List of the best Ren Ôsugi movies: Welcome Home, Hayabusa(2012), Shinjuku Triad Society(1995), Exte: Hair Extensions(2007), Fireworks(1997), Uzumaki(2000), XX: Beautiful Prey(1996), The Twilight Samurai(2002), Nightmare Detective(2006), Brother(2000), The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale(2015), Dead or Alive 2: Birds(2000), Audition(1999) ... ...
Drama
USA|Bulgaria
2012
114 Minutes
Tomohiko Emoto
Tatsuya Fujiwara Ren Ôsugi Yoshiko Miyazaki Ohshiro Maeda Kohsuke Toyohara Naoki Tanaka Yôko Moriguchi Baijaku Nakamura Takanori Takeyama
In the heart of Sofia, Bulgaria, a community of Roma Gypsies live in run-down train boxcars without bathrooms or basic sanitation. Placed there by the government more than ten years ago, ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Japan
1995
100 Minutes
Yakuza boss
Takeshi Caesar Ren Ôsugi Kippei Shiina Tomorowo Taguchi
Amidst a Chinese and Japanese mafia war, a lawyer for the Chinese mob finds a rift forming between him and his corrupt police office brother.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Japan
2007
108 Minutes
Gunji Yamazaki
Chiaki Kuriyama Ren Ôsugi Tsugumi Miku Sato Megumi Sato Mayu Sakuma Ken Mitsuishi Eri Machimoto Yûna Natsuo
About hair extensions that attack the women that wear them.
Crime, Drama
Japan
1997
103 Minutes
Horibe
"Beat" Takeshi Kitano Kayoko Kishimoto Ren Ôsugi Susumu Terajima Tetsu Watanabe Hakuryu Yasuei Yakushiji Taro Itsumi Ken'ichi Yajima Makoto Ashikawa Yuuko Daike
cop husband wife partner disabled person gangster brash dark offbeat thrilling japan lake car store yakuza murder bank robbery illness debt unlikely criminal
Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Japan
2000
91 Minutes
Toshio Saito
Eriko Hatsune Fhi Fan Ren Ôsugi Hinako Saeki Masami Horiuchi Taro Suwa Eun-Kyung Shin Sadao Abe Denden
teen girl teen boy father widower high-school student reporter creepy frightful emotional madcap japan small town high school house garden obsession possession suicide death strange behavior
The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.
Crime, Drama
Japan
1996
99 Minutes
Tagari
Kei Marimura Makiko Watanabe Ren Ôsugi
A policewoman becomes entangled in Japan's S&M underground, while investigating a gruesome murder.
Drama
2002
129 Minutes
Toyotarou Kouda
Hiroyuki Sanada Rie Miyazawa Nenji Kobayashi Ren Ôsugi Hiroshi Kanbe Min Tanaka Erina Hashiguchi Miki Itô
samurai childhood sweetheart daughter sister husband mother brooding somber moving japan village house countryside office first love honor code family ties aging class distinctions domestic violence
In the 19th century a woman (Rie Miyazawa) helps a widowed samurai (Hiroyuki Sanada) who must kill a rebellious swordsman.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
2006
105 Minutes
Detective Sekiya
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.
Crime, Drama
USA|UK|Japan
2000
112 Minutes
Harada
"Beat" Takeshi Kitano Claude Maki Omar Epps Masaya Katô Ren Ôsugi Susumu Terajima Ryo Ishibashi James Shigeta Tetsuya Watari Tatyana Ali Darryl M. Bell
gang member brother foreigner brooding dark gritty tokyo los angeles family deception culture clash banishment escape yakuza transformation escape 2000s
A Japanese gangster is exiled to Los Angeles where his brother lives with a small but respectable multi-racial gang, who he inspires to expand their influence.
Drama, History, Action, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
South Korea
2015
139 Minutes
Government Official Maezono
Min-sik Choi Man-sik Jeong Sang-ho Kim Eun-woo Lee Jung Suk Won Ren Ôsugi Hyun Seung-min Yoo-Bin Sung
hunter japanese man korean person tiger tense suspenseful sad moving shocking patriotic passionate korea hunting occupation challenge adventure resilience adventure escape pursuit
While the Kingdom of Korea is under occupation by the Japanese, an old and experienced hunter is challenged by the hunt of the last tiger.
Action
Japan
2000
97 Minutes
Mizuki's stepfather
Riki Takeuchi Kenichi Endo Shô Aikawa Edison Chen Shin'ya Tsukamoto Ren Ôsugi Toru Tezuka Masato Teah
Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends.
Horror
Japan
1999
113 Minutes
Shibata
Ryo Ishibashi Eihi Shiina Tetsu Sawaki Jun Kunimura Renji Ishibashi Miyuki Matsuda Toshie Neghisi Ren Ôsugi Sigeru Saiki Ken Mitsuishi Yuriko Hirooka
widower pretty woman son friend creepy disturbing gory tense japan office household abduction deception violence dating revenge discovery 1990s
A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
Crime, Drama
Japan
1997
100 Minutes
Kusakabe
Riona Hazuki Reiko Takashima Jinpachi Nezu Kippei Shiina Miyuki Ono Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi Hideo Murota Shingo Tsurumi Ren Ôsugi Daisuke Iijima Noriko Hayami
Ikko, the six year old daughter of a yakuza gang boss witnesses the brutal slaying of her parents and is only saved from sharing their fate by an underground hitwoman who goes by the ... See full summary »
Action
Japan
2009
95 Minutes
Junko Emoto Namiko Hatori Kentaro Kishi Kazunobu Mineta Kaori Momoi Hideki Noda Nao Ômori Marie Ono Kazushi Watanabe Ren Ôsugi
Due to a nuclear power plant accident several years prior, a small town is slowly being exposed to radiation. 26-year-old would-be medical student Yuichiro is expected to take over his late... See full summary »
Crime, Drama, Action
Japan
2017
104 Minutes
"Beat" Takeshi Kitano Nao Ômori Pierre Taki Toshiyuki Nishida Sansei Shiomi Tatsuo Nadaka Ken Mitsuishi Hakuryu Ikuji Nakamura Yutaka Matsushige Kanji Tsuda
Five years after surviving the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo now works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a renowned fixer whose influence extends into Japan. A relatively minor incident causes tensions to rise between Chang Enterprises and the faraway powerful Hanabishi. The growing conflict gets out of hand and ignites a ferocious power struggle... See full summary »
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.
Sci-Fi, Action
Japan
2016
120 Minutes
Shinji Higuchi Shin'ya Tsukamoto Satomi Ishihara Jun Kunimura Hiroki Hasegawa Takahiro Miura Kengo Kôra Mikako Ichikawa Issei Takahashi Kanji Tsuda Kimiko Yo
godzilla monster prime minister coast guard officer professor savior bleak thrilling tense frenetic disturbing wild japan tokyo city street government offices sea terror monsters
Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.