List of the best Naoto Takenaka movies: Rampo(1994), Jackie Chan in Shinjuku Incident(2009), Mutant Girls Squad(2010), Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai(2011), Freeze Me(2000), Ley Lines(1999), Tokyo Fist(1995), Waterboys(2001), Enter the Fat Dragon(2020), Manhunt(2017), The Hungry Lion(2017) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
Japan
1994
100 Minutes
Masahiro Motoki Naoto Takenaka Michiko Hada Teruyuki Kagawa Mikijir? Hira Shiro Sano Ittoku Kishibe Nekohachi Edoya Jyunichi Takagi Charlie Yutani Kirin Kiki
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Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and injurious to the public to be allowed to be published. However, after burning his drafts... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2009
120 Minutes
Jackie Chan Naoto Takenaka Daniel Wu Jinglei Xu Masaya Katô Toru Minegishi Jack Kao Kenya Sawada Hiroyuki Nagato Yasuaki Kurata
Adventure, Action
2010
89 Minutes
Noboru Iguchi Noboru Iguchi Yoshihiro Nishimura Naoto Takenaka Tak Sakaguchi Asami Kanji Tsuda Kentaro Shimazu Cay Izumi Yumi Sugimoto
Drama, History
Japan|UK
2011
126 Minutes
Ebizô Ichikawa Eita Hikari Mitsushima Naoto Takenaka Munetaka Aoki Hirofumi Arai Kazuki Namioka Yoshihisa Amano Takehiro Hira Ippei Takahashi Koji Yakusho
death samurai lord suspenseful japan courtyard ritual suicide peace escape 17th century
A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
Mystery & Thriller
Japan
2000
101 Minutes
Baba
Shingo Tsurumi Shunsuke Matsuoka Harumi Inoue Kazuki Kitamura Naoto Takenaka
A woman is raped by 3 men. She moves south to Tokyo and 5 years later is about to marry a colleague, when one of the rapists enters her apartment. The other 2 come later.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1999
105 Minutes
Wong
Kazuki Kitamura Tomorowo Taguchi Dan Li Shô Aikawa Naoto Takenaka Samuel Pop Aning
Drama
1995
87 Minutes
Ohizumi
Kaori Fujii Shin'ya Tsukamoto Kohji Tsukamoto Naomasa Musaka Naoto Takenaka Koichi Wajima Tomorowo Taguchi Nobu Kanaoka
Competition over an insurance salesman's (Shin'ya Tsukamoto) fiancee (Kaori Fujii) spurs an old rivalry with a professional boxer (Kohji Tsukamoto).
Comedy
Japan
2001
90 Minutes
Isomura
Satoshi Tsumabuki Hiroshi Tamaki Akifumi Miura Takatoshi Kaneko Kaori Manabe Aya Hirayama Naoto Takenaka Tetta Sugimoto Akira Emoto
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In a Japanese high school, a class of adolescent geeks joins the new synchronized swimming teacher and takes up the challenge to take part in the competition, in spite of the mockeries of the "real sportsmen".
Comedy, Action, Sports & Fitness
Hong Kong
2020
97 Minutes
Donnie Yen Teresa Mo Niki Chow Jing Wong Jessica Jann Philip Ng Naoto Takenaka Sandra Kwan Yue Ng
A cop is assigned to a case of escorting a criminal to Japan while dealing with relationship problems, and his enormous change in appearance as a result of being dumped.
Action
2017
106 Minutes
Mamoru Ito
Hanyu Zhang Masaharu Fukuyama Stephy Qi Ji-won Ha Jun Kunimura Angeles Woo Naoto Takenaka Yasuaki Kurata Nanami Sakuraba Hiroyuki Ikeuchi Tao Okamoto
After he is framed for a vile crime, a Chinese pharmaceutical lawyer teams up with a Japanese detective to stop a dangerous plot.
Drama
2017
78 Minutes
Yumi Endô Urara Matsubayashi Mariko Tsutsui Atomu Mizuishi Tomomi Sugai Sakiko Katô Miku Uehara Nanami Hidaka Toshimitsu Kokido Daikichi Sugawara Naoto Takenaka
When a high school girl is suspected of being in her teacher's sex video, she is stunned by her family's doubt and abused by online predators.