Articles tagged with: Koji Yakusho

by Chris and Kris March 18, 2009
License to Live (Ningen Gokaku) — movie review Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Starring: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Koji Yakusho, Kumiko Aso, Sho Aikawa, Shun Sugata, Ren Osuji Genre: Drama HE SAID: License to Live is the tale of a young... ...and there's more »
by Chris March 1, 2009
The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival begins March 12th, and boy does this year’s line-up look nice. Case in point, the festival’s Spotlight... ...and there's more »
by Chris January 10, 2008
When I first picked up Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean I expected a standard, rather boring WWII submarine flick from the other side... ...and there's more »
by Chris and Kris April 1, 2007
Dora-Heita (aka: Alley Cat) — dvd movie review — early! Directed by Kon Ichikawa, from a wonderful script (long since thought abandoned) by Akira Kurosawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Masaki Kobayashi, and himself, Dora-Heita is not so... ...and there's more »
by Chris and Kris January 30, 2007
Aoki Okami — Arubaba — Black Book — Dororo —  Live Free or Die Hard  — Mushi Shi — Rescue Dawn– trailers Here’s another batch of films to look out for. There’s actually some pretty cool stuff this time! Aoki Okami . Japanese film on the life and... ...and there's more »
by Chris November 13, 2006
Babel — movie review Iñárritu’s latest is essentially a high minded anthology film tackling the lack of communication, compassion, and empathy in the world today. Given the amount of... ...and there's more »
by Chris November 3, 2006
New Years Eve is a big deal in the states, but even more so in Japan. Think of our Christmas preparations times two. At the... ...and there's more »
by Chris October 24, 2006
Director Masayuki Suo’s first film since Shall We Dansu?, Soredemo boku wa yattenai (aka: Even So, I Didn’t Do It) is now up on Quicktime... ...and there's more »
by Chris and Kris January 5, 2006
I don’t know what it was, but 2005 was a pathetic year at the boxoffice. So much crap was shoveled into the cineplexes we couldn’t... ...and there's more »
by Chris December 29, 2005
Memoirs of a Geisha — movie review Over the Christmas weekend Kris and I attended showings of Brokeback Mountain and Memoirs of a Geisha. Having been reading the book for the past... ...and there's more »
by Kris December 8, 2005
Doppelgänger (aka: Dopperugenga) — movie review Let me remind you that Yakusho Koji (Tampopo, Charisma, Memoirs of a Geisha) is much more than a pair of walking cheekbones with a ‘fro.... ...and there's more »
by Kris July 22, 2005
Charisma (aka: Karisuma) — movie review Restore the rules of the world… Freedom’s just another disease… A truly healthy human longs to obey… These [magic] mushrooms are delicious! CAN’T SEE THE... ...and there's more »