List of the best Masanobu Andô movies: The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman(2010), Kids Return(1996), Adrenaline Drive(1999), Nightmare Detective(2006), Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale(2011), Battle Royale(2000), Smuggler(2011) ... ...
Comedy, Action, Sports & Fitness
China|Hong Kong|USA
2010
95 Minutes
Masanobu Andô Kitty Zhang Yuqi You Benchang Liu Xiaoye Ashton Xu
A tale of revenge, honor and greed follows a group of misfits that gets involved with a kitchen cleaver made from the top five swords of the martial arts world in this wild and brash action comedy.
Action
1996
104 Minutes
Masanobu Andô Ken Kaneko Leo Morimoto Hatsuo Yamaya Mitsuko Oka Ryo Ishibashi Susumu Terajima Koichi Shigehisa Michisuke Kashiwaya Yûko Daike Atsuki Ueda
Two high-school friends find disappointment and failure as they pursue careers in the boxing ring and the mob.
Comedy
Japan
1999
112 Minutes
Satoru Suzuki
Hikari Ishida Masanobu Andô Yutaka Matsushige Kazue Tsunogae Yu Tokui
clerk nurse boss gangster beautiful woman punk hilarious madcap suspenseful office road ambulance river car hospital car accident organized crime doomed romance on the run theft
A bullied employee has a run-in with yakuza, a shy nurse, and a stuffed suitcase. So begins his new life of excitement and adventure with the nurse.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
2006
105 Minutes
Detective Wakayama
Ryuhei Matsuda Hitomi Masanobu Andô Ren Ôsugi Shin'ya Tsukamoto
investigator policewoman dead person murderer murder suspect murder victim intense suspenseful thrilling gory brutal disturbing bedroom police station nightmares murder investigation phone calls fear discovery
A detective (Hitomi) investigates a string of suicides where the victims slash themselves in their sleep.
Drama, History
2011
150 Minutes
Kojima Genji
Lin Ching-Tai Chih-Hsiang Ma Masanobu Andô Sabu Kawahara Vivian Hsu Lo Mei-Ling Da Ching Chi-Wei Cheng Landy Wen Lin Yuan-Jie Akira Hibino
In 1930 Taiwan, Mouna Rudo, a Seediq tribal leader, forms a coalition with the island's other tribes to rise up against their Japanese colonial masters.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Action
Japan
2000
114 Minutes
Kazuo Kiriyama - Boys #6
Tatsuya Fujiwara Aki Maeda Taro Yamamoto Masanobu Andô Kou Shibasaki Chiaki Kuriyama "Beat" Takeshi Kitano
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Drama
2011
114 Minutes
Sebone
Satoshi Tsumabuki Masatoshi Nagase Yasuko Matsuyuki Hikari Mitsushima Tatsuya Gashuin Fumiyo Kohinata Tsuyoshi Abe Masanobu Andô Hitoshi Kiyokawa
smuggler failed actor lot suspenseful body well deal acting career mystery
A failed actor works as a contraband and body smuggler in a world filled with crazed fashionistas and yakuza killers.