Animas Trujano is a colorful but irresponsible Indian in a small Mexican village. He hopes above all things someday to be chosen mayordomio of his village, a place of great…
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor’s son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Emperor’s vassal, prefers Ouso’s…
The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was considered an outlaw by his own clan, hunted by his government,…
Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all…
Impersonating an Imperial Army officer by wearing a “red lion’s mane”, a poor servant returns to his village after 10 years of absence to end the village’s suffering caused by…
The chaotic worlds of the Yakuza and an alcoholic doctor collide in this film noir classic from Akira Kurosawa. Gangster Toshiro Mifune visits doctor Takashi Shimura, after an unfortunate incident…
During World War II, a shot-down American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain find themselves stranded on the same small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. Following war logic,…
In 1870, Japanese ambassador Sakaguchi and his entourage travel by train to Washington to deliver a valuable sword to the President of the United States, a gift from the Emperor…
Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman…
Edmund Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady. But she sees him only as…
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s…
Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to…
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic…
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads…
In safari of torrid and all the Yujiro Ishihara is galloping bet, powerful rally and the beauty of the heroine of Ruriko Asaoka! Europe, were dared Africa long-term location, romanticism…
19 years after President Timothy Keegan was assassinated, his brother Nick discovers a dying man claiming to have been the gunman. While trying to avoid his wealthy and domineering father’s…
Toshiro Mifune stars as Isaburo Sasahara, an aging swordsman living a quiet life until his clan lord orders that his son marry the lord’s mistress, who has recently displeased the…
This is the story of “The Forty-Seven Ronin.” Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan’s downfall and the revenge of its former…
A easy Takezo abandons his own life as a knight errant. He’s hunted as a teacher and vassal from Shogun,” Japan’s most powerful clan chief. He’s also challenged to combat…
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan’s greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge…
Rick, a down-and-out American fighter, will be hired to transfer a sword to Japan, oblivious that the entire issue is a setup in a sour blood-feud involving 2 brothers, one…
This war play depicts the U.S. and Western forces at the naval Battle of Midway, that eventually became a turning point for most Americans during World War II.
A considerably prim and correct Englishman is employed because the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. His life modifications when he and the boy are kidnapped by terrorists…
The story tells about the confrontation with four outstanding racers of Formula 1. Each of the competitors had their own additional motivation to become a champion. Their world is a…
Toshiro Mifune swaggers along with snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa’s tightly paced, superbly written “Sanjuro.” In this companion piece and sequel to “Yojimbo,” jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an…
A nameless ronin, or even samurai with no master, passes a little village in feudal Japan in which two competing businessmen are fighting for control of their neighborhood gaming transaction….
With this free adaptation of “Hamlet,” illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi increases into a high ranking inside a Japanese company and also marries the crippled girl of business president Iwabuchi. In…
Japanese peasants Matashichi and Tahei try to fail to make a revenue from a tribal battle. They discover a man and girl whom they imagine are easy tribe members hiding…
Returning to their lord’s fort, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the primary half of the spirit’s prophecy comes true, Washizu’s…
A samurai solutions a village’s request for cover after he falls on laborious occasions. The city wants safety from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to assist him train…
Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of reality, “Rashomon” is possibly the best movie ever to inquire into the doctrine of justice. Through the ingenious use of camera…