Ryo Ishibashi

Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training. On the day of the audition, she's the last person they see. Aoyama is hooked. He notes her number from her file, calls her and takes her to dinner. He hesitates to call again, worried that he'll seem too eager... (imdb)

The story of a Yakuza warrior who introduces the code of honor and discipline into the L.A. criminal world. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Karen Davis (Gellar) is an American Nurse moves to Tokyo and encounter a supernatural spirit who is vengeful and often possesses its victims. A series of horrifying and mysterious deaths start to occur, with the spirit passing its curse onto each victim. Karen must now find away to break this spell, before she becomes its next victim. (imdb)

Freddie Gale is a seedy jeweler who has sworn to kill the drunk driver who killed his little girl. (imdb)

A detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides. (imdb)

Two buddies visit the schoolyard of the high school they used to attend, and remember their young and dumb days. They used to be the bullies in the school, until they find their own ways of life; one as a boxer, and the other as a member of the yakuza. (imdb)

Gena witnesses the murder of her son by a Japanees hit-man. He accidentally shoots the boy during a hit on a rival gang of bus operators. Gena then dedicates her life to revenge, and seeks out the gunman. But are the other (mystical) influences involved ? (imdb)

An American FBI agent is lured away by the Japanese Mafia--the Yakuza--in this action film. (imdb)

After his partner is brutally murdered by the infamous assassin Rogue, FBI agent Jack Crawford vows to find the elusive killer and personally avenge his partner's death. But Rogue proves untraceable until three years later, when he resurfaces to ignite a bloody turf war between Chinese mob leader Chang and Japanese Yakuza boss Shiro. Eager to capture Rogue once and for all, Crawford leads his team of crime specialists headlong into the conflict... (Lion's Gate)

Director Rokuro Mochizuki's film is straightforward in its depiction of drugs, violence, and prostitution in this cockeyed noir adapted from Yukio Yamanouchi's novel. (filmmonthly.com)

About two punks living on the edge of the Japanese yakuza underworld

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 a corrupt cop. (imdb)

A reporter Mizuno (Tomorowo Taguchi) has been shunted off to a small village. Hirano (Takeshi Wakamatsu), the chief priest of a local Shinto shrine, tells him that Teruko (Sarara Tsukifune), the owner of a small bar where Mizuno has been with the chief correspondent, is involved with a cult sect and she is suspected of murders for insurance money. Eager to get a scoop so that he can return to the head office, Mizuno looks into the matter and questions Teruko directly. (AsianMediaWiki)

16 years ago, a horrifying incident occurred on the southern island, and all inhabitants died. This incident was covered up by the government, however, two boys miraculously survived. One of them, Michio Yuki..becomes an elite bank clerk, but moonlights as a ruthless killer. Another survivor Yutaro Garai..who is now priest tries to help Yuki's soul, but is crushed by a sense of helplessness. One day, Yuki finds a key to the incident occured 16 years ago called MW and plots to destroy the world. (sensasian.com)

A ruthless pack of thugs force mild-mannered..Nami to murder her fiance's sister, decidedly ruining her pending marriage and landing the poor girl in the most brutal women's prison ever seen. Inside the hellblocks, she decides to stop being a victim at all costs..She eventually escapes in a most unusual way, gets valuable fight training from a mysterious mountain man and returns to the streets in order to make the thugs who ruined her life pay. By this time, Nami [goes] by the name of Sasori. (imdb - Mitch Davis (really shortened))

Remake of the movie Stray Dog. After being shot, Detective Saga has his gun stolen by a terminally ill leukemia patient, and the gun is later used in a murder.

Phoenix Wright, a novice lawyer, defends expert prosecutor and childhood friend Miles Edgeworth, who is charged with murder, facing off against the best prosecutor of all time, as well as Miles' mentor, Manfred Von Karma, who has not lost a case in forty years. The court system of the time dictates that the trial can only convene for a total of three days before a verdict must be reached. In order to resolve this case, Phoenix must search for clues on a 15 years old case. (imdb)

A whimiscal comedy from Japan that sees our eponymous protagonist - pregnant, broke, but feisty - follow a wafting cloud to whatever awaits her. Bolstered by an engaging performance by Riisa Naka, Yûya Ishii's fable follows Mitsuko as she winds up in the backwater tenement she briefly lived in as a child, and sets out to reinvigorate the forlorn, morose inhabitants. (guardian.co.uk)

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 combat criminals and for world peace. The whole resulting in the wanted and are chased of all families mob in Japan. They may however be a little unexpected help from the police. (letterboxd.com)

The first lady of America gets kidnapped, leading Detective Sakuraki to places that shouldn't exist!. Sequel to the film "Waru" also directed by Takashi Miike. (filmaffinity.com)

Burned by his boss at work, irate Sakuma pays a late night visit to the man's home. He chickens out at the gates, but spies the boss' daughter Katsuragi sneaking over the wall. He follows her and gives her a place to stay, and they soon decided to fake her kidnapping and split the money. (midnighteye.com)

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 investigation begins of the serial killer and Detective Kosuke Nitta works on the case. He believes the next murder will take place at Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. To catch the killer, Kosuke Nitta goes undercover and begins working at the front desk of the hotel. Naomi Yamagishi works at the front desk of Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo... (imdb)

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. (themoviedb)

It calls in the yakuza when the municipal office in charge of demolishing an old building and replacing it with a modern complex fails due to paranormal activity. The employee in charge seeks out a girl who can assist only to find her laying on the ground and bleeding. Soon they band together in search of a spirit who needs to be retrieved. (imdb)

Koharu holds down a public sector job and does it well. Then disaster strikes. Her family and home are stricken. She is personally affected when her man lusts after other women including a co-worker of his. A white knight appears who is willing to be with her, love her and marry her. What happens next is no Cinderella story however (aghaemi, IMDb).

"Rock is sex". Part 2 in the Director's Company pink triple bill, about a wanna-be rocker and his two friends. Rock, sex and friendship struggles. Ryo Ishibashi stars, Rikiya Yasuoka is a yakuza, and Yuya Fuckin' Uchida (that's how he's credited) a junkie in a 20 second cameo. Also contains tons of other rockers from ARB, ANARCHY and others, playing roles (...). And it was written by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, produced by Banmei Takahashi and directed by actor Ryudo Uzaki. (bulletsnbabesdvd.com)

A young man named Kengo Kosaka suffers from extreme mysophobia, or fear of dirtiness. Due to his compulsive disorder, he is unable to maintain a relationship with anyone. Kengo is also a lonely young man. Meanwhile, high school student Hijiri Sanagi has scopophobia, or fear of being stared at. Because of this fear, she refuses to go to school. Both Kengo and Hijiri do not expect to find love with another person, but they meet and fall in love.

The story of Kaze; where he comes from and where he is going, nobody knows. A man without a real name and past, and without memory. (imdb)

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

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 him as a puppy. While attempting to get to know her (as he runs along behind her and sniffs for her around town) he eventually falls in love with her.

A financially desperate young woman gets a job tutoring a rich young boy only to get forced into a kidnapping and ransom scheme. (imdb)

Seeking a greater justice, a band of homeless assassins flays their human targets and delivers the tattooed skins as proof of a contract fulfilled. (imdb)