while in-fighting at Suzuran High makes them even more susceptible to the Housen threat.

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Crying Out Love, In The Center Of The World: Cinematicaly-beautiful and impressively-nostalgic pure love story. The original novel sold more than 3 million copies, and they added a few more twists to make the movie version. 20 years ago, Sakutaro's girlfriend passed away with lukemia. Current Sakutaro goes back to his home town to look for his fiance, Ritsuko, and traces his happy and tragic memory, to find out where he stands now and in the future. Two stories in two different time period is told concurrently, wth strong acting by the main cast and beautiful sceneries, and it surely makes you cry.

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