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| A young man discovers a mechanical device that merges with his own body, turning him into a cyborg superhero. When strange creatures start appearing, trying to take the device back, he begins to uncover a secret plot to genetically engineer terrifying monsters. Search keywords
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Categories: 1991, Action, Comedy, Japan, Sci-Fi, USA
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| Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'. Curious as to who he is, Shizuku meets a boy her age whom she finds infuriating, but discovers to her shock that he is her 'Prince of Books'. As she grows closer to him, she realises that he merely read all those books to bring himself closer to her. The boy Seiji aspires to be a violin maker in Italy, and it is his dreams that make Shizuku realise that she has no clear path for her life. Knowing that her strength lies in writing, she tests her talents by writing a story about Baron, a cat statuette belonging to Seiji's grandfather. Search keywords
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Categories: 1995, Animation, Drama, Japan, Music, Romance
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| Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'. Curious as to who he is, Shizuku meets a boy her age whom she finds infuriating, but discovers to her shock that he is her 'Prince of Books'. As she grows closer to him, she realises that he merely read all those books to bring himself closer to her. The boy Seiji aspires to be a violin maker in Italy, and it is his dreams that make Shizuku realise that she has no clear path for her life. Knowing that her strength lies in writing, she tests her talents by writing a story about Baron, a cat statuette belonging to Seiji's grandfather. Search keywords
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Categories: 1995, Animation, Drama, Japan, Music, Romance
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| Catania, Sicilia 1864. A serious epidemic of cholera is hitting the region. Maria a 16 years old novice leaves her convent and returns her home to avoid contamination. Here she finds a difficult situation, in fact her stepmother and her half-sisters prevent Maria to live the normal life of a teenager. In their minds Maria is the promised "bride of God" and a regular life for her is inappropriate. Nino, her handsome neighbor, falls in love for Maria who isn't indifferent to him. But when Maria comes back to her convent the way to become nun is compelled. Now Maria can understand Sister Agata, and realizes she became mad cause a lost and impossible love like the one between Maria and Nino. Search keywords
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Categories: 1993, Drama, Italy, Japan
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| Arion begins with his journey to discover a world of poverty and horror where ordinary people are barely surviving through the war. He falls in love with a blind slave girl who is then captured and imprisoned on top of Olympus by Apollo, who dreams to rule the Titans. Now, Arion must lead an army of ordinary people to fight against the three war lords (Zeus, Poseidon and Pluto) with help from a thief, a giant, a wizard, a mysterious lion-masked man and a flying dragon. Search keywords
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Categories: 1986, Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Japan, War
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| Based upon the loyal story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest noble in England, disappears after the South American plague . Some years after his learned Afro-English cheuffer, Bogle, is sent to examine rumors which Tichborne survived as well as staid in Australia . An alcoholic outlaw answers Bogles inquiries claiming to be the mislaid successor . Bogle suspects rascal, though conspires with the petitioner to separate the estate should the latter succesfully pass himself off to friends, family as well as the courts . As the petitioner earnings to England to go on his sham, sufficient people endorse his temperament to have both the petitioner as well as Bogle hold which he only competence be the legitimate successor after all... Search keywords
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Categories: 1994, Animation, Comedy, Japan, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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| Based upon the loyal story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest noble in England, disappears after the South American plague . Some years after his learned Afro-English cheuffer, Bogle, is sent to examine rumors which Tichborne survived as well as staid in Australia . An alcoholic outlaw answers Bogles inquiries claiming to be the mislaid successor . Bogle suspects rascal, though conspires with the petitioner to separate the estate should the latter succesfully pass himself off to friends, family as well as the courts . As the petitioner earnings to England to go on his sham, sufficient people endorse his temperament to have both the petitioner as well as Bogle hold which he only competence be the legitimate successor after all... Search keywords
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Categories: 1994, Animation, Comedy, Japan, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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| A young boy and his dog find themselves the target of the Ming: a foreign dynasty that will stop at nothing. One day, a quiet and solemn warrior crosses their path, and becomes irrevocably connected with the two. A deal is struck and the warrior agrees to take the boy to a remote, Buddhist temple, where a kind monk is waiting to care for him and the dog. Unfortunately, the Ming have sent their elite, and they will test their strength, courage, and quality every step of the way. Search keywords
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Categories: 2007, Action, Animation, Japan
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| A young boy and his dog find themselves the target of the Ming: a foreign dynasty that will stop at nothing. One day, a quiet and solemn warrior crosses their path, and becomes irrevocably connected with the two. A deal is struck and the warrior agrees to take the boy to a remote, Buddhist temple, where a kind monk is waiting to care for him and the dog. Unfortunately, the Ming have sent their elite, and they will test their strength, courage, and quality every step of the way. Search keywords
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Categories: 2007, Action, Animation, Japan
