Movies
- 1954
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai8.51954HD
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...
- 1958
The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress7.91958HD
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who...
- 1952
Ikiru
Ikiru8.31952HD
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to...
- 1966
The Sword of Doom
The Sword of Doom7.6921966HD
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse....
- 1961
Yojimbo
Yojimbo8.11961HD
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...
- 1963
High and Low
High and Low8.31963HD
In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by...
- 1980
Kagemusha
Kagemusha7.81980HD
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid...
- 1962
Sanjuro
Sanjuro7.91962HD
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and...
- 1965
Red Beard
Red Beard8.11965HD
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...
- 1957
Tokyo Twilight
Tokyo Twilight7.71957HD
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.
- 1984
The Funeral
The Funeral7.21984HD
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three...
- 1960
The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well7.6731960HD
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the...
- 1970
Dodes'ka-den
Dodes'ka-den71970HD
This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their...
- 1964
Three Outlaw Samurai
Three Outlaw Samurai7.51964HD
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from...
- 1957
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths7.11957HD
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that...
- 1972
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice6.31972HD
Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his inquiries....
- 1955
I Live in Fear
I Live in Fear7.31955HD
Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to...
- 1981
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun6.8961981HD
A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.
- 1962
47 Ronin
47 Ronin7.31962HD
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...
- 1940
Travelling Actors
Travelling Actors6.11940HD
This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.