Japan Times
Reviews
Note: Most recent from the top
Reviews from December 2002 to March 1999
Yurei vs. Uchujin (Ghosts vs. Aliens)
March 7, 2008
Gachi Boy
March 7, 2008
Doko ni Iku no? (Where ARe We Going?
February 29, 2008
Naoko
February 22, 2008
Tasogare (Twilight)
February 15, 2008
L Change the World, Team Batista no Eiko (Glorious Team Batista)
February 8, 2008
Tokyo Shonen (Tokyo Boy)
February 1, 2008
Kaabee (Kabeii -- Our Mother)
January 31, 2007
Zenzen Daijobu (Fine, Totally Fine)
January 14, 2007
Hito no Sex ni Watrau na (Sex Is No Laughing Matter)
January 18, 2007
Giniro no Season (The Silver Season)
January 11, 2007
Hokushin Nnanme ni Sasu Tokoro (The Place Where the North Star Lies Low in the Sky)
January 4, 2007
Kazoku no Hiketsu (Family Secrets)
December 21, 2007
Little DJ
December 14, 2007
Tsubaki Sanjuro
December 7, 2007
Hannari: Geisha Modern
November 30, 2007
Midnight Eagle
November 23, 2007
Sundome
November 16, 2007
Ten Ten (Adrift in Tokyo)
November 9, 2007
Always-zoku 3-chome no Yuhi (Always 2)
November 2, 2007
Quiet Room ni Yokoso (Welcome ot the Quiet Room)
October 26, 2007
Appleseed: Ex-Machina
October 19, 2007
0093 Joheika no Kusakari Masao (0093 Her Majesty's Masao Kusakari
October 12, 2007
Southbound
October 5, 2007
Baum Kuchen
September 28, 2007
Megane (Glasses)
September 21, 2007
Sukiyaki Western Django
September 14, 2007
Sad Vacation
September 7, 2007
Hero
August 31, 2007
Oyaji (Father)
August 24, 2007
Vexille
August 17, 2007
Mizu ni Natta Mura (The Village that Became Water)
August 10, 2007
Kaidan
August 3, 2007
Kappa no Coo to Natsuyasumi (Summer with Coo)
July 27, 2007
Tennen Kokekko (A Gentle Breeze in the Village)
July 20, 2007
Funukedomo Kanashimi no Ai o Misero (Funuke, Show Me Some Love, You Losers)
July 13, 2007
Koi Suru Nichiyobi Watashi Koi Shita (Love On Sunday)
July 6, 2007
Sidecar ni Inu (Dog In a Sidecar)
June 29, 2007
Genius Party
June 28, 2007
Mogari no Mori (The Mourning Forest)
jUNE 22, 2007
Zukan ni Nottenai Mushi(The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia)
June 15, 2007
Campaign
June 8, 2007
Dainipponjin, Kantoku Banzai! (Glory to the Filmmaker!)
June 8, 2007
Shaberedomo, Shaberedomo (Talk, Talk, Talk)
June 1, 2007
Ore wa Kimi no Tame ni Koso Shi ni Iku (For Those We Love)
May 25, 2007
Pacchigi! Love & Peace!
