Japanese Movies by Genre: Sci-Fi
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Ghost in the Shell: The Movie (2015)
Director: Kazuya Nomura
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Himitsu - Top Secret (2016)
Director: Keishi Otomo
Plot: In the middle of the 21st century, advanced brain-scanning technology is developed which enables government and police officials to retrieve memories from subjects whether they're alive or dead. Investigators based at the National Research Institute of Police Science's 9th Forensics Laboratory face various moral dilemmas as they weigh people's right to privacy against the importance of solving crimes. -
Strayer's Chronicle (2015)
Director: Takahisa Zeze
Plot: During Japan's economic bubble of the early 1990s, various scientific experiments were conducted to find the key to controlling human evolution. One method was to force expectant mothers to endure various extreme stresses during their pregnancies in order to encourage mutations in their babies that would push the limits of human ability. Another method was to give babies the special abilities of various animals and insects through genetic engineering.The subjects of these experiments are now on the verge of becoming 20-years old. Subaru was given superhuman vision, hearing, and muscle strength. However, as a drawback of the powers, he and his fellow test subjects live with the risk of complete mind collapse, called "Hatan" (failure). Because of this, they're forced to use their powers to help a powerful politician named Kouichiro Watase who holds the key to reversing "Hatan". Meanwhile, a super-powered assassination squad called "Ageha" led by a wheelchair-bound young man named Manabu suddenly arrives on the scene to take revenge on Watase. In spite of both groups facing the same fate, they wind up fighting each other.Soon, they discover the key to their creation is also the key to human evolution. Will they use it to create or destroy? -
Souon: The Five Oyaji (2014)
Director: Tsutomu Sekine
Plot: Three middle-aged men who confront subterranean men who emerge from the earth to attack humanity after noisy land development taking place for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics disturbs the underground dwellers. -
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Parasyte - Part 1 (2014)
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Plot: Earth is quietly invaded by alien parasites which have the ability to crawl through people's nostrils or ear canal to access their brains, eventually taking full control of their body. Shinichi Izumi manages to partially escape this fate because he happens to be wearing headphones when one of these parasites attempts to control him. The parasite, “Migi", instead takes up residence in Shinichi's right hand and the two form a symbiotic relationship with both of their personalities fully intact. Together, they fight against other parasites who devour humans as food. -
The Next Generation: Patlabor (2015)
Director: Mamoru Oshii