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Ring

  When her niece is found dead along with three friends after viewing a supposedly cursed videotape, reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima) sets out to investigate. Along with her ex-husband, Read More

Seven Samurai

  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 others to help him Read More

Spirited Away

  Chihiro and her parents are moving to a small Japanese town in the countryside, much to Chihiro’s dismay. On the way to their new home, Chihiro’s father makes a Read More

Samurai Fiction

  The plot centers on Inukai Heishirō (Mitsuru Fukikoshi), the son of a clan officer. One of his clan’s most precious heirlooms, a sword given to them by the Shogun, Read More

Sada

  Based upon the case of Sada Abe, who on May 17 1936 killed and emasculated her lover. These events took place during a period of war, economic depression, public Read More

The Twilight Samurai

  In 1860s Japan, samurai Seibei (Hiroyuki Sanada) lives in a rural village with his mother and daughters, where he is stuck working as a bookkeeper rather than a warrior. Read More

Taboo

  Set in 1865 Kyoto, the story centers on a samurai militia unit that fiercely defends the Shogunate.  Desperately in need of new recruits, the unit enlists 18-year-old Kano, a Read More

Stray Dog

  Murakami (Toshirô Mifune) is a young and inexperienced detective on the Tokyo police force. While riding a crowded bus on a hot summer day, he discovers that his gun Read More

Sanjuro

  A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.  Toshiro Mifune swaggers Read More

Sandakan No.8

  An old Japanese woman tells a writer about her past, in which she was shipped to Borneo and forced to become a prostitute. Tricked into sexual slavery as a Read More