39 Films & TV Shows Set In Japan During The 1990s
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Love Letter
Hyōgo Prefecture Hokkaido Prefecture The 1980s The 1990sWhen exchanging letters two women discover new things about a deceased man they used to know.
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Highlander III: The Sorcerer
New York Scotland 🇯🇵 Japan 🇲🇦 Morocco The 1990s The 18th Century The 16th CenturyThroughout time they have hunted each other fulfilling the prophecy, that there can be only one. — Starts off in the 15th century, with Connor McLeod training with another immortal swordsman, the Japanese sorcerer Nakano. When an evil immortal named Kane kills the old wizard, the resulting battle leaves him buried in an underground cave. When Kane resurfaces in the 20th century to create havoc, it's up to McLeod to stop him.
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Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Tokyo Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture Kumamoto Prefecture Kagoshima Prefecture Ibaraki Prefecture Hyōgo Prefecture Hokkaido Prefecture Fukuoka Prefecture The 1990sDestruction Deity Descent! — A mysterious extraterrestrial being resembling Godzilla rapidly approaches Earth. The monster, dubbed SpaceGodzilla, lands to challenge the King of the Monsters.
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Shinjuku Outlaw
Tokyo Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture Hiroshima Prefecture The 1980s The 1990sShoichi Yomi bravely fights in an attempt to end an underworld battle in Hiroshima and as a result becomes a vegetable. Ten years later, Yomi comes to his senses and visits his former sworn brother, Eto, in Shinjuku. The devious Tagami, Yomi’s old enemy, is well acquainted with the Okumura gang which controlled Shinjuku. Learning of Yomi recovery, Tagami plots to line his own pockets by maneuvering the Okumura gang and a Taiwanese gang, between which a fight is about to erupt. Meanwhile, Yomi lends his help to the Okumura gang in order to save Eto, who has taken liberties with the family’s money. Everything appears to go according to Tagami’s plot, but in the chaotic town where evil competes and desires surge, two outlaws boldly rise above...
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Osaka Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture Mie Prefecture Ibaraki Prefecture Chiba Prefecture Pacific Ocean The 1990sThe Birth of the End of the Century Tyrant. — The U.N.G.C.C. (United Nations Godzilla Countermeasure Center) recovers the remains of Mecha-King Ghidorah and construct Mechagodzilla as a countermeasure against Godzilla. Meanwhile, a giant egg is discovered along with a new monster called Rodan. The egg is soon found to be none other than an infant Godzillasaurus.
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Patlabor 2: The Movie
Tokyo Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture 🇰🇭 Cambodia The 1990s The 2000sA Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government agent, the team gets close to a terrorist leader to stop things from going out of control when after the military is impelled to impose martial law.
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Bodyguard Kiba
Tokyo Prefecture Okinawa Prefecture The 1980s The 1990sNaoto Kiba takes on the task of protecting thug Junpei who embezzled 500 million yen from Okinawa's largest gangster gangs, Soryu-kai.
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Godzilla vs. Mothra
Tokyo Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture Aichi Prefecture Pacific Ocean The 1990sEarth S.O.S.! The battle over the future of the human race begins. — Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by calling Mothra to battle the creature. Unfortunately a meteorite has awoken a hibernating Godzilla as a three way battle for the Earth begins.
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Madonna: Truth or Dare
🇯🇵 Japan 🇨🇦 Canada Michigan The 1990sFrom the rain of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in Canada, and a birthday tribute to her father in Detroit, this documentary follows Madonna on her 1990 'Blond Ambition' concert tour. Filmed in black and white, with the concert pieces in glittering MTV color, it is an intimate look at the work of the music performer, from a prayer circle with the dancers before each performance to bed games with the dance troupe afterwards.
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Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Tokyo Prefecture Mie Prefecture Hokkaido Prefecture Hiroshima Prefecture Fukuoka Prefecture 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands Pacific Ocean The 1990s The 1940sAt the end of the century, the greatest battle has begun! — The Futurians, time-travelers from the 23rd century, arrive in Japan to warn them of the nation's destruction under Godzilla. They offer to help erase Godzilla from history by preventing his creation. With Godzilla seemingly gone, a new monster emerges as the Futurians' true intentions are revealed.
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The Sting of Death
🇯🇵 Japan The 1990sMiho and Toshio, putting their children and household at stake, duel for control in their degrading, middle-aged marriage.
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Patlabor: The Movie
Tokyo Prefecture The 1990sA mysterious suicide and a series of unmanned robot run-aways sparks off a Police investigation into the suspicious software on-board thousands of industrial robots around Tokyo.
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Prophecies of Nostradamus
🇯🇵 Japan 🇮🇩 Indonesia 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea The 1990s The 1830sCatastrophe 1999 — Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.
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Destroy All Monsters
New York 🇫🇷 France 🇷🇺 Russia The Moon Yamanashi Prefecture Tokyo Prefecture The 1990sThe mysterious Kilaaks appear! Shaking the universe, the great battle of 11 monsters! — At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world.