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1.Godzilla Vs Megalon starring: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Hiroyuki Kawase, Yutaka Hayashi, Robert Dunham, Kotaro Tomita directed by: Jun Fukuda September 30, 1997
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The most bashed Godzilla movie of all time (with only Godzilla's Revenge giving it a run for it's money), I think it's still way more entertaining than the Millenium Series. I like old school Godzilla. Sue me. And it's got Ultram- err, I mean, Jet Jaguar in it! Groovy, man. First, I don't work for this particular company, but if you're looking for a good copy of this movie on DVD (as well as the original Japanese cuts of all the G-films, including Godzilla '85 and Biollante), here's a hint: do a Google search for "Showa Video" and go from there. The discs are bootlegs, but the prices are right and they ship pretty quick. Just getting the word out to those tired of watching their ratty VHS copies.

2.Black Rain starring: Yoshiko Tanaka, Kazuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara, Shoichi Ozawa, Norihei Miki directed by: Shohei Imamura September 04, 2001
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I found a used DVD on eBay for $35. It wasn't worth it. The image is letterboxed, but so small that you have to blow it up to resolution-killing proportions. I also own the VHS and laserdisc of "Black Rain." The tape offers a MUCH better image. The laserdisc gives the best results of all. I am outraged at the prices being asked here. I really hope this great movie will be re-released with proper care, and that the people who want to rip you off will be left holding the bag.

3.Sanshiro Sugata (AKA Judo Saga) starring: Denjirô Ôkôchi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki, Ryunosuke Tsukigata, Takashi Shimura directed by: Akira Kurosawa June 13, 2000
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Martial arts films have come a long way since this curious historical drama, the first feature film directed by the up-and-coming Akira Kurosawa. Filmed and edited during wartime, it dramatizes the story of the late 19th Century development of judo as a breakaway form of the jiu-jitsu school of martial arts. Without the benefit of Hong Kong style wire-works or the flashy acrobatics of Bruce Lee, et al, the combat looks mostly like wrestling or sumo... Which, perhaps, back in the 1880s, it was. Takashi Shimura introduces his role as an older wise man, in custody over the spiritual growth of a younger firebrand; the plot has a bit of a Romeo and Juliet tone to it, as the young champion of judo falls in love with the daughter of a rival school's sensei. Fans who have seen Kurosawa's glorious later films ... Read More

4.Early Summer starring: Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Chikage Awashima, Kuniko Miyake, Ichirô Sugai directed by: Yasujiro Ozu June 13, 2000
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Early Summer (Bakushû) is the middle entry in what has been called director Yasujiro Ozu's Noriko Trilogy (bookended by Late Spring and Tokyo Story). All three films feature women named Noriko (all played by Setsuko Hara), who are without husbands, and embroiled in family dramas. The names of many of the other major characters recur in the trilogy, as well, which gives the films a feeling of almost being alternate world versions of each other- ala the way comic books have `canonical' superhero tales, and those set in alternate universes. Released in 1951, the 124 minute black and white film was written by Ozu and his co-writer Kôgo Noda, and is every bit as great a film as its two more celebrated companion pieces. The film featured many of Ozu's actors from the two other films, and in many ways is a variation on the ... Read More

5.Noozles:A New Friend starring: Robert Axelrod, Cheryl Chase, Lara Cody, Haruna Ikezawa, Soo-yeon Kang directed by: Ki-nam Nam, Taku Sugiyama September 11, 1991
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Quality is what I expected for such and old tape. I am pleased overall.

6.The Mistress (aka Gan, Wild Geese) starring: Hideko Takamine, Hiroshi Akutagawa, Jukichi Uno directed by: Shiro Toyoda March 28, 1991
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Director Shiro Toyoda has wrought a deeply affecting film which is not only a beautiful cinematic work, but also an exceptional study of female psychology. A woman believes that she is married to a prosperous man, but suddenly discovers that he is already married and that she is no more than his mistress. Set in the period when Japan was moving toward industrialization, The Mistress explores the confict between the demands of society and individual freedom.

7.Lensman starring: Toshio Furukawa, Mami Koyama, Chikao Ôtsuka, Nachi Nozawa, Yôko Asagami directed by: Kazuyuki Hirokawa, Yoshiaki Kawajiri August 01, 1993
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(note: I wrote this in 2005)I LOVE STAR WARS AND ALL OF IT'S KNOCK-OFFS (EVEN THE REALLY BAD ONES) AND WHAT WITH THIS AT ONE TIME BEING ON THE SCI-FI CHANNEL , IT SHOULD BE ON DVD...NOT VHS (I DON'T EVEN USE MY VCR ANY MORE) SO IF YOU LOVE STAR WARS , YOU'LL LOVE THIS ! up date : (7/20/06)I FOUND THIS ON EBAY ON DVD . IT'S A WELL DONE BOOTLEG AND I RECOMEND IT !

8.Noozles:A Day With Grandma starring: Robert Axelrod, Cheryl Chase, Lara Cody, Haruna Ikezawa, Soo-yeon Kang directed by: Ki-nam Nam, Taku Sugiyama June 19, 1991
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I love Noozels it is a cute Anime! I love Blinky and Pinky. Koalas are my favorite Animals. I wish they would put it back on the air.

9.Good Morning (AKA Ohayo) starring: Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chishu Ryu, Kuniko Miyake, Haruko Sugimura directed by: Yasujiro Ozu June 06, 2000
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Of the Big Three Japanese film directors from last century, who were known in the West, Kenji Mizoguchi, Akira Kurosawa, and Yasujiro Ozu, Ozu is by far the least well known, and this is because he was probably the least technically innovative of the troika. But, that is not the same as saying he was the least accomplished. In fact, his 1959 social comedy of manners, Good Morning (Ohayo), set in a modern Tokyo suburban subdivision, is in many ways far more relevant than the more famed period pieces the other directors made, for it has a definite Western sensibility. Ozu seemed to be obsessed with documenting history, but history as it was lived, not re-imagined. He was acutely aware of his role as a social documentarian, if in a fictive sense. It was also his third color film, and on the surface it would seem to narratively ... Read More

10.Yojimbo starring: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tono, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada directed by: Akira Kurosawa June 13, 2000
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Yojimbo is Kurosawa's most popular movie both at home and in the West & it is easy to see why. First and foremost, it's just fun. Combining cool, dry wit, black humor and rousing action; even those who don't "get" the mocking of Westerns or Samurai movies will find plenty to enjoy. Shorter than Ran and Seven Samurai, more accessible than Rashomon or Throne of Blood and more exciting than Ikiru or Red Beard. Yojimbo isn't a masterpiece, though Toshiro Mifune gives an incredible performance. Yojimbo has such a relaxed, sardonic tone to it, I don't think Kurosawa was trying for masterpiece. As nearly always with Kurosawa, there is, just beneath the easy to follow story, a clever subtext. Kurosawa was one of the few directors who was able to entertain casual filmgoers and the more demanding art house crowd. As ... Read More

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