Strayer's Chronicle (2015)

Actors: Tsuyoshi Ihara (actor), Renji Ishibashi (actor), Masaki Okada (actor), Toshiki Seto (actor), Hiroya Shimizu (actor), Shun'ya Shiraishi (actor), Shôta Sometani (actor), Nobuyuki Suzuki (actor), Kosuke Toyohara (actor), Shuntarô Yanagi (actor), Riko Narumi (actress), Takahiro Satô (producer), Takayoshi Honda (writer), Kohei Kiyasu (writer), Takahisa Zeze (director),

Genres: Action,

The Naughty Room (2012)

Actors: David Egan (actor), Tom Hannaford (actor), Cosmo Jarvis (actor), Catriona Mcdougall (actor), Anita Scrivener (actor), Cosmo Jarvis (producer), Cosmo Jarvis (writer), Cosmo Jarvis (composer), Cosmo Jarvis (director), Cosmo Jarvis (editor),

Plot: After the death of his father, 20 year old Subaru spends life smoking drugs, feeling sorry for himself and thinking that life is too short to do anything with. He refuses to find work, help his single mother or leave home. Todd, also 20, would love to leave home but the trouble is he can't as he's been imprisoned in the family bathroom since childhood by his deranged mother who blames him for killing her husband. After alienating himself from his family and friends, Subaru's path of mindless self destruction changes its course after a strange incident involving a soiled sock brings Subaru and Todd together. A journey of self discovery that brings heart-ache and redemption unfolds.

Keywords: dslr, independent-film
Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: An eff'd up set of circumstances

Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelations (2007)

Actors: R. Bruce Elliott (actor), Tetsu Inada (actor), Miyu Irino (actor), Jerry Jewell (actor), Tokuyoshi Kawashima (actor), Yûji Kishi (actor), Jason Liebrecht (actor), Vic Mignogna (actor), Kenta Miyake (actor), Mamoru Miyano (actor), Kazuhiro Nakata (actor), Daisuke Namikawa (actor), Christopher Sabat (actor), Hiro Shimono (actor), Troy Baker (actor),

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller,

Catharsis (2003)

Actors: Kenji Manako (actor), Hiroyuki Onoue (actor), Rikiya Ôtaka (actor), Maiko Kawakami (actress), Mai Saito (actress), Moe Sonoda (actress), Mai Taniguchi (actress), Miyako Yamaguchi (actress), Atsuko Ochiai (producer), Katsumi Sakaguchi (writer), Katsumi Sakaguchi (director),

Plot: Naoki Ono, a 14-year-old boy murders a young girl in the suburbs of Tokyo. As a result, the large family change their names and live apart, while Naoki goes to a reformatory. Towako, his mother, stays away with her youngest son and youngest daughter, while her husband lives with other family. Three years later, Towako requests that the families reunites and go the island of her birth to be with her dying mother. Thus, the family are back together. But things aren't so simple. Katsumi, Naoki's sister hasn't been able to speak since her brother murdered the girl. Little Subaru has also suffered from the selfishness of his brother. And what of their uncle Satoshi and his family, his own son was killed. The family have never been a 'family' before... Could Grandmother bring them all together?

Genres: Drama,
Taglines: Art Can't Save You

Quotes:

Subaru: Jerk.::Naoki: What'd you call me?::Subaru: Deaf too.

Subaru: Mom, why would someone be glad to die?::Towako: Because it's good to die. After living a long life like Grandmother, it's like a relief.::Subaru: Do you think Kimiko's in heaven after what Big Brother did?::Towako: Subaru... What your brother did was wrong. It's bad to kill, but it's not bad to die.

Lunch no jo-oh (2002)

Actors: Yôsuke Eguchi (actor), Eita (actor), Gô Morita (actor), Masato Obara (actor), Issei Takubo (actor), Satoshi Tsumabuki (actor), Shin'ichi Tsutsumi (actor), Gô Wakabayashi (actor), Takayuki Yamada (actor), Tomohisa Yamashita (actor), Ren Ôsugi (actor), Atsuko Dôchin (actress), Atsumi Hiraguri (actress), Misaki Itô (actress), Eriko Satô (actress),

Genres: Comedy,

Snakeskin (2001)

