Movies: Claude Maki

  • 2000
    Brother

    Brother (2000)

    Brother

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    A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang....

    Brother
  • 1991
    A Scene at the Sea

    A Scene at the Sea (1991)

    A Scene at the Sea

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    A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by his also deaf girlfriend, he persists against all odds....

    A Scene at the Sea
  • 1997
    An Angel with Many Scars

    An Angel with Many Scars (1997)

    An Angel with Many Scars

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    An odd journey starts as Mitsuru, a private detective, and a boy, whom a dying mobster entrusts to him, decide to go to northern Japan in search of the boy’s mother, and the detective’s buddy Hisashi joins them later....

    An Angel with Many Scars
  • 2005
    Aegis

    Aegis (2005)

    Aegis

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    The Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing host to a platoon from the Fleet Training Group. No sooner is the Isokaze on open water, however, then the FTG reveal themselves to be terrorist stowaways wh...

    Aegis
  • 1989
    Buddies

    Buddies (1989)

    Buddies

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    Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close friendship undone by love....

    Buddies
  • 2007
    Yakuza: Like a Dragon

    Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2007)

    Yakuza: Like a Dragon

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    Former yakuza underling Kazuma Kiryū has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his yakuza past. Unfortunately, Kiryū's problems slowly escalate as he is pur...

    Yakuza: Like a Dragon
  • 2011
    Hard Romanticker

    Hard Romanticker (2011)

    Hard Romanticker

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    Writer-director Gu Su-yeon's new film draws on his own semiautobiographical account of growing up as a delinquent zainichi Korean (Japanese-born, but of Korean ancestry) in the seaside city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, a working-class hell...

    Hard Romanticker
  • 2003
    3 on 3

    3 on 3 (2003)

    3 on 3

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    At some time in the 21st century, Japan's economy is in shambles. Riots and terrorism are the norm. The government buys up television stations in a last-ditch effort to promote nationalism and order to the nation. But this is the dawn of a new dark s...

    3 on 3
  • 2023
    Okiku and the World

    Okiku and the World (2023)

    Okiku and the World

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    Two rogue vagrants make their living as "manure men", turning the waste from the tenement toilets into fertiliser sold to local farmers. Enter Okiku, the only daughter of a fallen samurai, and amongst the overflowing piles of excrement, a well-nouris...

    Okiku and the World
  • 2016
    Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys

    Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys (2016)

    Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys

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    About 150,000 illegal entrants live in Tokyo. They are not recognised as refugees and live in poor conditions. To protect themselves, the illegals create a secret organisation. The organisation has a bank which Japanese Financial Services Agency is n...

    Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
  • 2012
    Kirin: Point of No Return

    Kirin: Point of No Return (2012)

    Kirin: Point of No Return

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    An interpersonal drama adapted from popular motorcycle manga "Kirin". It portrays the life of a biker who only feels alive in the world of speed. Its battle race between a motorbike and a Porsche on a public road is a thrilling highlight. Its directo...

    Kirin: Point of No Return
  • 2007
    Detective Story

    Detective Story (2007)

    Detective Story

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    A detective and a businessman search for a serial killer who removes people's organs....

    Detective Story
  • 2022
    Winter Rose

    Winter Rose (2022)

    Winter Rose

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    Jun Wataguchi lives a lazy, half-hearted life, not going to school, hanging out with half-witted delinquents, and begging money from his friends. His parents, who run a shipping business transporting earth and sand for reclamation by boat, manage to ...

    Winter Rose
  • 2006
    Backdancers!

    Backdancers! (2006)

    Backdancers!

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    A cadre of backup dancers is left astray when their star singer moves on with her life and marriage. They each had their own ambition and hope, which subconsciously rested on the star power of the singer. When plan A does not work, they cling to plan...

    Backdancers!
  • 1998
    The Goofball

    The Goofball (1998)

    The Goofball

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    Hisashi gets fired from his temp job due to his impulsiveness. One day he meets Chikako, a housewife who constantly shoplifts at the supermarket he regularly goes. He somehow agrees to help her to look for her run-away son, Masaru. Unfortunate to His...

    The Goofball
  • 2003
    My House

    My House (2003)

    My House

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    A young Japanese boy's life is changed when his sister returns to the small island, full of eccentric characters, where he lives....

    My House
  • 1998
    Golden Wolf: Resurrection 2

    Golden Wolf: Resurrection 2 (1998)

    Golden Wolf: Resurrection 2

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    Golden Wolf: Resurrection 2
  • 1988
    Kaze wo Nuke!

    Kaze wo Nuke! (1988)

    Kaze wo Nuke!

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    In the world of motocross, 16-year-old Satoshi Ichimonji fights his way from the novice grade up to Junior Cross championship....

    Kaze wo Nuke!
  • 2004
    Out of This World

    Out of This World (2004)

    Out of This World

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    Five young musicians, each harboring painful memories, are assembled to entertain American soldiers at an Enlisted Men's Club. Tensions emerge between the tenor saxophonist, a disillusioned ex-soldier, and a bitter GI whose brother was killed in the ...

    Out of This World
  • 2006
    True Love

    True Love (2006)

    True Love

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    Natsumi which has been moved to a deceased mother's family in Izu, to change schools to the same high school as the cousin, driven into lacrosse. But one day, you know the father and his secret....

    True Love