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Japanese action drama films
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The list Japanese action drama films includes
Children of Men, Ran, Odoru daisousasen the movie 3: Yatsura o kaihou seyo!, S: Saigo no Keikan - Dakkan: Recovery of Our Future and Umizaru.
The list consists of 17 members
and 1 sublist.
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The Last Samurai
2003 film by Edward Zwick
Overview: The Last Samurai is a 2003 American epic period action drama film directed and produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz from a story devised by ...
Release date: 22 November 2003Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War, HistoryDirector: Edward ZwickProducer: Tom Cruise, Michael DovenWriter: John Logan, Edward ZwickAn American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.
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Children of Men
2006 dystopian action thriller film directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Overview: Children of Men is a 2006 dystopian action thriller film directed and co-written by Alfonso Cuarón. The screenplay, based on P. D. James' 1992 novel The Children of Men, was credited to five writers, with ...
Release date: 3 September 2006Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, DramaDirector: Alfonso CuarónProducer: Marc Abraham, Armyan BernsteinWriter: Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. SextonIn 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have somehow become infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a ... 0
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Seven Samurai
1954 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa
Overview: Seven Samurai (Japanese: 七人の侍, Hepburn: Shichinin no Samurai) is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai action film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni ...
Release date: 26 April 1954Genre: Drama, Adventure, ActionDirector: Akira KurosawaCast: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Daisuke KatôProducer: Sojiro MotokiWriter: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu HashimotoFarmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him. As the samurai teach the ... 0
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Ran
1985 film directed by Akira Kurosawa
Overview: Ran (Japanese: 乱, lit. 'chaos or tumult') is a 1985 epic historical action drama film directed, co-written, and edited by Akira Kurosawa. The plot derives from William Shakespeare's King Lear and ...
Release date: 1 June 1985Genre: Action, Drama, WarDirector: Akira KurosawaProducer: Katsumi Furukawa, Masato HaraWriter: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo OguniIn Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will ... 0
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Yojimbo
1961 film by Akira Kurosawa
Overview: Yojimbo (Japanese: 用心棒, Hepburn: Yōjinbō, lit. Bodyguard) is a 1961 Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa, who also co-wrote the screenplay and was one of the producers. The film stars Toshiro ...Release date: 25 April 1961Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime, Comedy, ActionDirector: Akira KurosawaProducer: Ryûzô Kikushima, Akira KurosawaWriter: Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô KikushimaA crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town. 0
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S: Saigo no Keikan - Dakkan: Recovery of Our Future
2015 Japanese film
Overview: S: The Last Policeman - Recovery of Our Future (Ｓ -最後の警官- 奪還 RECOVERY OF OUR FUTURE) is a 2015 Japanese suspense action drama film directed by Shunichi Hirano [ja] and based on the Japanese te ...Genre: Action, ThrillerDirector: Shun'ichi HiranoProducer: Atsuyuki ShimodaA former boxer with a blunt personality and strong hand-to-hand combat skills, Ichigo is a member of the NPS, the national police unit that combats te ... 0
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Odoru daisousasen the movie 3: Yatsura o kaihou seyo!
