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I have watched many of hte Kurasawa films, and also some of the other Japanese period films, since I am a movie buff. I have also watched such movies as Gunhead and Returners.

Today I went out on a limb and bought a sci-fi'sh Japanese film called Versus, by Ryuhei Kitamura. I enjoyed this film. It was a mix of sci-fi, campy comedy, good marshall arts, and a half way decent story, with a nice switch at the end. I would recomend this film to anyone who would be able to rent it, and maybe even buy it.

I also bought a set of movies called Zero Woman, Zero Woman Returns, and Zero Womans Final Mission. I didn't pay too much for all three, and am hopeing I enjoy them almost as much as I enjoyed Versus.

I was hopeing to find some recomendations of other decent Japanese flicks in the action/sci-fi action genre's. Thank you ahead of time.

Saw it a long time ago, I think I am a bit older than the average poster here. =D

Looks interesting, alas netflix does not have it, but I will keep in mind if I am willing to throw away a few bucks and see it at a store. Thank you.

I am looking for the more modern sci-fi/action/ganster type of Japanese movies.

I have seen all the Godzilla movies, most all the Gammera movies, and other various Japanese monster movies. I enjoy and have seen many of the Japanse period pieces, like Kurasawa used to make. I don't have much interest in things like Tampopo, not so much into drama and character studies at the moment. (Have been in the past and maybe again in the future.) I have a ever growing number of anime titles, which are mostly the fantasy titles and some of the movies by Miyazaki <sp>.

Any good anime, modern war, action, sci-fi, and gangster would be much appreciated. Thank you.

Go see Hero. It's not japanese, but you will greatly appreciate it.

Audition (Odishon) - It's not sci-fi action; it's more of a drama/thriller. It starts off pretty slow and the tension gradually grows as the story develops until the brutal end.

Ichi the Killer - Bloody/gory yakuza flick.

Fulltime Killer - A couple hitmen compete for reputation as hired assassins.

Brother - Japanese Yakuza film set in LA

You might also like the Babycart series (aka Lone Wolf and Cub) which are some good hack-em-up samurai films.

Another series called Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman might interest you as well. Miramax released a film based on this series not too long ago too.

Those have all become more or less popular mainstream Japanese imports, so you may have seen them already.

Edited, Thu Sep 16 14:30:05 2004 by OnePrime

The following anime may just be what you my friend are looking for. Samurai 7 is losely based on Kurosawa's masterpiece. A 26 episode series that is currently airing in Japan.

You can find it in English in the form of fansubs. Since it has not been licensed outside of Japan, it is available for download through bit torrent.

http://www.samurai-7.com/index.html

Hyroko

ps. this is my first post here
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Edited, Thu Sep 16 17:52:02 2004 by hyroko