Movies by Youki Kudoh
As part of the cast:
-
Zatoichi the Last (2010)
Cast: Shingo Katori, Takashi Sorimachi, Satomi Ishihara …
Directed by: Junji Sakamoto
Exhausted from fighting countless battles, blind master swordsman Zatoichi (Shingo Katori) attempts to forge a calm, peaceful life. But when villains provoke him during a trip to his…
-
The Limits of Control (2009)
Cast: Isaach De Bankolé, Bill Murray, Paz de la Huerta …
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
An enigmatic stranger (Isaach de Bankolé), with no friends to speak of and no one to trust, journeys to Madrid on a shadowy criminal mission. His moves are always marked with the knowledge…
-
Death Note: L: Change the WorLd (2008)
Cast: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Sota Aoyama, Shunji Fujimura …
Directed by: Hideo Nakata
Fresh off the heels of the Kira case, detective L (Ken'ichi Matsuyama) finds himself on the hunt for a group of bioterrorists that's plotting to release a powerful virus -- 100…
-
Masters of Horror: Takashi Miike: Imprint (2005)
Cast: Billy Drago, Youki Kudoh, Toshie Negishi …
Directed by: Takashi Miike
A journalist searches for a prostitute in 19th-century Japan, but he instead finds a deformed courtesan with a tale of unspeakable cruelty. This adaptation of a Japanese horror novel is the…
-
Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
Cast: Youki Kudoh, Saemi Nakamura, Joe Romersa …
Directed by: Hiroyuki Kitakubo
In this anime horror romp, Saya is a secret slayer of demons who's sent undercover to a military base in Tokyo just before Halloween. Posing as a student, she discovers that her…
-
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Youki Kudoh, James Cromwell …
Directed by: Scott Hicks
When a fisherman is found drowned, suspicion falls on Japanese-American Kazou Miyamoto (Rick Yune). Local reporter Ishmael Chambers (Ethan Hawke) may hold the key to proving Miyamoto's…
-
Heaven's Burning (1997)
Cast: Russell Crowe, Youki Kudoh, Kenji Isomura …
Directed by: Craig Lahiff
While honeymooning in the land Down Under, reluctant Japanese bride Midori (Youki Kudoh) decides to free herself from an arranged marriage by faking her abduction. Ironically, she soon ends…
-
Picture Bride (1994)
Cast: Youki Kudoh, Yuki Kudoh, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa …
Directed by: Kayo Hatta
Following her parents' deaths, Riyo (Tamlyn Tomita), a 16-year-old Japanese girl, becomes a "picture bride" for Matsuji, a Hawaiian sugarcane worker who, as is the custom, willingly…
-
Mystery Train (1989)
Cast: Masatoshi Nagase, Youki Kudoh, Screamin' Jay Hawkins …
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Blending dialogue in English, Japanese and Italian, director Jim Jarmusch's cult classic is a strange yet hilarious ode to the King of Rock 'n' Roll, following foreign tourists…
-
Mystery Train (1989)
Cast: Masatoshi Nagase, Youki Kudoh, Screamin' Jay Hawkins …
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
In the three intertwining stories that comprise this comic anthology from director Jim Jarmusch, a pair of Elvis-obsessed Japanese lovers (Youki Kudoh and Masatoshi Nagase), a drunken…










