The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring: Munetaka Aoki | Ryôta Bandô | Shingo Bandô | Tasuku Emoto | YoshiYoshi Arakawa
Ghost Cat Anzu (2025)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita | Yôko Kuno
Starring: Keiichi Suzuki | Mirai Moriyama | Miwako Ichikawa | Munetaka Aoki | Noa Gotô
The Roundup: No Way Out (2023)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Lee Sang-yong
Starring: Ahn Se-ho | Lee Jun-hyuk | Ma Dong-seok | Munetaka Aoki | Noo-Ri Bae
Rurôni Kenshin Part One: Origins (2013)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Keishi Ohtomo
Starring: Emi Takei | Munetaka Aoki | Takeru Satô | Taketo Tanaka | Teruyuki Kagawa | Yû Aoi
Jason says: “RUROUNI KENSHIN PART ONE: ORIGINS is a comic-book movie, not just in the sense that it’s adapted from a popular manga, but in how it both aims to introduce a lot of favorite elements and tell the story
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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Ebizo Ichikawa | Eita | Hikari Mitsushima | Koji Yakusho | Munetaka Aoki
Jason says: “HARA-KIRI seems like an odd choice for a 3D remake – it features far more sitting around and dueling with subtle turns of phrase than it does swordplay – but with Takashi Miike in the director’s chair, one
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