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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1839494/
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A traumatized girl turns to hording in a secret hideout, but when she eats spoiled food she lapses into a hallucinatory coma.
Within this popcorn movie is a very adult theme.
aka 星を追う子ども
aka Journey to Agartha
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303658/
A girl is digitized, becoming a valuable commodity for people seeking power and immortality.
This might be interesting for fans of science fiction history, but it's dumb in too many places for me to enjoy it.
If you end up watching this, here are my edited Andromedia subtitles.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1219827/
http://ghostintheshell.tumblr.com/
A special agent combat-cyborg pursues a cyber criminal who comes to have a special interest in her.
Although I like it, I suspect it's because I like the original so much and I can't be unbiased. I also think Scarlett is hot.
I became even more interested in seeing this movie in light of the incorrectly-supposed-whitewashing of the lead character. Antisocial injustice is actually pretty good at recommending things.
Remade from the animated movie Ghost in the Shell - (1995 movie)
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275773/
http://movie.softgarage.com/versus/
In a forest where any who die rise as zombies, an escaped convict does something something.
I got 1/3 in and got bored. It's too over-the-top.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110200/
Upon hearing of his master's death, a man returns to Shanghai amidst tensions from its Japanese occupation, and learns there was foul play.
Quite a good movie, with all the basic elements. There's next to none of the B-movie cheese that's pervasive of such films, so it's good enough for everyday people.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080979/
Instead of a death sentence, a convict is given the opportunity to impersonate a lord in a time of war.
kagemusha lit. "shadow warrior"
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325710/
http://www.lastsamurai.com/
An American captain, suffering from PTSD-induced nightmares so bad he became alcoholic, is brought back into the trade as a consultant and trainer to suppress the civil war in Japan and fight against its old warrior class, the samurai.
Dare I say this is one of the greats. It has various classic elements without being tiring and obvious, and maintains a great pace and tone.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245429/
On the way to moving to a new town, a girl stumbles upon and is trapped in a pocket dimension with an old Japanese bath house run by spirits and non-humans.
SHE SHOUTS A LOT
A spectacular movie. Youthful but with a balance of fantasy spectacle and horror.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058869/
Some Japanese guys are in a prison.
I have no idea what's going on with this, but after nearly a half an hour I'm just going to give up.
to re-watch
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113568/
http://ghostintheshell.manga.com/
Artificially-enhanced special police hunt a hacker-murderer.
Remade into the live-action Ghost in the Shell - (2017 movie).