Actors: Oliver Driver (actor), Paul Glover (actor), Rock Hardman (actor), Gordon Hatfield (actor), Scott Kelly (actor), Boyd Kestner (actor), Adrian Kwan (actor), Brother Love (actor), Dean O'Gorman (actor), Bob Parker (actor), Nathan Ponio (actor), Jacob Tomuri (actor), Ritchie Venus (actor), Taika Waititi (actor), Charlie Bleakley (actor),

Plot: Alice (Lynskey) lives in suburban Christchurch, the 'safest place in the world', but she longs for an adventure of American proportions (guns, murder, sex, drugs etc). Her best friend Craig (O'Gorman) changes his name to Johnny because Craig isn't heroic enough for Alice. He is in love with her and waiting for her to settle down so that he can be with her. She likes hanging out with him because of the hot as car he did up himself, a convertible Valiant. Together they roam the roads around SE NZ picking up hitchhikers and looking for excitement. One day they pick up Seth, an American Texas type, with snakeskin boots and a cowboy hat. He is on the run from a gang of skinheads who he stole money from, a Mr. Trippy truck with a couple who he stole a whole crap load of drugs off, and a big Moari dude on a motorcycle. Alice is immediately enchanted by Seth, Johnny jealous. Seth tricks Alice into taking a trip with him. The chase leads them away from their home and toward the hazardous roads over the Southern Alps. As they head toward the coast Alices trip turns bad and she begins hallucinating, or is Seth really superhuman?

Keywords: acid-trip, american, bathroom-sex, cannabis, car-chase, car-crash, closeted-homosexual, convertible, cowboy-hat, doublecross
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller,
Taglines: When an American snake slides into town, this stretch of road is in for the ride of it's life ... Take a fast trip...

Quotes:

Alice: Jesus Seth! This isn't fucking America! You can't go around shooting everyone!

Alice: Still, I liked hanging out with him, especially since he got the car. He spent a year doing it up, just so as we could go out driving and pretend like we were on route 66. This wasn't easy because we lived in New Zealand. There were no scorpions and no snakes, no gansters, people didn't carry handguns. It seemed to me like the safest. fucking. country in the world. And I hated it.

X (1996)

Actors: William Dufris (actor), Don Fellows (actor), Mike Fitzpatrick (actor), Tôru Furusawa (actor), Jeff Harding (actor), David Harris (actor), Adam Henderson (actor), Kazuhiko Inoue (actor), Alan Marriott (actor), Issei Miyazaki (actor), Jôji Nakata (actor), Ken Narita (actor), Tomokazu Seki (actor), Toshihiko Seki (actor), Rupert Degas (actor),

Plot: The story takes place in 1999, the Year of Destiny, and the beginning of the end of the world. The future of the universe rests on one young man, Kamui Shiro, who must destroy either the Dragons of Earth or the Dragons of Heaven - two opposing armies. He alone must decide whether humanity should be destroyed to create a purified universe, or whether it should be protected to preserve civilization. Two oracles, the sisters Hinoto and Kanoe foresee the coming of the Dragons and predict opposite outcomes. Each sister gathers strength and ammunition to insure her own vision for the future. However, neither sister realizes that there is one man who has an even greater power than the Dragons, and that ultimately he will determine the fate of the earth. Which sister will prevail and how does Kamui fit into their struggle? The answer to this question will forever affect humanity.

Keywords: angel, anime, barrier, based-on-comic, based-on-manga, buddhist-monk, childhood-friend, childhood-promise, destiny, end-of-the-world
Genres: Action, Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller,

Quotes:

Sorata Arisugawa: Hey, buddy! You're a friend of Kamui, aren't you? Kamui is looking for you!::Fûma Monô: Kamui... I AM KAMUI!

Yuzuriha Nekoi: I'm sorry. I guess I'm no good at helping with things like this. You know, I never did find anyone to love. I wish there was someone who would cry for me when I die.::[her strength fades, and her final line is heard in Kamui's mind alone]::Yuzuriha Nekoi: Kamui... promise that you'll protect the ones you love always!

Seiichirô Aoki: Don't you realize that this battle is meaningless? What do you Dragons of Earth hope to achieve?::Nakatsu: It is not the Earth we wish to destroy. It is mankind. Men kill, they hate, and they devastate this planet. What reason, then, must they exist? What the Earth needs now is tranquility.::Seiichirô Aoki: Perhaps you are right. But there are people who I need to protect! For them, and for those people who have died fighting for this Earth, I am unable to let you live!

