Movies with Kôichi Yamadera
Movies found: 10, viewing from 1 to 10
Ninja Scroll
Genres: Action, Thriller, Adventure
Year: 1993
Country: Japan
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Kevin Seymour
Starring: Toshihiko Seki, Kôichi Yamadera, Daisuke Gôri, Takeshi Aono, Emi Shinohara, Shûichirô Moriyama
Available Quality: DivX
A Journeyman ninja by name of Jubei stumbles upon a plague, an evil clan of demons, a national crisis, and a beautiful ninja girl.
Kiki's Delivery Service
Genres: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Year: 1989
Country: Japan
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Minami Takayama, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Rei Sakuma, Chika Sakamoto, Kôichi Yamadera, Takaya Hashi, Kappei Yamaguchi
Available Quality: DVD, Hi Def, iPod
This is the story of a young witch, named Kiki who is now thirteen years old. But she is still a little green and plenty headstrong, but also resourceful, imaginative, and determined. With her trusty wisp of a talking cat named Jiji by her side she's ready to take on the world, or at least the quaintly European seaside village she's chosen as her new home.
Paprika
Genres: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Animation
Year: 2006
Country: Japan
Director: Satoshi Kon
Starring: Mitsuo Iwata, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera, Hideyuki Tanaka, Satomi Koorogi, Rikako Aikawa, Megumi Hayashibara
Available Quality: Hi Def
Three scientists at the Foundation for Psychiatric Research fail to secure a device they've invented, the D.C. Mini, which allows people to record and watch their dreams. A thief uses the device to enter people's minds, when awake, and distract them with their own dreams and those of others. Chaos ensues. The trio - Chiba, Tokita, and Shima - assisted by a police inspector and by a sprite named Paprika must try to identify the thief as they ward off the thief's attacks on their own psyches. Dreams, reality, and the movies merge, while characters question the limits of science and the wisdom of Big Brother.
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Year: 2001
Country: USA, Japan
Director: Shinichirô Watanabe
Starring: Beau Billingslea, Jennifer Hale, Steve Blum, Kôichi Yamadera, Sabine Bohlmann, Megumi Hayashibara, Unshô Ishizuka
Available Quality: Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def
A tanker truck is blown to smithereens in the middle of a busy street, and a deadly viral infection is released with the explosion. The Bebop crew - Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine, and Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV - are instantly after the culprit when the gargantuan reward of 300,000,000 woolongs is announced. But the case gets stranger and stranger as the cold-blooded Vincent Volaju, who supposedly has been dead for ten years, seems to be the prime suspect. Meanwhile, Spike encounters the dangerous Electra, who too seeks the madman. Conspiracies and secrets better left alone are uncovered, and Vincent's reign or terror is no...
Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina
Genres: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Year: 2007
Country: Japan
Director: Shinji Aramaki
Starring: Ai Kobayashi, Kôichi Yamadera, Yûji Kishi, Takaya Hashi, Shinpachi Tsuji, Kong Kuwata, Gara Takashima
Available Quality: iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
When a paramilitary task force called E.S.W.A.T. and its operations in the year 2199 Olympus, a futuristic utopia where humans, cyborgs, and bio-engineered human beings called "Bioroids" are attempting to live in perfect harmony. However, a series of random terrorist attacks perpetrated by cyborgs and humans alike threaten to throw Olympus into total chaos. As it turns out, these humans and machines have come under the influence of an unknown electronic signal that hacks into their nervous systems and they then become the unwilling servants of a malevolent computerized entity. Thrown into the action is the plucky female E.S.W.A.T. warrior Deu...
Pokemon 2: Power of One
Genres: Action, Adventure, Family
Year: 1999
Country: Japan
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama
Starring: Tomokazu Seki, Mayumi Iizuka, Ikue Ootani, Shinichirô Miki, Kôichi Yamadera, Satomi Koorogi, Megumi Hayashibara
Available Quality: DivX
An evil genius in a flying fortress is trying to kidnap the birds of the fire, ice, and lightning islands in hopes of luring the sea power, Lugia, and controlling the world. Ash and his friends, in the process of carrying out an island tradition that requires visiting those three islands, discover the plot and try to stop it. Even the comic villains, Team Rocket, turn good and help out in the end against the threat of world destruction. And Pokemon assemble from all around the world in case they can be of help (but they end up helping only the merchandising).
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence aka Innocence
Genres: Action, Thriller, Fantasy
Year: 2004
Country: Japan
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Tamio Ôki, Kôichi Yamadera, Naoto Takenaka, Yutaka Nakano
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Mamoru Oshii's landmark Ghost in the Shell (1995) largely defined the cyberpunk genre and influenced the Matrix films in the U.S. The long-awaited sequel continues the adventures of Batou, Major Kusanagi's former assistant, who was left behind when she disappeared into the cyber-realm of the Net. With his new human partner, Togusa, Batou investigates a series of bloody murders involving gynoids, robots with sexual functions. The case leads them to the headquarters of the Locus Solus company, where Batou uncovers the evil secret behind the creation of the gynoids. Innocence includes some staggeringly beautiful CG images, especially a parade de...
Godzilla vs Megaguirus
Genres: Sci-Fi
Year: 2000
Country: Japan
Director: Masaaki Tezuka
Starring: Shosuke Tanihara, Masatô Ibu, Kôichi Yamadera, Yuriko Hoshi, Kôichi Ueda, Tsutomu Kitagawa, Toshiyuki Nagashima
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Godzilla returns to terrorize Japan! This time, however, Japan has two new weapons to defend themselves. The Gryphon, a high-tech ship, and the Dimension Tide, a device that creates artificial black holes! During a test of the Dimension Tide, eggs appear in the city of Shibuya and hatch into terrifying Meganurons! These creatures need water to grow and flood the city of Shibuya by breaking underground water veins. As they multiply and grow, they start to feed on the energy of humans. After gathering enough energy, they transform in to giant dragonfly monsters called Meganuras! And now they target Godzilla for energy to feed to the larva of th...
Pokemon 8: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew
Genres: Action, Adventure, Family
Year: 2005
Country: Japan
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama, Darren Dunstan
Starring: Ikue Ootani, Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Madeleine Blaustein, Amy Birnbaum, Kôichi Yamadera
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, the eighth Pokémon movie, ranks as one of the best features in this popular franchise. Director Kunihiko Yuyama and writer Hideki Sonoda sensibly keep the adventures and threats to a scale that's appropriate for the characters. (The first movies put the world at risk, and while Ash Ketchum is a good kid, he's not someone who can credibly save the planet.) Ash, Brock, Max, and May journey to Cameron Palace for a tournament that celebrates the valor of Prince Aaron, who saved the realm from destruction 1,000 years ago. Ash and Pikachu win, but the mischievous Mew kidnaps Pikachu, whom he's befriended. Prince Aar...
Ghost in the Shell
Genres: Action, Thriller, Fantasy
Year: 1995
Country: USA, Japan
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Starring: Richard Epcar, Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Tesshô Genda, Akio Ôtsuka, Tamio Ôki, Kôichi Yamadera
Available Quality: DVD, iPod
The year is 2029. The world has become intensively information oriented and humans are well-connected to the network. Crime has developed into a sophisticated stage by hacking into the interactive network. To prevent this, Section 9 is formed. These are cyborgs with incredible strengths and abilities that can access any network on Earth.