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Ryuhei Kitamura - what members say


  • Azumi
  • Azumi review by A customer from Birmingham, UK
    Rated - 4 stars Gripping stuff 20 March 2005
    ...I borrowed this to see some of Ryuhei Kitamura's work, as there has been controversy in Japan over the way he handled the latest Godzilla film, it being much more violent and ...  
  • The Midnight Meat Train
  • The Midnight Meat Train review by JediSi from Kent
    Rated - 4 stars Step away from the meat 5 March 2009
    ...to death on a regular basis. The movie works mainly because of its director. Ryuhei Kitamura might be the best visual stylist working in the horror genre. The scenes of sus...  

Ryuhei Kitamura - filmography


  • Alive
  • Alive on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Hideo Sakaki
    Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sentenced to die in the electric chair for murdering his girlfriends' rapists, Tenshu somehow survives the execution attempt. Astonished prison officials give Tenshu a choice: face the chair again or volunteer for several barbaric experiments, one of which puts him against an alien creature. A ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 97 members
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  • Sky High
  • Sky High on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Yumiko Shaku,  Takao Osawa,  Shosuke Tanihara
    Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Yumiko Shaku (who made a big splash in 'Princess Blade') stars as Izuko, the Gatekeeper at the "Gate Of Hatred"; a portal that stands at the netherworld which separates this world from the afterlife. She gives three choices to the dead (who are either victims of an accident or a murder) who visit ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 1,327 member
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  • Azumi
  • Azumi on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Aya Ueto,  Shun Oguri,  Hiroki Narimiya
    Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    AZUMI is a young Japanese orphan who is a ruthless trained assassin. It is 19th Century Japan, torn-apart by war. Along with nine others she has been taught deadly martial arts skills by Master Gessai, in the hope that one day they will cold-bloodedly kill the warlords who cause constant unrest in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 5,174 members
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  • Versus
  • Versus on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Hideo Sakaki,  Tak Sakaguchi,  Chieko Misaki
    Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This kinetic horror/action hybrid stars Tak Sakaguchi as Prisoner KSC2-303, a criminal who has just escaped from a maximum security prison. Heading to the Forest of Resurrection to meet up with some gangsters, KSC2-303's escape plan soon veers off course when an argument with one of the gangsters ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 4,878 members
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Ryuhei Kitamura facts

5 most recent films

Midnight Meat Train - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
The Midnight Meat Train - 3.0 stars
Alive - 2.5 stars
Duel Project, The - Aragami / 2LDK - 3.0 stars
Sky High - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Azumi - 3.5 stars
Aragami - 3.0 stars
Duel Project, The - Aragami / 2LDK - 3.0 stars
The Midnight Meat Train - 3.0 stars
Versus - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Alive - 2.5 stars
Sky High - 3.0 stars
Midnight Meat Train - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Versus - 3.0 stars
The Midnight Meat Train - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Roger Bart - 3 times - show films
Takao Osawa - 3 times - show films
Brooke Shields - 3 times - show films
Bradley Cooper - 3 times - show films
Leslie Bibb - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Yukihiko Tsutsumi - 1 times - show films