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| Yuko receives an invitation for the opening of an auction from a mysterious unknown sender. Likewise, fanatical collectors are summoned to an old mansion whose owner doesn't make an appearance. One after another, each collector disappears and a number of other strange occurrences happen during the night. The questions of what exactly it is that's being auctioned and who the owner of the mansion is must be solved in order for Yuko and Watanuki to get to the bottom of this. Search keywords
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Categories: 2005, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Japan, Mystery, Thriller
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| Yuko receives an invitation for the opening of an auction from a mysterious unknown sender. Likewise, fanatical collectors are summoned to an old mansion whose owner doesn't make an appearance. One after another, each collector disappears and a number of other strange occurrences happen during the night. The questions of what exactly it is that's being auctioned and who the owner of the mansion is must be solved in order for Yuko and Watanuki to get to the bottom of this. Search keywords
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Categories: 2005, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Japan, Mystery, Thriller
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| As the human city development encroaches on the raccoon population's forest and meadow habitat, the raccoons find themselves faced with the very real possibility of extinction. In response, the raccoons engage in a desperate struggle to stop the construction and preserve their home. Search keywords
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Categories: 1994, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Japan
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| As the human city development encroaches on the raccoon population's forest and meadow habitat, the raccoons find themselves faced with the very real possibility of extinction. In response, the raccoons engage in a desperate struggle to stop the construction and preserve their home. Search keywords
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Categories: 1994, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Japan
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| In 16th century Japan, farmers in a small village face the prospect of again losing their crops to a band of roving thieves. Their solution is to go to the nearest city and see if they can hire samurai to protect them. The farmers are poor and can only offer food and lodging but they soon recruit Kambei Shimada who determines that they will need a total of seven samurai to properly guard the village. Slowly, he recruits other samurai for their task and once complete, move tho the village. There they teach the farmers basic self defense and fortify the village itself. When the bandits attack, they are prepared but suffer many losses. Search keywords
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Categories: 1954, Action, Adventure, Drama, Japan, War
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| A compilation of three different short films entitled "Cut", "Box", and "Dumplings" by directors from Japan, Korea and China that all deal with the theme of human monstrosity. Search keywords
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Categories: 2004, Hong Kong, Horror, Japan, South Korea
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| Set in a post-apocalyptic version of Earth sometime near the end of the 20th century, a nuclear war has left the world in ruins, causing the oceans to evaporate and destroying most of the world's vegetation. Most of earth's survivors include villagers who try to thrive on what little resources they have and the numerous vicious gangs and tribes who prey on them. A martial artist named Kenshiro, a man with seven scars on his chest and the chosen successor of the legendary assassin's art Hokuto Shinken, The Divine Fist of the North Star) has sworn to protect the weak and innocent from the malicious gangsters that threaten their survival. Accompanied by two young children named Bat and Lin, Ken confronts numerous violent gangs through his journey. Search keywords
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Categories: 2008, Animation, Japan
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| Set in a post-apocalyptic version of Earth sometime near the end of the 20th century, a nuclear war has left the world in ruins, causing the oceans to evaporate and destroying most of the world's vegetation. Most of earth's survivors include villagers who try to thrive on what little resources they have and the numerous vicious gangs and tribes who prey on them. A martial artist named Kenshiro, a man with seven scars on his chest and the chosen successor of the legendary assassin's art Hokuto Shinken has sworn to protect the weak and innocent from the malicious gangsters that threaten their survival. Accompanied by two young children named Bat and Lin, Ken confronts numerous violent gangs through his journey. Search keywords
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Categories: 2006, Animation, Japan
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| Yu is a young man who has a past he desperately wants to forget. His present is that he is a superhuman top agent for Arcan, an organization dedicated to protecting ancient artifacts to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands. However, he receives several bloody messages, culminating in the suicide of a friend, telling that Noah would be his death. In response, Yu travels to Turkey to visit the Arcan dig at Mount Arrat, where Noah's Ark is supposed to have rested. Along the way there and at the destination, he learns of forces of his past have returned to stop him and sieze control of the Ark, which turns out to be an alien device of ultimate power. Search keywords
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Categories: 1998, Adventure, Animation, Japan, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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| A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government agent, the team gets close to a terrorist leader to stop things from going out of control when after the military is impelled to impose martial law. Search keywords
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Categories: 1993, Animation, Drama, Japan, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
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| After one of their friends commits suicide, strange things begin happening to a group of young Tokyo residents. One of them sees visions of his dead friend in the shadows on the wall, while another's computer keeps showing strange, ghostly images. Is their friend trying to contact them from beyond the grave, or is there something much more sinister going on? Search keywords
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Categories: 2001, Horror, Japan, Thriller
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