2010 Japanese film
Overview: Bayside Shakedown 3 (踊る大捜査線 THE MOVIE 3 ヤツらを解放せよ!, Odoru Daisōsasen The Movie 3: Yatsura o Kaihō Seyo!) is a 2010 Japanese action drama film directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro. It was released on July 3, 2010 ...Release date: 3 July 2010Genre: DramaDirector: Katsuyuki MotohiroProducer: Chikahiro Ando, Chihiro KameyamaWriter: Ryoichi Kimizuka 0
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Umizaru
2004 Japanese film by Eiichiro Hasumi
Overview: Umizaru (海猿) is a 2004 Japanese action drama film directed by Eiichiro Hasumi. It is the first feature-length film of the Umizaru projects, preceding the 2005 11-episode Fuji Television and Kyodo Television ...Release date: 13 May 2004Genre: Drama, ActionDirector: Eiichiro HasumiProducer: Chikahiro Ando, Hirotsugu UsuiWriter: Shuho Sato, Yasushi Fukuda 0
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Boat
2009 Japanese film
Overview: Boat (Korean: 보트, translit. Boteu; Japanese: ノーボーイズ、ノークライ, alt. title No Boys, No Cry, formerly known as House) is a 2009 film directed by Kim Young-nam and starring Ha Jung-woo and Satoshi Tsumabuki ...Release date: 28 May 2009Genre: DramaDirector: Young-nam KimCast: Jung-woo Ha, Satoshi TsumabukiProducer: Aya Watanabe, Lee Jun-hoA drama centered on two men involved in the smuggling industry in Japan. 0
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Sukeban deka
1987 Japanese film
Overview: Sukeban Deka The Movie (スケバン刑事) is a live action Japanese film that was released in 1987. This is a sequel to the TV series Sukeban Deka II: Shōjo Tekkamen Densetsu, based on the manga series Sukeban Deka ... 0
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Yagyû renyasai: hidentsuki kageshô
1956 Japanese film
Overview: Yagyū Ren'yasai: Hidentsuki Kageshō (柳生連也斎 秘伝月影抄, "The Ren'yasai Yagyu Hidden Story") is a 1956 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Katsuhiko Tasaka.Genre: Drama, ActionDirector: Katsuhiko Tasaka 0
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The Hoodlum Soldier
1965 Japanese filmOverview: The Hoodlum Soldier (兵隊やくざ, Heitai Yakuza) is a Japanese film directed by Yasuzo Masumura. The Hoodlum Soldier was the first of a series of nine films that followed two soldiers, Kisaburo Omiya (Shintaro ...Release date: 18 March 1965Genre: Drama, Comedy, WarDirector: Yasuzo MasumuraProducer: Yoriyoshi Arima, Ryûzô KikushimaA young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an effort ... 0
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A-hômansu
1986 film by Yusaku MatsudaOverview: A Homansu (ア・ホーマンス) is a 1986 Japanese film. It stars Yūsaku Matsuda, who also directed it after the planned director Yonosuke Koike dropped out due to differences with Matsuda. It is based on a manga ...Director: Yûsaku MatsudaProducer: Shoichi Maruyama, Yûsaku Matsuda 0
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The Possibility of Hope
2006 film by Alfonso Cuarón
Overview: Children of Men is a 2006 dystopian action thriller film directed and co-written by Alfonso Cuarón. The screenplay, based on P. D. James' 1992 novel The Children of Men, was credited to five writers, with ...Release date: 28 March 2007Director: Alfonso CuarónProducer: Marc Abraham, Alfonso CuarónWriter: Alfonso Cuarón, Juan EliasA look at different matters of the world such as immigration, global warming and capitalism through the eyes of scientists and philosophers. 0
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Sarariiman Kintarô
1999 Japanese film by Takashi Miike
Overview: Salaryman Kintaro (サラリーマン金太郎, Sarariiman Kintaro), also known as White-Collar Worker Kintaro, is a 1999 Japanese live-action drama film based on Hiroshi Motomiya's manga series Salaryman Kintaro.Release date: 13 November 1999Director: Takashi MiikeCast: Katsunori Takahashi, Genta Dairaku, Kanako Enomoto, Michiko Hada, Naoki Hosaka, Renji IshibashiProducer: Kazuya Hamana, Morihiro KodamaWriter: Naoko Harada, Hiroshi Motomiya 0
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Jigoku no kifujin
1949 film by Motoyoshi Oda
Overview: Lady from Hell (Japanese: 地獄の貴婦人, Hepburn: Jigoku no Kifujin) is a 1949 Japanese action drama film directed by Motoyoshi Oda and co-written by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The ...Release date: 15 March 1949Director: Motoyoshi OdaProducer: Tomoyuki TanakaWriter: Akira Kurosawa, Motosada Nishiki 0
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Cherry Girl
2006 Japanese film
Overview: Cherry Girl is a Japanese action drama film featuring Japanese singer-songwriter Kumi Koda and actresses MEGUMI and Yuko Ito. It was directed by Shuta Takahata (The Hotel Venus) and is written by Osamu ... 0
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