Mystery/Movie Titles

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Mystery: (Genre) The old "who-done-it" type titles should go here.

Movie: (Type) Self-explanatory. This should only apply to movies released in the theater.

Title Rating Synopsis
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Black Jack (movie)
Buy Based on the manga of Osamu "God of Comics" Tezuka, this movie follows the exploits of Black Jack, the infamous renegade surgeon who sells his remarkable medical skills to the highest bidder. He gets called upon to do research connected to a disease contracted by Super Humans, a new breed of humanity who have potential both physically and intellectually beyond the normal capabilities of ordinary humans.
Blood Rent See Blood: The Last Vampire

Blood: The Last Vampire
Rent Shortly before the Vietnam conflict, an American Airbase in Japan hides a deadly secret, and an even deadlier girl. Who is Saya? What is her connection to the U.S. Airbase? Does she even exist?
C
Castle of Cagliostro Buy See Rupan Sansei - Kariosutoro no Shiro
D

Death Note (live-action movie #1)
Rent Yagami Light is a brilliant college student who, one day, finds a notebook simply titled "Death Note." Inside of this book is a list of rules and details as for the use of the "Death Note." When he realizes the power he holds, he decides he's going to make over the world. He wants to make it into a better place by killing those who do others harm. He has been nicknamed by the police "Kira." L, a brilliant detective who lives in secrecy, rises from the shadows and puts his life on the line trying to capture Light. Both L and Light believe themselves on the side of Justice, and the two match wits trying to show exactly which of them is "good" and which of them is "evil."
G

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Buy A sequel to the famous Puppet Master movie of 1995, Batou and Togusa now investigate the strange rebellious murders of sex robots against their masters. During their investigation, they encounter dangerous hackers, crazy Yakuza, and even bits of the Major materialized from the net. Batou is a living doll. His whole body, even his arms and legs are entirely man-made. What only remains are traces of his brain and memories of a woman named, Motoko. When the boundary between humans and machines has infinitely blurred, Humans have forgotten that they are humans. This is a promiscuous story of a lonesome "ghost" of a man, who nevertheless seeks to retain humanity.
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Innocence Buy See Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
J
Jin Roh Buy See Jin-Roh

Jin-Roh
Buy In an alternate world, around 1960, Japan suffers serious civil disorder. The Capital Police with their deadly Panzer Cops are the solution but few like them, even among the police. Conspiracies are brewing and at their center is Fuse, the lone wolf.
L
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro Buy See Rupan Sansei - Kariosutoro no Shiro
P

Patlabor WXIII
Rent When the level of Labor accidents begin to escalate around Tokyo Bay, police detectives Kusumi and Hata are assigned to investigate. What they discover leads to a series of government cover-ups, conspiracy concerning a new biological weapon entitled WXIII-Wasted Thirteen and a tragic, personal connection to Hata. The only hope to stop this threat is to cooperate with the military and lead WXIII into a showdown with the Labors of Special Vehicle Division 2.
R

Rupan Sansei - Kariosutoro no Shiro
Buy

The notorious international thief Rupan Sansei (Lupin III) and his ex-yakuza buddy Jigen Daisuke head to the obscure European Duchy of Cagliostro in search of the secret of the mother of all counterfeit money, the legendary "goat bills". But, will they find more than they bargained for when they meet up with a distressed bride on the run from a wicked count? What is the true secret of the Castle of Cagliostro

T

Tokyo Godfathers
Buy During Christmas Eve in Tokyo, three homeless people- drunkard Gin, okama Hana, and runaway Miyuki- come across an abandoned baby. Naming the baby Kiyoko, the three try to locate the baby's parents.
W
Wasted 13: Patlabor the Movie 3 Rent See Patlabor WXIII
Wolf Brigade, The Buy See Jin-Roh
Genre
Action(4) Comedy(2) Cyberpunk(1) Drama(5)
Horror(2) Suspense(2)
Setting
Fantasy(1) Modern(5) Sci-Fi(2)
Demographic
Style
Artistic(1) Classic(2) Surreal(1)
Keywords
Adventure(2) Computers(1) Dark(3) Gun-action(2)
Live Action(1) Mecha(1) Police(4) Sequel(2)
Spiritual(1) Supernatural(1) Vampires(1) Violent(2)
Type
OVA(1)
Release Year
2006(1) 2004(1) 2003(1) 2002(1) 2000(1) 1998(1) 1996(1) 1979(1)
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