May 18, 2007
Ashita no Watashi no Tsukurikata (How to Become Myself)
May 11, 2007
Ahiru to Kamo no Coin Locker (The Coin Locker of the Duck and Drake)
May 4, 2007
Shindo
April 27, 2007
Tsukue no Nakami (In the Desk)
April 20, 2007
Koishikute (Loveable)
April 13, 2007
Taitei no Ken (The Sword of Alexander)
April 6, 2007
Byosoku 5 Centimeters (Speed of 5 Centimeters per Second)
March 30, 2007
Mushishi (Bugmaster)
March 23, 2007
Argentine Baba
March 16, 2007
Aoki Okami (The Blue Wolf)
March 9, 2007
Matsugane Ransha Jiken (Matsugane Potshot Affair
March 2, 2007
Sakuran
February 23, 2007
Exte
February 16, 2007
Freesia
February 9, 2007
Dororo
February 2, 2007
Starfish Fish Hotel
February 1, 2007
Ai no Rukeichi (Love Never to End)
January 26, 2007
Tamamoe (Awakening)
January 19, 2007
Akumu Tantei (Nightmare Detective)
January 12, 2007
Sore Demo Boku wa Yatteinai (Even so, I Didn't Do It)
January 5, 2007
Best of 2006
December 22, 2006
Tekkonkinkreet
December 21, 2006
Nana 2
December 15, 2006
Bushi no Ichibun (Love and Honor)
December 8, 2006
Paprika
December 1, 2006
Hazard
November 17, 2006
The Summer of Stickleback, Wool 100%
November 10, 2006
Metro ni Notte (Riding the Metro)
November 3, 2006
Nada Soso (Nada Sosou -- Tears for You), Ichiban Kirei na Mizu (The Most Beautiful Water)
October 27, 2006
Machiaishitsu (Notebook of Life)
October 20, 2006
Strawberry Shortcakes
October 13, 2006
The Pavilion Sansho Uo (Pavillion Salamandre)
October 6, 2006
Sukeban Deka: Code Name Asamiya Saki (Yo-yo Girl Cop)
September 29, 2006
Hula Girls
September 22, 2006
Deguchi no Nai Umi (Sea Without Exit)
September 15, 2006
Loft
September 8, 2006
46-Oku Nen no Koi (Big Bang Love: Juvenile A)
September 1, 2006
Rough
August 25, 2006
Kamiya Etsuko no Seishun (The Youth of Kamiya Etsuko), Ishii Teruo Club
August 18, 2006
Mizu no Hana (Water Flower)
August 11, 2006
Love On Sunday (Koi Suru Nichiyobi) Hachimitsu to Clover (Honey and Clover)
August 4, 2006
Brave Story, Tales from Earthsea (Gedo Senki)
July 28, 2006
The Sinking of Japan (Nihon Chinbotsu)
June 21, 2006
Yureru (Sway)
July 14, 2006
Death Note, Black Night
July 7, 2006
Bashing
June 30, 2006
One Missed Call: Final (Chakushin Ari: Final), Imprint
June 23, 2006
Yawarakai Seikatsu (It's Only Talk)
June 16, 2006
Hana yori mo Naho (Hana)
June 9, 2006
Kiraware Matsuko no Issho (Memories of Matsuko)
June 2, 2006
Check It Out, yo!, Aoi Uta -- Nodo Jiman Seishunhen (Blue Song)
May 26, 2006
Mamiya Kyodai (Mamiya Brothers)
May 20, 2006
Ashita ni Kioku (Memories of Tomorrow)
May 13, 2006
Yuki ni Negau Koto (What the Snow Brings)
May 6, 2006
Nezu no Ban (Night Without Sleep)
April 28, 2006
Tachiguishi Retsuden (The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters)
April 21, 2006
Eiga Kantoku ni Naru Houhou (How to Become a Movie Director)
April 14, 2006
Namii to Utaeba (Sing With Namii)
April 7, 2006
Route 225
March 31, 2006
Chanko
March 24, 2006
Kamome Shokudo (Seagull Restaurant)
March 17, 2006
Rikidozan
March 10, 2006
Kencho no Hoshi (Star of the Prefectural Government)
March 3, 2006
Haze, Forbidden Siren (Siren)
February 24, 2006
Tenshi (Angel), Sannen Migomoru (Three Year Delivery), Korogare! Tamako (Tumble! Tamako)
February 17, 2006
Ski Jumping Pairs -- Road to Torino
February 10, 2006
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, Aogeba Totoshi
February 3, 2006
The Uchoten Hotel (Suite Dreams)
January 26, 2006
Camus Nante Shiranai (Who's Camus Anyway?)
