6.0

L: Change the World

2008, Japan

• Actors: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Sota Aoyama, Shunji Fujimura, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Mayuko Fukuda, Narushi Fukuda, Sei Hiraizumi, Shigeki Hosokawa, Renji Ishibashi, Yuta Kanai, Youki Kudoh, Tim Man, Bokuzô Masana, Thomas J. Melesky, Shido Nakamura, Kazuki Namioka, Kiyotaka Nanbara, Megumi Satô, Asaka Seto, Ron Smoorenburg, Michael Strusievici, Masanobu Takashima, Yôji Tanaka, Erika Toda, Shingo Tsurumi, David Bueno, Lex de Groot
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
• Director(s): Hideo Nakata
• Available languages:
  • English English.

A spin-off of the popular Death Note films, L: Change The World focuses on the legendary detective L as he uses his final 23 days to solve crimes all over the world. When a young girl and boy come to him for aid, L is soon faced with what may be his most difficult case yet: stopping a group of corrupted scientists from spreading a lethal virus throughout the earth.

  8.0

Letters from Iwo Jima

2006, USA

• Actors: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shido Nakamura, Hiroshi Watanabe, Takumi Bando, Yuki Matsuzaki, Takashi Yamaguchi, Eijiro Ozaki, Nae, Nobumasa Sakagami, Yoshi Ando, Luke Eberl, Sonny Saito, Steve Santa Sekiyoshi, Hiro Abe, Toshiya Agata, Yoshi Ishii, Toshi Toda, Ken Kensei, Ikuma Ando, Akiko Shima, Masashi Nagadoi, Mark Moses, Roxanne Hart, Yoshio Iizuka, Mitsu, Takuji Kuramoto, Koji Wada
• Genre: Drama, History, War
• Director(s): Clint Eastwood
• Available languages:
  • Japanese Japanese.

The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi is given command of the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favor the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester among his staff. In the lower echelons, a young soldier, Saigo, a poor baker in civilian life, strives with his friends to survive the harsh regime of the Japanese army itself, all the while knowing that a fierce battle looms. When the American invasion begins, both Kuribayashi and Saigo find strength, honor, courage, and horrors beyond imagination.

  7.8

Desu nôto

2006, Japan

• Actors: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Shigeki Hosokawa, Erika Toda, Shunji Fujimura, Takeshi Kaga, Yu Kashii, Shido Nakamura, Sota Aoyama, Christopher Britton, Shannon Chan-Kent, Brian Drummond, Norman England, Masanori Fujita, Michiko Godai, Matt Lagan, Hikari Mitsushima, Takeo Nakahara, Ikuji Nakamura, Shin Shimizu, Brad Swaile, Yôji Tanaka, French Tickner, Vincent Tong, Masahiko Tsugawa, Colleen Wheeler
• Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
• Director(s): Shusuke Kaneko
• Available languages:
  • Japanese Japanese.

Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the perpetrator. An all out battle between the greatest minds on earth begins, the winner controlling the world.

  7.6

Huo Yuan Jia

2005, China, Hong Kong, USA

• Actors: Shido Nakamura, Betty Sun, Yong Dong, Hee Ching Paw, Jet Li, Yun Qu, Nathan Jones, Brandon Rhea, Anthony De Longis, Jean Claude Leuyer, Mike Leeder, Jon T. Benn, John Paisley, Collin Chou, Masato Harada, Zhigang Zhao, Samantha Buck, Jacky Heung, Chen Zhi Hui, Jason C. Lin, Dave Mallow, Michelle Yeoh, Ian Powers
• Genre: Action, Biography, Sport
• Director(s): Ronny Yu
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Martial arts legend Huo Yuanjia became the most famous fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness and into history, defining the true spirit of martial arts. His self-discovery, and the choices he made, inspired his nation. The son of a great fighter who did not wish for his child to follow in his footsteps, the bullied Huo Yuanjia resolves to teach himself how to fight - and win. Years of training enable him to ace match after match in his home region of Tianjin. But as his fame as a martial arts master grows, so does his pride. After an ill-advised fight leads to another master's death, members of Huo's family are slain in revenge. Grieving and ashamed, Huo wanders the country in shock. Near death, he is rescued by women from an idyllic village, and is offered simple kindness and generosity that help him heal and regain his equilibrium over a period of several years. Huo realizes that the future of martial arts lies in sportsmanship and not brutality, and he rejoins society to apply what he has learned. Returning to Tianjin, Huo takes steps to come to terms with his past and restore his family's name. His evolving, graceful Mizong (Missing) Fist method of fighting brings Huo renewed success, and he forms the progressive Jingwu Sports Federation. Taking note, duplicitous members of the Foreign Chamber of Commerce engineer a Shanghai tournament pitting Huo against four fighters, each representing the major foreign powers in China. Huo commits to the bout and faces off against, respectively, a British boxer, a Spanish swordsman, a Belgian soldier, and a Japanese martial artist. What happened that day in 1910 has never been, and will never be, forgotten in China.