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    Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. 1990 POSTER

    Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.

    1990

    English

    5.7

    6

    Action

    Comedy

    cop

    Crime

    Fantasy

    kabuki

    new york city

    police

    superhero spoof

    Thriller

    Lloyd Kaufman Lloyd Kaufman Director Louis Ortiz Louis Ortiz as Epilogue Crowd Bill Weeden Bill Weeden as Reginald Stuart Mabel Lozano Mabel Lozano as Special ADR Voices Phoebe Legere Phoebe Legere as Waitress with Raw Fish
    Harry Griswald is a NYPD cop who is possessed with the spirit of a great Kabuki master. This has made him 'the chosen one' to do battle with 'the evil one'. He is also out to do good deeds and fight crime in the name of the law. The only problem is that a number of corrupt people in the community and their henchmen want him dead so that they can gain power when 'the evil one' come to take over the world. Sgt. Kabukiman must use his special superpowers to outsmart and out-fight the bad guys.
    The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum 1939 POSTER

    The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

    1939

    Japanese

    7.8

    16

    19th century

    Action

    criterion

    Drama

    forbidden love

    kabuki

    osaka, japan

    Romance

    tokyo, japan

    Kenji Mizoguchi Kenji Mizoguchi Director Kôkichi Takada Kôkichi Takada as Fukusuke Nakamura Kikuko Hanaoka Kikuko Hanaoka as Onaka, a geisha Kômei Minami Kômei Minami as Shintomi greenroom manager Yoshiaki Hanayagi Yoshiaki Hanayagi as Tamijirô Onoue
    In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully follows him.
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