January 19, 2006
Gin-iro no Kami no Agito (Agito with the Silver Hair)
January 13, 2006
Aishite yo (Love Me)
January 6, 2006
Otokotachi no Yamato (Yamato: The Last Battle)
December 23, 2005
Germanium no Yoru (Whispering of the Gods)
December 16, 2005
Okami Shojo (When the Show Tent Came to My Town)
December 9, 2005
Hanai Sachiko no Karei na Shogai (The Fabulous Life of Sachiko Hanai)/Tokyo Zombies
December 2, 2005
Booth/Shizue
November 25, 2005
Takeshis'
November 18, 2005
Rampo Jigoku (Rampo Hell)
November 11, 2005
Always -- 3-Chome no Yuhi (Always -- Sunset on Third Street)
November 4, 2005
Haru no Yuki (Spring Snow)
October 28, 2005
Nagurimono: Love and Kill/Semi Shigure
October 21, 2005
Maison de Himiko/Touch
October 14, 2005
Kuchu Teien (Hanging Garden)
October 7, 2005
Shinobi
September 30, 2005
Sekai no Owari (World's End/Girlfriend
September 23, 2005
Nana
September 16, 2005
Summer Time Machine Blues
September 7, 2005
Youkai Daisenso (The Great Youkai War)
August 31, 2005
Yogisha Muroi Shinji (The Suspect -- Muroi Shinji
August 25, 2005
Shichinin no Tomurai (The Innocent Seven)
August 17, 2005
17-sai no Fukei Shonen wa Nani o Mita no ka (Scenery of Seventeen -- What Did the Boy See?
August 10, 2005
Bokoku no Aegis (Aegis)
August 3, 2005
Linda, Linda, Linda
July 27, 2005
Hoshi ni Natta Shonen (Shining Boy and Little Randy)
July 20, 2005
Umoregi (The Buried Forest)
July 13, 2005
Unmei Janai Hito (A Stranger of Mine)
July 6, 2005
Kikyo (Going Home)
June 29, 2005
Sengoku Jieitai (Samurai Commandos 1549)
June 22, 2005
Densha Otoko (Train Man)
June 15, 2005
Irrashaimase Kanjasama (Welcome, Patients)
June 8, 2005
In the Pool
June 1, 2005
Operetta Tanuki Goten (Princess Raccoon
May 25, 2005
Utsukushii Yoru Zankoku na Asa (Three...Extremes)
May 18, 2005
Koshonin Mashita Masayoshi (Negotiator)
May 11, 2005
Hana to Hebi 2 (Flower and Snake 2)
May 4, 2005
Hairstyle
April 27, 2005
Ashura-jo no Hitomi (Ashura)
April 20, 2005
Mayonaka no Yaji-san Kita-san (Yaji and Kita)
April 13, 2005
Gokudo no Onnatachi: Joen (Gang Wives: Flame of Love)
April 6, 2005
Koi wa Go Shichi Go (Love Is Seven Five Seven)
March 30, 2005
Peep "TV" Show
March 23, 2005
Ichigo no Kakera (Ichigo.Chips)
March 16, 2005
Makoto
March 9, 2005
Lorelei
March 2, 2005
The Grudge
February 23, 2005
Chakushin Ari 2 (One Missed Call 2)
February 16, 2005
Tony Takitani, Pacchigi! (We Shall Overcome Someday)
February 9, 2005
Kita no Zero-nen (Year Zero In the North)
February 2, 2005
Tokyo Tower
January 26, 2005
Lakeside Murder Case
January 19, 2005
Ghost Shout
January 12, 2005
Riyu, Gin no Angel, Yaku Sanju no Uso
January 5, 2005
2004 Best Ten
December 29, 2004
Vital
December 22, 2004
Godzilla: Final Wars
December 15, 2004
Lady Joker
December 8, 2004
Aoi Kuruma (A Blue Automobile)
December 1, 2004
Howl no Ugoku Shiro (Howl's Moving Castle
November 24, 2004
Warai no Daigaku (University of Laughs)
November 17, 2004
Oni no Tsume Kakushiken (The Hidden Blade)
November 10, 2004
Road 88
November 3, 2004
Chi to Hone (Blood and Bones)
October 27, 2004
Koi no Mon (Gate of Love)
October 20, 2004
Survive Style+5
October 13, 2004
Backdrop Papa
September 22, 2004
Kohi Jiko ("Cafe Lumiere")
September 15, 2004
