RING, THE

RING, THE (director: Gore Verbinski; screenwriters: Ehren Kruger/from a novel by Kôji Suzuki/from the 1998 screenplay of Hiroshi Takahashi's "Ringu"; cinematographer: Bojan Bazelli; editor: Craig Wood; music: Hans Zimmer; cast:…

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DRAGNET GIRL

DRAGNET GIRL (HIJOSEN NO ONNA) (director/writer: Yasujiro Ozu; screenwriter: Ikeda Tadao; cinematographer: Hideo Shigehara; editors: Kazuo Ishikawa/Minoru Kuribayashi; cast: Kinuyo Tanaka (Tokiko), Joji Oka (Jyoji), Sumiko Mizukubo (Kazuko), Hideo Mitsui…

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DRIVE, HE SAID

DRIVE, HE SAID (director/writer: Jack Nicholson; screenwriter: from the novel by Jeremy Larner/Jeremy Larner; cinematographer: Bill Butler; editors: Donn Cambern/Christopher Holmes /Pat Somerset /Robert L. Wolfe; music: David Shire; cast:…

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EARLY SUMMER

EARLY SUMMER (Bakushû) (director/writer: Yasujiro Ozu; screenwriter: Kôgo Noda; cinematographer: Yuharu Atsuta; editor: Yoshiyasu Hamamura; music: Senji Itô; cast: Setsuko Hara (Noriko Mamiya), Chishu Ryu (Koichi Mamiya), Chikage Awashima (Aya…

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EDGE OF TOMORROW

EDGE OF TOMORROW (director: Doug Liman; screenwriters: Christopher McQuarrie/Jez/ John-Henry Butterworth/based on the novel “All You Need Is Kill,” by Hiroshi Sakurazaka; cinematographer: Dion Beebe; editor: James Herbert; music: Christophe…

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