The best Masayuki Shionoya’s movies
We present our ranking of the best Masayuki Shionoya’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Masayuki Shionoya.
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
7.9/10
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima told in four parts. The first three parts relate events in three of his novels: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Kyoko's House, and Runaway Horses. The last part depicts the events of 25th November 1970.
Pulse
6.5/10
In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lurks some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.
Charisma
6.8/10
A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without explanation, he makes his way to a mountain forest, encountering a peculiar tree called Charisma.
By Player
7.2/10
The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the camera as if she is addressing Tonoyama himself, recollecting events in his life. The film focuses on Tonoyama's alcohol dependence and his various sexual relationships, as well as his film work with Shindo.
Angel Dust
6.7/10
Psychiatrist Setsuko Suma is called in to help the police solve an ongoing case of female-centric serial murder in the local subway system. Her investigation leads to her former mentor and lover, who becomes the prime suspect in the case.
Passion
5.7/10
A man who tries to mend his past by helping his best friend’s sister.
So What
7.1/10
In a small town, high school students in their final year try to balance their studies while also playing together in a rock band.
Fag Hag
7.1/10
A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lover.
Will to Live
6.9/10
It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home for the abandonment of the original. The film won the Golden St. George and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Nouveau Riche
6.6/10
A duo get mixed up with a girl who finds a trunk load full of heroin.
Dying at a Hospital
7.9/10
... A quiet, contemplative piece with a sense of hope in its closing remarks, you seldom see the facial expressions of the characters up close, as the camera mimics the usual distance one would most times keep from the other patients (at least for me, for reasons unknown), in curious to know more, but yet want to maintain that emotional detachment. -- Stefan S. (A Nutshell Review)
King Of Minami 24
Yoshinaga, the president of a shipping company who borrowed money from Ginjiro Manda, was captured by Matsubara, the president of a construction company, and Kakizaki, an executive from Ninryukai, and encountered a rigging heron. At that time, Tokita, who was in debt to Ginjiro, escapes at night. Ginjiro sets a trap on Matsubara and Kakizaki to collect all of Yoshinaga and Tokita's debts.
The New Morning of Billy the Kid
5.7/10
All the protagonists move about in a Tokyo Bar that has an entire wall taken up with a black-and-white reproduction of a photo of Monument Valley. The action starts as Billy the Kid, in full living color, walks out of the photo and gets a job as a waiter. Along with him on the working staff are a samurai straight out of the history books, a G.I. from World War II, and several other anachronistic characters. The plot (as such) revolves around keeping away the brutal mobsters and thugs who dominate the city streets outside of the bar, making the tavern safe for its easily recognized facsimiles of well-known characters.
Yamato (California)
3.5/10
Sakura is a moody teenage girl who lives close to the US military base in the city of Yamato, Japan. She is struggling everyday to become a rapper like the American rappers she admires, but always gets stage fright when she sings in front of an audience. One day, her mother's American soldier boyfriend's daughter REI comes from California to visit her family.
End of the Night
4.9/10
Akira was raised in an assassin family. Everything seemed fine until he met a girl he once saw killed 10 years ago.
