Reviews of movies from/about Japan

Selected reviews of movies from or about Japan. Some of these are among our favourite films while others are not so great but figured we should review em anyway.

- Craig "hachiroku" Mercer

	Battle Royale バトル　ロワイアル Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto & Takeshi Kitano Directed by Kinji Fukasaku Released: January 4th, 2000 Genre: Action/Thriller Length: 114 minutes
	Chushingura 忠臣蔵 Stars: Koshiro Matsumoto, Yuzo Kayama, Tatsuya Mihashi Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki Released: October 3rd, 1962 Genre: Action/Drama Length: 206 minutes
	Harakiri 腹切 Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentaro Mikuni, Shima Iwashita & Akira Ishihama Directed by Masaki Kobayashi Released: February 2nd, 1962 Genre: Drama Length: 135 minutes
	James Clavell's Shogun ジェイムス・クラヴェルの将軍 Stars: Richard Chamberlain , Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Shimada, Frankie Sakai & John Rhys-Davies Directed by Jerry London Released: September 15th, 1980 Genre: Drama Length: 9 hours 10 minutes
	Lost in Translation Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Giovanni Ribisi Directed by Sofia Coppola Released: October 3rd, 2003 Genre: Drama Length: 102 min
	Memoirs of a Geisha Stars: Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Li Gong & Koji Yakusho Directed by Rob Marshall Released: December 23rd, 2005 Genre: Romance Length: 145 minutes
	Seven Samurai Stars: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Isao Kimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, & Daisuke Kato Directed by Akira Kurosawa Released: April 26th, 1954 Genre: Action/Drama Length: 206 minutes
	The Last Samurai Stars: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Masato Harada, Directed by Edward Zwick Released: December 5th, 2003 Genre: Action/Drama Length: 154 minutes
	The Yakuza Stars: Robert Mitchum, TAKAKURA Ken, KISHI Keiko, SHIGETA James Directed by Sydney Pollack Released: March 3rd, 1975 Genre: Action/Drama Length: 112 min
	Wasabi ワサビ Stars: Jean Reno, Ryoko Hirosue, Michel Muller Directed by Gerard Krawczyk Released: September 27th, 2002 Genre: Action Length: 94 minutes
	Zatoichi The Blind Swordsman Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Daigoro Tachibana, Yuuko Daike Directed by Takeshi Kitano Released: July 23rd, 2004 Genre: Action/Drama Length: 116 minutes