Cinematography: Kazunari Tanaka

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Kazunari Tanaka. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


The Man in White

2003 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Miike

Cast Masaya Sato · Shôko Aida · Naomi Akimoto · Narimi Arimori

Synopsis After his boss is murdered by a hired hit-man. Asuzam known as a fanatically loyal, headstrong and merciless Yakuza sets forth to exact his revenge on the people responsible for his boss's death. Expect a large body-count, lots of hand...

6.5

93 votes

6.5

93 votes

Gozu

2003 · Movie · 127 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Miike

Cast Hideki Sone · Sho Aikawa · Kimika Yoshino · Shôhei Hino

Synopsis Minami, a member of the Azamawari crew, highly respects his Aniki (brother) Ozaki who has saved his life in the past. However, lately Ozaki's eccentricities (like claiming that a Chihuahua hs sees is a 'Yakuza attack dog') have been making...

6.3

2K votes

6.3

2K votes

R100

2013 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

Direction Hitoshi Matsumoto

Cast Nao Omori · Mao Daichi · Hitoshi Matsumoto · Shinobu Terajima

Synopsis An ordinary man with an ordinary life joins a mysterious club. The membership lasts for one year only and there is one rule: no cancellation under any circumstance. The man enters into a whole new exciting world he never before...

5.9

480 votes

5.9

480 votes

Dead or Alive 2: Tôbôsha

2000 · Movie · 97 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Miike

Cast Sho Aikawa · Riki Takeuchi · Ken'ichi Endô · Shinya Tsukamoto

Synopsis Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their past lives...

5.8

789 votes

5.8

789 votes

Detective Story

2007 · Movie · 99 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Miike

Cast Kai Ato · Tomoharu Hasegawa · Pâko Hayashiya · Pê Hayashiya

Synopsis Raita Kazama (Kazuya Nakayama - Yakuza Demon) is a detective, and Raita Takashima (Kuroudo Maki - The Goofball, Buddies) is an IT professional. Never have two men been so different, but they live next door to each other, have the...

5.5

100 votes

5.5

100 votes

Shinjuku Outlaw

1994 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Miike

Cast Hakuryu · Yumi Iori · Ruby Moreno · Kiyoshi Nakajo

Synopsis This bloody yakuza revenge flick arrived a year after the excellent Bodyguard Kiba/ Chiba remake, and a year before Black Triad Society. You can see the template being developed for that movie, and the succession of increasingly brutal yakuza movies...

5.3

27 votes

5.3

27 votes

Jam Films

2002 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan

Direction Daizaburo Hanada · Jôji Iida · Shunji Iwai · Ryûhei Kitamura

Cast Natsuko Akiyama · Hirofumi Arai · Haruka Ayase · Ryoko Hirosue

Synopsis "The Messenger" is a mysterious woman who appears to a mobster hiding underground to tell him about his ultimate fate. A bag with a "Kendama" ball and string toy gets mixed up with a bag of onions, and leads a...

5.2

30 votes

5.2

30 votes

Waru

2006 · Movie · 84 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Miike

Cast Sho Aikawa · Nagare Hagiwara · Yoshihiko Hakamada · Ryo Ishibashi

Synopsis This time Ryo Ishibashi (of 'Audition') returns to star alongside Sho Aikawa (of 'Rainy Dog', 'Dead or Alive', 'Gozu' and 'Zebraman'), in 'Waru' written by Hisao Maki - based on his long running manga of the same name published by...

4.6

40 votes

4.6

40 votes

Immoral: Kogoeru Shitai (Corpsicle)

2008 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan

Direction Hitoshi Ozawa

Cast Sayaka Yoshino · Shoko Kuzuhara · Moe Nishino · Hiroko Satô

Synopsis With stalker crimes on the rise in Tokyo, the Meiji Jingu Gaien police department decides to form an all-female “Sex Crime Investigation Unit”. As the first order of business a member of the theft division (Sayaka Yoshino) is paired with...

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The Last Shot in the Bar

2017 · Movie · 122 min. · Japan

Direction Teruyuki Yoshida

Cast Yo Oizumi · Ryuhei Matsuda · Keiko Kitagawa · Atsuko Maeda

Synopsis Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) receives a request to find a missing woman. The missing woman is university student Reiko (Atsuko Maeda). While tracking Reiko down, Private Detective (Yo Oizumi) and Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) meet Mari (Keiko Kitagawa), the owner of a...

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The Shonen Merikensack

2008 · Movie · 125 min. · Japan

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Jotei

1995 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

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Phone Call to the Bar 2

2013 · Movie · 119 min. · Japan

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Phone Call to the Bar

2011 · Movie · 125 min. · Japan

Direction Hajime Hashimoto

Cast Yo Oizumi · Ryuhei Matsuda · Koyuki · Toshiyuki Nishida

Synopsis In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favorite bar. There he receives a phone call from a woman who identifies herself as Kyoko Kondo....

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Boxer Joe

1995 · Movie · Japan

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