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The Geisha Boy

The Geisha Boy

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1958 IMDB Rating: 6.4

Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.

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I Survived a Japanese Game Show

Series Age rating: 7 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 6.4

American contestants with larger-than-life personalities compete in a wacky, over-the-top Japanese-themed game show. Host Rome Kanda, den mother Mama-San and the poker-faced Judge Bob referee the hila...

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When Taekwondo Strikes

When Taekwondo Strikes

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1973 IMDB Rating: 6.4

The story is about the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. A Korean patriot played by Carter Wong gets into a fight with some Japanese people and is chased into a church. The priest ther...

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The Harimaya Bridge

The Harimaya Bridge

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Film Age rating: 6 Year: 2009 IMDB Rating: 6.4

The Harimaya Bridge is a drama about an American man who must travel to rural Japan to claim some important items belonging to his late son, from whom he was estranged. While there, he learns several...

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Ghost in the Shell

Ghost in the Shell

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2017 IMDB Rating: 6.3

In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.

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The Ramen Girl

The Ramen Girl

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 6.3

An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a rĂ¢men chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.

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Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1956 IMDB Rating: 6.3

During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for...

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Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

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Film Age rating: 3 Year: 2009 IMDB Rating: 6.3

The Mystery Inc. gang takes a trip to Japan and finds themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a treasure hunt, racing against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendar...

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Samurai Girl

Samurai Girl

Series Age rating: 12 Year: 2008 IMDB Rating: 6.3

Samurai Girl is a six-hour mini-series loosely based on the popular young-adult novel series by Carrie Asai. The event stars Jamie Chung, Brendan Fehr, and Stacy Keibler. The series began its three-da...

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Gung Ho

Gung Ho

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1986 IMDB Rating: 6.3

When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultur...

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