Snakes and Earrings

2008

Japanese

6.1

♡ 9

Action

based on novel or book

body modification

live action adaptation of book

love

love-hate relationship

pain

Thriller

Yukio Ninagawa Director

Shun Oguri as

Kengo Kôra as Ama

Yuriko Yoshitaka as Louis

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Satoru Yokoyama, Yakuza killed by Ama

While alone in a nightclub, straight-laced Lui meets sensitive but troubled punk kid Ama. Mesmerized by his split tongue, she becomes obsessed with body modification and soon wants the same treatment. After Ama's heavily-tattooed friend Shiba pierces her tongue, Lui finds herself inexorably drawn to both men – and to her growing list of desires, she now adds a tattoo.

Noriko's Dinner Table

2005

Japanese

7.0

♡ 7

64%

Sion Sono Director

Yûya Ishikawa as

Tôru Tezuka as Middle-Aged Man

Yôko Mitsuya as Tangerine

Yuriko Yoshitaka as Yuka Shimabara - Yôko

A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's family circle, which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

2009

Japanese

6.4

♡ 10

59%

Action

based on manga

Drama

drastic change of life

Tôya Satô Director

Yuriko Yoshitaka as

Takuma Anzai as

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Kaiji Ito

Yûki Amami as Rinko Endo

Kaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with society at large, Kaiji spends his days gambling, vandalizing cars, and drinking booze. Two years later and his life is no better. A debt collector named Endo arrives to collect money owed. The debt collector offers two choices to Kaiji: spend 10 years paying off his loan or board a gambling boat for one night to repay his debt & possibly make a boat load of money. Could the debt collector Endo actually be setting up Kaiji? One way or another, for Kaiji it's going to be the night of his life.

Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler

2011

Japanese

6.3

♡ 3

based on manga

chance

Drama

drastic change of life

game

japan

mind game

Tôya Satô Director

Ryû Nakatani as

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Kaiji Itô

Yoshiyuki Morishita as Man Sitting at Bar

Yuriko Yoshitaka as Yumi Ishida

3 years after the ultimate life-or-death game with Teiai Group, Kaiji was entrapped by Teiai and again back in the underground, forced to do hard labour. One day, Kaiji wins a bet to get out of the underground with 1 million yen, and promises the other workers that he will save them. But to do so, he only has 14 days and needs 200 million yen! Kaiji meets his former rival Tonegawa and learns that there is a chance to turn the tables in the game. It was a monster casino machine that will make 1 billion yen if you win...

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Snakes and Earrings

Noriko's Dinner Table

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

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