
The main character of Graveyard of Honor was Rikio Ishikawa (1926-1956), who
received his sakazuki (family bond) from Kaoru WADA, the chief of the
Wada-gumi, in 1942. Ishikawa soon took charge of the black market in the
South Exit area of Shinjuku Station in Tokyo. In an attempt to deal with
complaints from one of his men, in 1946, he tried to negotiate with Wada but
was instead ordered to sever his pinkie. Later that year, he severely
injured Wada with a short sword, and the Boss took a month to recover from
the attack. Ishikawa was imprisoned for eighteen months due to the attack,
and upon his release, he was ordered to stay away from the Kanto Plain
region (Tokyo area) for ten years.
Ishikawa moved to Osaka, but he returned to Tokyo in 1949 (well in advance
of his 10-year ban) and shot fellow Yakuza Kouzaburo IMAI. Upon Ishikawa's
surrender, he was sentenced to ten years in Fuchu Prison in Tokyo. On
February 2, 1956, he committed suicide by jumping from the roof of Fuchu
Prison. In his prison cell was his final corrspondence: a poem reading
"Oowarai sanjyunen no bakasawagi" (It is so funny, my life of 30 years was a
crazy party).
For his rebellion against Yakuza honor, Rikio Ishikawa became a legend in
the Yakuza world.

Tetsuji Togura:Tetsuro Tamba
Rikuo Ishimatsu: Goro Kishitani
Chieko Arimoto: Narumi Arimori
Yoshiyuki Kinoshita: Yoshiyuki Daichi

Genre : |
Action / Crime / Drama
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Japanese Title : |
Shin Jingi no Hakaba
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Director : |
Takashi Miike
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Screenplay : |
Shigenori Takechi
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Original Story : |
Goro Fujita
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Year : |
2002
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Running time : |
131 min
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Country : |
Japan
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Distributor in US : |
AnimeiGo
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©2002 Toei Video Co.,LTD./Kadokawa Pictures,Inc.
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Jack, an American lawyer working in Tokyo is having an affair with Yuri, the wife of a valued client. Yuri is afraid that her husband Eiji knows. When Eiji's account develops a crisis, Jack finds both Eiji and Yuri about to embark on a day trip at sea. Eiji insists that Jack join them aboard their cabin cruiser, but Jack fears the husband's motives and dreads the ocean since he lost his younger brother to the sea 25 years ago. Because of Yuri, and his responsibility to his client, Jack reluctantly accepts. But when they sail from the Tokyo Bay into the open sea, this trip turns to terror, and the ocean has a terrible destiny for each.

Yuri Saito: Yoshino Kimura
jack Millar: Daniel Gillies
Eiji Saito: Ryo Ishibashi
Naomi Saito: Miho Ninagawa

Genre : |
Horror
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Japanese Title : |
Dream Cruise
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Director : |
Norio Tsuruta
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Screenplay : |
Norio Tsuruta, Naoya Takayama
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Original Story : |
Koji Suzuki
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Year : |
2007
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Running time : |
88 min
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Country : |
United States / Japan
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Distributor in US : |
Starz Media
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©2006 Starz Media, LLC
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"I've got no interest in ordinary people. If there are any Aliens from Outer Space, Visitors from the future or those who are gifted with supernatural powers, come forward to me". That was a way the beautiful Haruhi Suzumiya introduced herself to the class on her first day of school.
It's not as if you're reading a Science Fiction Novel for crying out loud...but that was the way she behaved. Haruhi is serious about this from the bottom of her heart. Haruhi becomes upset, waiting for the Aliens that never seem to show themselves. She creates a club to search for the mystery of this world on her own and names this club, Suzumiya adds Oomph into Space Club or the SOS Club. If you join this Club for some cursed reason, your ordinary life may change quickly to a supernatural one!

(Voice Cast)
Japanese Cast/
Haruhi Suzumiya: Aya Hirano
Yuki Nagato: Minori Chihara
Kyon: Tomokazu Sugita
Itsuki Koizumi: Daisuke Ono
Mikuru Asahina: Yuko Goto
English Cast/
Haruhi Suzumiya: Wendee Lee
Yuki Nagato: Minori Chihara
Kyon: Crispin Freeman
Itsuki Koizumi: Johnny Yong Bosch
Mikuru Asahina: Stephanie Sheh

Genre : |
SF Comedy
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Japanese Title : |
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu
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Director : |
Tatsuya Ishihara
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Original Story : |
Nagaru Tanigawa
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Year : |
2006
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Running time : |
30min X 14episodes
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Country : |
Japan
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Distributor in US : |
Bandai Entertainment Inc.
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Official website: |
http://www.asosbrigade.com/cms
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©2006 Nagaru Tanigawa/Noizi Ito/ a member of SOS
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A graduate student must race against time to uncover the mystery of a ghostly killer who is murdering her friends through their cell phones. American remake of the first installment in the hit franchise from Japanese horror master Takashi Miike (AUDITION, DEAD OR ALIVE).

Jack Andrews:Edward Burns
Beth Raymond:Shannyn Sossamon
Leann Cole:Azura Skye
Taylor Anthony:Ana Claudia Talancón

Genre : |
Horror
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Japanese Title : |
One Missed Call
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Director : |
Eric Valette
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Screenplay : |
Andrew Klavan
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Original Story : |
Yasushi Akimoto
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Year : |
2008
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Running time : |
88 mins
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Country : |
United States
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Distributor in US : |
WB
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Official website: |
http://onemissedcallmovie. warnerbros.com/
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