The Great Yokai War (
2005) | IMDb:
6.4
A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression. The yōkai originate in Japanese folklore and range from the cute and silly to the disturbing.
Starring:
Ryunosuke Kamiki
,
Hiroyuki Miyasako
,
Kaho Minami
,
Riko Narumi
,
Shirō Sano
,
Miyuki Miyabe
Directed by:
Takashi Miike
Appleseed (
2004) | IMDb:
6.9
In a utopian society created at the end of the third world war, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of humankind?
Starring:
Ai Kobayashi
,
Asumi Miwa
,
Jurota Kosugi
,
Yuki Matsuoka
,
Yuzuru Fujimoto
,
Takehito Koyasu
Directed by:
Shinji Aramaki
Ju-on: The Curse (
2000) | IMDb:
6.8
When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous suburban house that harbours a horrible secret, and into which all who enter are doomed.
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (
1999) | IMDb:
7.1
With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.