Before he portrayed the legendary blind swordsman, Zatoichi, Shintaro Katsu played Suganoichi, a blind court masseur with a dark side. Read More »
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Drunken Angel (1948) Akira Kurosawa, Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Reizaburô Yamamoto
After a battle with rival criminals, a small-time gangster is treated by an alcoholic doctor in post-war Japan. Read More »
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (1968) Susumu Hani, Haruo Asanu, Kazuko Fukuda, Kuniko Ishii
In the seminal tragedy of a love story, which is shot in a documentary style Read More »
Warring Clans (1963) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûzô Kayama, Yuriko Hoshi, Makoto Satô
A lone masterless warrior with some new friends helps ship 300 rifles to a Japanese warlord during the sengoku period. Read More »
Retreat from Kiska (1965) Seiji Maruyama, Toshirô Mifune, Sô Yamamura, Makoto Satô
In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. Read More »
Norwegian Wood (2010) Tran Anh Hung, Ken’ichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara
Set in the 1960’s, high school student Toru Watanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama) loses his only friend Kizuki (Kengo Kora) after he commits suicide. Read More »
Warning from Space (1956) Kôji Shima, Keizô Kawasaki, Toyomi Karita, Bin Yagisawa
UFOs are seen around Tokyo. Because they look like giant starfish the aliens cannot approach us without creating panic. Read More »
The Black Test Car (1962) Jirô Tamiya, Junko Kanô, Eiji Funakoshi, Yasuzô Masumura
Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch. Read More »
Wait and See (1998) Shinji Sômai, Kôichi Satô, Yuki Saitô, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Hiroshi, who has never known his father, is a graduate from a prestigious university Read More »
The Last Gunfight (1960) Kihachi Okamoto, Toshirô Mifune, Kôji Tsuruta, Yôko Tsukasa
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Read More »
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998) Katsuhito Ishii, Tadanobu Asano, Ittoku Kishibe, Sie Kohinata
In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Read More »
Minazuki (1999) Rokuro Mochizuki, Eiji Okuda, Kazuki Kitamura, Takami Yoshimoto
Akira’s wife walks out on him, leaving him to confide in his gangster brother-in-law. Read More »
Dogora (1964) Ishirô Honda, Yôsuke Natsuki, Yôko Fujiyama, Hiroshi Koizumi
Several satellites have been destroyed without explanation. Read More »
Rainbow Man (1949) Kiyohiko Ushihara, Keiju Kobayashi, Teruko Akatsuki, Katsuko Wakasugi
When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder Read More »
The Unspoiled Diamond (1982) Toshiya Fujita, Misako Tanaka, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Mariko Kaga
Story of 20-year-old college student is involved in middle-aged lecturer to Kakemochi the prep of several for liquor and women, eventually greet goodbye. Read More »