NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (1984)
Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
SAMURAI WOLF 1 & 2 (1966-67)
A duo of chanbara masterpieces from one of the genre's greatest directors, Hideo Gosha.
THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (1958)
Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.
GODZILLA MINUS ONE (2023)
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.
THE FALL OF AKO CASTLE (1978)
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.
RINGU (1998)
A reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape alleged to kill the viewer seven days after watching it.
SAMURAI REINCARNATION (1981)
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.
VIOLENT STREETS (1974)
A retired yakuza is caught in the middle of a growing conflict between two rival clans.
TO SLEEP SO AS TO DREAM (1986)
An ageing silent film actress hires a private eye and his wacky but helpful assistant to track down her missing daughter.
IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES (1976)
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
DRIVE MY CAR (2021)
One day, the playwright wife of a stage actor and director disappears...
RED ANGEL (1966)
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, a young army nurse struggles to help her patients and falls in love with a morphine-addicted doctor.