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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

Shinobi no mono

  Shinobi no Mono is a series of eight jidaigeki (Japanese historical dramas) which were released in Japan over a four year period from 1962 to 1966 by Daiei Pictures.  Read More

Record of a Living Being

  Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is so frightened and obsessed with the idea of nuclear annihilation that his family decides to have him ruled incompetent. Nakajima’s fervent wish Read More

One Wonderful Sunday

  On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, a laborer, Yuzo (Isao Numasaki), and his fiancée, Masako (Chieko Nakakita), have only 35 yen at their disposal — hardly anything at all for Read More