Youki Kudoh
The Limits of Control (2009)
The Limits of Control is a 2009 American film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Isaach de Bankolé as a solitary assassin, carrying out a job in Spain. Filming began in February 2008, and took place on location in Madrid, Seville and Almería, Spain. The film was distributed by Focus Features. It received mixed reviews, and as of May 17,...
Starring: Max von Sydow•Mako•Zhang Ziyi•John Hurt•James Cromwell•Jackie Chan•Bill Murray•Sam Shepard•Philip Baker Hall•Ethan Hawke
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
Rush Hour 3 is a 2007 American buddy action comedy film directed by Brett Ratner, written by Jeff Nathanson, and starring Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Max von Sydow, Hiroyuki Sanada, Noémie Lenoir, Yvan Attal and Youki Kudoh. It is the third installment in the Rush Hour franchise and centers on Inspector Lee (Chan) and Officer Carter (Tucker) trackin...
Starring: Hiam Abbass•Masatoshi Nagase•Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa•Ted Levine•Zhang Ziyi•Gong Li•Tzi Ma•Rick Yune•Reeve Carney•Tilda Swinton
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Memoirs of a Geisha is a 2005 American epic period drama film directed by Rob Marshall and adapted by Robin Swicord from the 1997 novel of the same name by Arthur Golden. It tells the story of a young Japanese girl, Chiyo Sakamoto, who is sold by her impoverished family to a geisha house to support them by training as and eventually becoming a geis...
Starring: Michelle Yeoh•Zhang Ziyi•Ken Watanabe•Alex Descas•Karl Yune•Gael García Bernal•Noémie Lenoir•Paul Adelstein•Yvan Attal•Isaach de Bankolé
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
Snow Falling on Cedars is a 1999 American legal drama film directed by Scott Hicks, and starring Ethan Hawke, James Cromwell, Max von Sydow, Youki Kudoh, Rick Yune, Richard Jenkins, James Rebhorn, and Sam Shepard. It is based on David Guterson's PEN/Faulkner Award-winning novel of the same name, with a screenplay by Hicks and Ron Bass.
Starring: Hiam Abbass•Paz de la Huerta•Hiroyuki Sanada•Jean-François Stévenin•Zhang Ziyi•Masatoshi Nagase•Rick Yune
Mystery Train (1989)
Mystery Train is a 1989 comedy-drama anthology film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and set in Memphis, Tennessee. The film is a triptych of stories involving foreign protagonists, unfolding over the course of the same night. "Far from Yokohama" features a Japanese couple on a cultural pilgrimage, "A Ghost" focuses on an Italian widow stranded...
Starring: Zhang Ziyi•Reeve Carney