Musume Dojoji
September 8, 2004
Kaidan Shinmimibukuro
September 1, 2004
Dare mo Shiranai ("Nobody Knows")
August 25, 2004
Izo
August 18, 2004
Chichi to Kuraseba ("The Face of Jizo")
August 4, 2004
Mind Game
July 28, 2004
Cha no Aji ("The Taste of Tea")
July 21, 2004
Steamboy
July 14, 2004
Tange Sazen: Hyakuman Ryo no Tsubo
July 7, 2004
69
June 30, 2004
Shimotsuma Monogatari ("Kamikaze Girls")
June 23, 2004
Umizaru
June 16, 2004
Cutie Honey
June 9, 2004
Tengoku no Honya - Koibi
June 2, 2004
Shinkokyu no Hitsuyo
May 26, 2004
Sekai no Chushin de Ai o Sakebu
May 19, 2004
Shinibana
May 5, 2004
Casshern
April 28, 2004
Riarizumu no Yado ("Ramblers")
April 21, 2004
Appleseed
April 14, 2004
Hotel Venus, Kyo no Dekigoto
April 7, 2004
Quill
March 31, 2004
Hana to Arisu
March 24, 2004
Kamachi
March 17, 2004
Innocence
March 17, 2004
Moju vs Issunboshi
March 10, 2004
Fukuro
March 3, 2004
Zebraman
February 25, 2004
Akai Tsuki
February 18, 2004
Hanochi, Gege
February 11, 2004
Yudan Daiteki
February 4, 2004
Kono Yo no Soto e ("Out Of This World")
January 28, 2004
Utsukushii Natsu Kirishima ("A Boy's Summer In 1945")
January 21, 2004
Josee to Tora to Sakanatachi
("Josee, The Tiger and The Fish")
January 14, 2004
Chakushin Ari ("You've Got A Call")
January 7, 2004
Open House, Iden & Tity
December 31, 2003
Kisarazu Cat's Eye
December 24, 2003
Vibrator
December 17, 2003
Showa Kayo Daizenshu
December 10, 2003
Tokyo Godfathers
December 3, 2003
Kofuku no Kane ("The Blessing Bell")
November 26, 2003
Asura no Gotoku ("Like Asura")
November 19, 2003
G@me
November 12, 2003
Sky High
November 5, 2003
Akame Shijuha-taki Shinju Misui
October 29, 2003
Doppelganger
October 22, 2003
Aragami, 2LDK
October 15, 2003
Warabinoko
October 8, 2003
Fuku no Mimi
October 1, 2003
Zatoichi
September 17, 2003
Dragonhead
September 10, 2003
9 Souls
September 3, 2003
Geroppa!
August 27, 2003
Juon 2 ("The Grudge 2")
August 20, 2003
Odoru Daisosasen The Movie 2
("Bayside Shakedown 2")
August 13, 2003
Interstella 5555
August 6, 2003
Sayonara Kuro ("Farewell Kuro")
July 30, 2003
Gokudo Kyofu Daigekijo: Gozu ("Gozu")
July 23, 2003
Shara Soju ("Shara")
July 16, 2003
Battle Royale II
July 9, 2003
Alive
July 2, 2003
Five Bullets On Killers
June 25, 2003
Spy Sorge
June 18, 2003
Mana ni Dakarete
June 11, 2003
Mottomo Kiken na Deka Matsuri, Shin Deka Matsuri
June 4, 2003
Rokugatsu no Hebi ("A Snake Of June")
May 28, 2003
Pretty Women
May 21, 2003
Moonchild
May 7, 2003
Azumi
April 30, 2003
Makai Tensho ("Samurai Resurrection")
April 23, 2003
Bokunchi ("My House")
April 16, 2003
Kagami no Onnatachi
April 9, 2003
Watashi no Guranpa
April 2, 2003
Onna wa Basutei de Fuku o Kigaeta
March 26, 2003
Yurusarezaru Mono ("The Man In White")
March 19, 2003
Don e no Michi
March 12, 2003
Juon ("The Grudge")
March 5, 2003
Fune o Oritara Kanojo no Shima
February 26, 2003
Shin Jingi Naki Tatakai: Bosatsu
February 19, 2003
Yomigaeri ("Yomigaeri: Resurrection")
February 12, 2003
Mibu Gishi Den ("When The Last Sword Is Drawn")
February 5, 2003
13 Kaidan ("13 Steps")
January 29, 2003
Jam Films
January 22, 2003
Akarui Mirai ("Bright Future"),
Aimai na Mirai ("Ambivalent Future")
January 15, 2003
T.R.Y.
January 8, 2003