[a great red dragon appears before Fûma and Konoe, and Fûma draws back in fear]::Kanoe: Don't worry! That dragon is one of us. Why, it might even be you!

[last lines]::Kamui Shirô: Why? Why did it have to happen this way? Why can't you tell me? Fûma!

Arashi Kishu: One little thing, Sorata. We don't want to disturb all the good people in this neighborhood trying to get some sleep.::Sorata Arisugawa: That's very thoughtful, Arashi! Yes indeedy, babe!::Arashi Kishu: "Babe"?::Sorata Arisugawa: Yup, jes' love 'dem manners!::Arashi Kishu: [to self] I'm gonna kill him...

Subaru Sumeragi: Kamui has finally returned to Tokyo.::Seishirô Sakurazuka: So I understand. The final battle to decide the fate of the earth is about to begin.

Kanoe: These obscenities that man has created, the corruption, the pollution, all these must be annihilated, nature will reclaim its dominion, the Earth will breathe again; but first must come the apocalypse.

Tokyo Babylon (1992)

Actors: John Bull (actor), Ben Fairman (actor), Don Fellows (actor), Daniel Flynn (actor), Garrick Hagon (actor), Jeff Harding (actor), Shûichi Ikeda (actor), Takehito Koyasu (actor), Alan Marriott (actor), Vincent Marzello (actor), Michael McGhee (actor), Tomonichi Nishimura (actor), Shinya Ohtaki (actor), Kenichi Ono (actor), Masaki Aizawa (actor),

Genres: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Horror,

Quotes:

Hokuto: There's no such thing as an "ordinary" medium!

Seishirô Sakurazuka: You may not have Subaru-kun. I caught him first.

[last lines]::Seishirô Sakurazuka: Come on home. We'll treat Subaru to a magnificent breakfast.::Subaru Sumeragi: Eehh?::Seishirô Sakurazuka: Sei-chan, let's make it a great breakfast! We can have miso soup with tofu, natto, and seaweed!::Seishirô Sakurazuka: Alright.::Subaru Sumeragi: Come on, Subaru!::Seishirô Sakurazuka: Hurry up!::Subaru Sumeragi: Okay!::[for the first time in a long time, Subaru has smile on his face]

Subaru: Hokuto's such sweet person Always thinking about how your comfortable and well fed.::Hokuto: Yes I do, You're soooooooooo right! Ha ha ha!::Seishirô: I'm jealous, you eat more TV dimmers here then in your own apartment.::Hokuto: Ha ha ha ha!::Hokuto: I could be at home all by myself and I might get attacked!::Seishirô: What do you mean? Who by?::Hokuto: Sex maniacs! Wa ha ha ha!::Seishirô: That's the trouble when you're as beautiful as you are.

Tokyo Babylon (1992)

Actors: John Bull (actor), Ben Fairman (actor), Don Fellows (actor), Daniel Flynn (actor), Garrick Hagon (actor), Jeff Harding (actor), Shûichi Ikeda (actor), Takehito Koyasu (actor), Alan Marriott (actor), Vincent Marzello (actor), Michael McGhee (actor), Tomonichi Nishimura (actor), Shinya Ohtaki (actor), Kenichi Ono (actor), Masaki Aizawa (actor),

Genres: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Horror,

Quotes:

Hokuto: There's no such thing as an "ordinary" medium!

Seishirô Sakurazuka: You may not have Subaru-kun. I caught him first.

[last lines]::Seishirô Sakurazuka: Come on home. We'll treat Subaru to a magnificent breakfast.::Subaru Sumeragi: Eehh?::Seishirô Sakurazuka: Sei-chan, let's make it a great breakfast! We can have miso soup with tofu, natto, and seaweed!::Seishirô Sakurazuka: Alright.::Subaru Sumeragi: Come on, Subaru!::Seishirô Sakurazuka: Hurry up!::Subaru Sumeragi: Okay!::[for the first time in a long time, Subaru has smile on his face]

Subaru: Hokuto's such sweet person Always thinking about how your comfortable and well fed.::Hokuto: Yes I do, You're soooooooooo right! Ha ha ha!::Seishirô: I'm jealous, you eat more TV dimmers here then in your own apartment.::Hokuto: Ha ha ha ha!::Hokuto: I could be at home all by myself and I might get attacked!::Seishirô: What do you mean? Who by?::Hokuto: Sex maniacs! Wa ha ha ha!::Seishirô: That's the trouble when you're as beautiful as you are.