SEVEN SAMURAI (1954)
Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.
In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.
Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
A duo of chanbara masterpieces from one of the genre's greatest directors, Hideo Gosha.
Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.
Post-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptised in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
Based on Japanese 18th-century events, this is the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe.
A reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape alleged to kill the viewer seven days after watching it.
Amakusa Shiro resurrects other dead historical figures to overthrow the Shogunate, while Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi rises to fight him and his warriors of the dead.
A retired yakuza is caught in the middle of a growing conflict between two rival clans.
An ageing silent film actress hires a private eye and his wacky but helpful assistant to track down her missing daughter.