A young criminal joins a yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss’ widow niece, piling up enemies and corpses along his wayward way. Year 1973.
| Generes: Action, Crime, Drama |
| Director: Kinji Fukasaku |
| Writer: Koichi Iiboshi, Kazuo Kasahara |
| Actors: Bunta Sugawara, Shin’ichi Chiba, Meiko Kaji |
An animated science fiction anthology from the visionary anime director, Katsuhiro Otomo. Year 1995.
| Generes: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy |
| Director: Amber Lee Connors, Kôji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura |
| Writer: Satoshi Kon, Katsuhiro Ôtomo |
| Actors: Marc Swint, Robbie Daymond, Frank Todaro |
A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII. Year 1946.
| Generes: Drama |
| Director: Keisuke Kinoshita |
| Writer: Eijirô Hisaita |
| Actors: Haruko Sugimura, Toshinosuke Nagao, Shin Tokudaiji |
In 1937 Shanghai, a soon-to-depart soldier meets a young woman under a bridge during a Japanese air raid. They vow to meet after the war ends, but they don’t each other’s name or face. Ten years later, the young woman, a nightclub si Year 1984.
| Generes: Comedy, Romance |
| Director: Hark Tsui |
| Writer: Koon-Chung Chan, Cheuk-Hon Szeto, Raymond To |
| Actors: Kenny Bee, Sylvia Chang, Sally Yeh |
This Hong Kong-set crime drama follows the lives of a hitman, hoping to get out of the business, and his elusive female partner. Year 1995.
| Generes: Comedy, Crime, Drama |
| Director: Kar-Wai Wong |
| Writer: Kar-Wai Wong |
| Actors: Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro |
A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer. Year 1957.
| Generes: Action, Crime, Drama |
| Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara |
| Writer: Shintarô Ishihara |
| Actors: Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Isamu Kosugi |
Masaki Kobayashi directs this romantic drama concerning a family of florists. Year 1955.
| Generes: Drama |
| Director: Masaki Kobayashi |
| Writer: Zenzô Matsuyama |
| Actors: Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Isao Kimura |
A documentary following Kenzo Okuzaki, a 62-year-old WW2 veteran notorious for his protests against Emperor Hirohito, as he tries to expose the needless executions of two Japanese soldiers during the war. Year 1987.
| Generes: Documentary, War |
| Director: Kazuo Hara |
| Writer: N/A |
| Actors: Kenzo Okuzaki, Riichi Aikawa, Masaichi Hamaguchi |
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle. Year 1986.
| Generes: Animation, Adventure, Drama |
| Director: Hayao Miyazaki |
| Writer: Hayao Miyazaki, Jonathan Swift |
| Actors: Mayumi Tanaka, Keiko Yokozawa, Kotoe Hatsui |
A childless housewife falls in love with a beautiful model. Year 1964.
| Generes: Drama, Romance |
| Director: Yasuzô Masumura |
| Writer: Kaneto Shindô, Jun’ichirô Tanizaki |
| Actors: Ayako Wakao, Kyôko Kishida, Eiji Funakoshi |
A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes. Year 1964.
| Generes: Drama, Fantasy, Horror |
| Director: Masaki Kobayashi |
| Writer: Yôko Mizuki, Lafcadio Hearn |
| Actors: Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe |
Two disquieted junior baseball players seek revenge on the local yakuza for attacking their coach. Year 1990.
| Generes: Action, Comedy, Crime |
| Director: Takeshi Kitano |
| Writer: Takeshi Kitano |
| Actors: Takeshi Kitano, Yûrei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida |
A strikingly beautiful young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family. Year 1973.
| Generes: Action, Drama, Thriller |
| Director: Toshiya Fujita |
| Writer: Kazuo Kamimura, Kazuo Koike, Norio Osada |
| Actors: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon |
Haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father’s prostitute as his wife. Year 1963.
| Generes: Drama, Romance |
| Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura |
| Writer: Ryôzô Kasahara, Tsutomu Minakami |
| Actors: Ayako Wakao, Junichiro Yamashita, Tamao Nakamura |
Two friends meet in a bar. Later that night, one friend’s flirtatious wife is reportedly in an accident. The other friend doesn’t feel well. What’s come over him? Year 1966.
| Generes: Crime, Drama |
| Director: Mikio Naruse |
| Writer: Edouard Atiyah, Toshirô Ide |
| Actors: Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Mitsuko Kusabue |
An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman. Year 1954.
| Generes: Drama |
| Director: Mikio Naruse |
| Writer: Yasunari Kawabata, Yôko Mizuki |
| Actors: Setsuko Hara, Sô Yamamura, Ken Uehara |