Black River
A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell the building through illicit means.
Osaka Elegy
Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.
Hiroshima
Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, and its effects on various civilians, especially children, of that city.
A Cat and Two Women
Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.
Oedo gonin otoko
During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo and constantly fought with the townspeople at every turn. The leader of these ruthless samruai was Mizuno Jirozaemon, who despite his high rank was in deep financial distress, thus leading to a tragedy that shook the very streets of the city.Opposing him was Banzui-in Chobei, the ‘Protector of the Weak’ who was willing to put his life on the line to save the 808 districts of Edo from the 80,000 hatamoto whose violent behavior threatened to destroy the fabric of society. Starring Bando Tsumasaburo, the first great star of the silver screen along with mega-star Ichikawa Utaemon, this is a story not to be missed. Torn from the pages of history, this true story has been told many times, but never as powerfully as this!
Bonchi
Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give them an heiress for the family business, he stands by helplessly as his wife is thrown out of the house for producing a son. Driven to a life of dissipation - his mistresses also fail to produce daughters - in the end he is just too tired to care.
Daredevil in the Castle
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.
Suspicion
A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who perishes. Riding alongside him and surviving unhurt is his second wife, Kumako. It soon comes to light that Kumako’s husband was insured for 300 million yen and she is arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband for the insurance money. The newspapers denounce her as an evil woman, while the public is in no doubt about Kumako’s crime. Ritsuko Sahara is chosen as her defence attorney but the pair clash over almost everything...
Umi no hanabi
A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.
The Lovelorn Geisha
A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself 'already dead'.
Flowing
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade in the late days of Geisha. But Otsuta will not give up. This film portraits the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.
Tokyo Twilight
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.
Yojimbo
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
Sisters of the Gion
Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife. However her younger sister Omocha tells her she is wasting her time and money on a loser. She thinks that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them. Omocha therefore tries various schemes to get rid of Furusawa, and set themselves up with better patrons.
Throne of Blood
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
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Masaki Kobayashi
Director
Masao Oda
as
Eijirô Tôno
as
Kurihara
Isuzu Yamada
as
Landlady
Tomo'o Nagai
as
Okada
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Yôko Umemura
as
Sumiko Asai
Kensaku Hara
as
Susumu Nishimura
Eitarô Shindô
as
Yoshizo Fujino
Shirô Toyoda
Director
Eiko Miyoshi
as
Chieko Naniwa
as
Orin
Hisaya Morishige
as
Shozo
Daisuke Itô
Director
Masao Mishima
as
Yoshito Yamaji
as
Tsunaemon Watanabe
Kon Ichikawa
Director
Eiji Funakoshi
as
Kihei
Raizô Ichikawa
as
Kikuji
Ayako Wakao
as
Ponta
Yôsuke Natsuki
as
Chomonshu Kimura
Tadao Nakamaru
as
Hyogo
Toshirô Mifune
as
Mohei
Akiji Kobayashi
as
Chief of Police, Ishihara
Kaori Momoi
as
Kumako Onizawa
Kensaku Morita
as
Yoshiro Fujiwara
Keisuke Kinoshita
Director
Yoshio Inaba
as
Mikio Naruse
Director
Masumi Okada
as
English Teacher
Akira Takarada
as
Takiguchi
Yoshie Minami
as
Hideko Takamine
as
Katsuyo, Otsuta's daughter
Yasujirô Ozu
Director
Fujio Suga
as
Masami Taura
as
Kenji Kimura
Setsuko Hara
as
Takako Numata
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Seizaburô Kawazu
as
Seibê - Brothel Operator
Taizô Fukami
as
Kimura
Hiroshi Tachikawa
as
Kunimaru Tsuzuki
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Hideo Sekigawa
