Gregory Hatanaka
Gregory Hatanaka is a film distributor and producer.
Hatanaka has overseen and/or been affiliated with the distribution of over 200 films including: John Woo's iconic film The Killer starring Chow Yun-Fat; The Coen Brothers' Blood Simple; Until the Night starring Norman Reedus; The Stranger, directed by the legendary Academy Award recipient Satyajit Ray; South of Heaven, West of Hell directed/starring Dwight Yoakam, Vince Vaughn, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, My Favorite Season starring the legendary Catherine Deneuve and directed by Andre Techine; "Blue Juice" starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Ewan McGregor; the films of France's Claude Chabrol; the original Fever Pitch starring Colin Firth; Too Tired To Die starring Oscar winner Mira Sorvino; Kiss & Tell with Heather Graham, Rose McGowan and David Arquette; Portraits Chinois starring Helena Bonham-Carter; Bad Manners starring Oscar nominee David Strathairn; A Little Bit of Soul starring Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush, The Bridge directed by Gerard Depardieu, La Separation starring Isabelle Huppert, Santosh Sivan's The Terrorist, Abel Ferrara's R'Xmas, and Leni Riefenstahl's classic Olympia. Hatanaka also restored and distributed the martial arts milestone film Master of the Flying Guillotine.
As a filmmaker, his features include Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance, the drama Until The Night, the cult thriller Mad Cowgirl and the art/experimental drama Caged Beauty.
Movies
- Sep 08, 2023
- Hindi
A sheriff in a western town comes face to face with a deadly gang and a town secret that will change his world.
A young woman is introduced to the new world of the rich and famous only to discover its dark and dangerous side.
4.3
A broken down veteran detective gets caught up in a world of desire as he falls for a woman who is a key suspect in a series of murders.
4.0
A hired assassin with a broken past is on the run and hiding out with a woman he's taken captive. They hope to survive the weekend without losing their lives in the process.
- Sep 03, 2020
- OST
A woman's mental state deteriorates as she isolates herself during an epidemic.
- Jul 25, 2019
- English
Nikki is a carefree, fun-loving girl, juggling the men in her life, in her quest for the ultimate love. She soon falls into a fantasy world where she is no longer able to distinguish her real life with her "secret" one.
4.1
- Dec 01, 2016
- English
A woman is kidnapped by her deranged ex-husband and forced to perform a series of challenges in order to win her freedom. From the director of Samurai Cop 2 and Mad Cowgirl.
- Jan 05, 2016
- English
25 years later after the events of Samurai Cop (1991), Detective Frank Washington is forced to team up with his long estranged partner Joe Marshall to solve a series of assassinations being committed by a secret group of female vigilante killers.
