Ryo Ishibashi Movies

A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Takeshi Kitano

An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar

FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up...

Genre: Action

Cast: Jet Li

When a team of detectives lose the trail of a murderer, they decide to keep an eye on the suspect’s ex-lover, who is trapped in an abusive...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Miyako Yamaguchi

Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Ryo Ishibashi

A ruthless pack of thugs force mild-mannered, caught-in-the-middle-of-something-bigger Nami to murder her fiance's sister, decidedly ruining her...

Genre: Action

Cast: Miki Mizuno

Unable to move on from the loss of his daughter, Freddy, now a shell of the person he was before, swears to kill the man responsible for her death.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jack Nicholson

Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Kaneko

When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryo Ishibashi

Ryo Narushima is a student who has served prison time for killing his parents. Once he is released, he trains to become a professional kick-boxer.

Genre: Action

Cast: Shawn Yue Man-Lok

Trapped in a house of horror, seven people discover that the only way they'll get out alive is to tell their scariest stories.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Ryo Ishibashi

Gena is a sweet and dedicated mother to her little son. One day, whilst shopping with him for a halloween mask, her son is accidently shot through...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Virginia Madsen

A man with darkness in his eyes has returned from hell for revenge.

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Cast: Ryo Ishibashi

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Cast: Ken Watanabe

Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Masato Hagiwara

An ex-cop finds himself caught up in a battle between Japanese mobsters and local gangland thugs and discovers that he was framed for wrong-doings by...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Michael Rooker

A Japanese Anthology

Genre: Drama

Cast: Aaron Douglas

Based primarily on the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the film focuses on rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright, as he...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hiroki Narimiya

Straight to video sequel

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Cast: Show Aikawa

After serving ten years due to a drug-induced assassination of a rival gang boss, Tachibana enters a world that's nothing like it was when he went...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryo Ishibashi

The movie is absurd, and a thoroughly original take on the morale in Japanese society. The images are beautiful, and the people are as cold as the...

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Cast: Ryo Ishibashi

When a promising young boxer is crippled in a car accident, he falls into a life of dissipation and depression. No boxing ring or martial arts club...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Haruhiko Kato

An anonymous letter is delivered to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The letter states that a criminal of a murder case will appear at the...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Takuya Kimura

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tasuku Emoto

Police detective Sosuke is shot down while chasing down a suspect. While he is unconscious, his gun is stolen. He recovers, but loses his wife and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryo Ishibashi

A seeing-eye dog (Shiro) is granted one wish by his former owner. He chooses to become a human for a short time so he can find the girl who trained...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Etsushi Toyokawa

Betrayed and disgraced, big-city reporter Kazuya Mizuno is banished to a desk at Kaname's boring little town newspaper. But Kaname isn't as boring as...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tomorowo Taguchi

A yakuza search for his past

Genre: Crime

Cast: Ryo Ishibashi

Mitsuko is 24, heavily pregnant and estranged from the American father of her child. Her parents believe she is happy and successful in America and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Riisa Naka

A young ad executive's life has been turned upside down when a vicious client ruins his three billion yen project. Through his chance meeting with...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Naohito Fujiki

About an energetic kindergarden student and the people around him

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Cast: Yuta Ueno

the story of a vagrant (Ishibashi) who arrives in a town in Hokkaido. With only a threadbare suit, an old pair of sneakers and a bag containing all...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryo Ishibashi

Moon Child follows a group of childhood friends as they advance in a futuristic criminal underworld. Sho feels he is doomed to walk in his idol Kei's...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Gackt

Absolutely terrified of the sea, an American lawyer reluctantly goes on an ocean cruise to be near the wife of a client, with no idea of the grim...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Daniel Gillies

The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Benoît Magimel

A Japanese salaryman in Shanghai falls in love with two women, one of whom is terminally ill.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Atsuro Watabe

A live-action adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s mature manga masterpiece MW (pronounced “moo,” like a cow), created to celebrate the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroshi Tamaki

Centering on a young drifter almost casually drawn into violence--a crime drama about a boy and a man equally ill-equipped for criminal life and...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Takao Osawa

The movie is part of the Kindaichi TV movie series. Kindaichi is played by actor Goro Inagaki. The character's grandfather began with the written...

Genre: TV Movie

Cast: Goro Inagaki

A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo, a mean high school prank goes horribly...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Amber Tamblyn

In 2011, top-secret data on nuclear power is stolen from a university facility. At the same time, leaked information comes in about enriched uranium...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Atsuro Watabe

Police superintendent Makishima suffered a demotion transfer after he failed to capture the suspect in a kidnapping case of a boy, who was...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Etsushi Toyokawa

A homeless man suffering from memory loss is unbeatable in a fight. He becomes involved with the Yakuza. It is based on a manga by Carib Marley.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūsaku Matsuda

When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Viggo Mortensen

The wife of a recently deceased yakuza boss is caught in a conflict between the candidates for his succession and must protect her beloved daughter.

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Cast: Shima Iwashita

Erika Ichinose, a clinical psychologist, is recruited by the National Police Agency in an attempt to stay one step ahead of a bomb terrorist.

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Kyoko Fukada

During the Vietnam War era, the influx of American soldiers to Okinawa boosted the local economy and introduced many bars and nightclubs. With...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Anna Nakagawa

Based on the book of the same name by Rieko Matsuura, the film depicts an ultimate love between two women.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Hirotaro Honda

Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Takuya Kimura

A former gangster gets released from prison and goes to work for a group of people. The leader of this group becomes his mentor and the fight to...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Show Aikawa

Youji Himuro comes out of hiding and faces off against a powerful new foe from a rival dojo.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Show Aikawa

Hitomi, a former orphan who is trying to leave behind her delinquent ways, one day agrees to tutor a wealthy young boy who has just become an orphan...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Kyoko Koizumi

Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given the name Oracion or "prayer". When Oracion is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuki Saito

An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling,...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Ryuhei Matsuda

Fukuura Koharu works at a child welfare office and plunges into despair overnight. Then she meets Daigo, a private-practice doctor raising his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tao Tsuchiya

First production by Directors’ Company. The film depicts the lives of a young man with dreams of becoming a rock superstar and his two friends.

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Cast: Ryo Ishibashi

Kenji is the youngest member of a team in charge of building a large shopping center. But, to create the new complex, an old dance floor must be...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: NAOTO

A tremor struck the Information Industry Bureau of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. The prosecution arrested a local contractor on...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Ogata

A man named Kengo Kosaka is germaphobe, Due to his disorder, he is also a lonely young man. Meanwhile, high school student Hijiri Sanagi has...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kento Hayashi

An American scientist constructs a laser satellite with hopes of preventing any nuclear conflicts from occurring. However, after a fatal error from...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masashi Amenomori

Yukiko, a 29-year-old elementary school teacher in Tokyo, struggles with student communication and personal insecurities. Overlooked in the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rio Yamashita