Plot: A powerful, thought-provoking drama about a petty bureaucrat who discovers that he is dying of cancer. Coming to the realization that his life has been a meaningless quest for following petty company rules, he tries to create one thing of lasting worth.
Plot: The story of the honest prince, the perverse beauty, and the gloomy merchant's son takes place in Hokkaido instead of Petersburg. The beauty toys with the affections of both men, while the prince is also attracted to an upstanding general's daughter.
Plot: Director Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
Plot: A painter and a popular singer meet at a resort hotel, and scandal-mongering journalists blow it up into a secret romance. The two decide to fight the press in court, and an impoverished old lawyer takes it upon himself to help.
Plot: The setting is Tokyo in the late 1940s, its streets blasted by war and its economy in collapse. When a detective loses his gun he must go undercover, descending into a hell teeming with characters as down and out and as desperate as he is.
Plot: After a young gangster visits the doctor, he is diagnosed with tuberculosis. The doctor insists on treating the stubborn hoodlum and a friendship develops. However the ailing young man must soon confront an old rival to keep control of his gang.
Plot: Yuzo and his fiancee Masako spend their Sunday together, trying to have a good time on just 35 yen. They manage to have many small adventures, especially because Masako's optimism and belief in dreams is able to lift Yuzo from his realistic despair.
AKA: Tora No O Wo Fumu Otokotachi; The Men Who Tread On The Tiger's Tail; They Who Step On The Tail Of The Tiger; They Who Step On The Tiger's Tail; Walkers On The Tiger's Tail Japan: 1945
Denjiro Okochi, Susumu Fujita, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura Drama
Plot: A fugitive lord and his bodyguards and followers, all disguised as monks, traverse a forest, where they must avoid capture and outsmart the border guards.
Nice follow-up to Kurosawa's 1943 film follows the same main character, Saam Chee, as he pits his Judo skills against an American boxer nicknamed "killer". He struggles with the rules of his dojo that forbid public fighting.
A look at Japanese female factory workers producing weapon scopes during wartime. Under incredible pressure to increase their production levels, the women struggle to work hard for their country despite physical ailments and exhaustion.
A look at the very beginning of Judo, and one man's struggle to prove Judo's superiority to the then-common Jujitsu. He learns more about himself while honing his skills.
Plot: On the occasion of the centenary of Akira Kurosawa's birth, the Criterion Collection is proud to present this deluxe box set featuring 25 of the films he made over the course of his 50 years in movies, including 4 rarities making their US DVD debut.
Plot: Naoyuki Tomomatsu ("STACY", "Zombie-Jieitai") directs this erotic fantasy set in the not too distant future, about a boy who programs his robotic maid to perform sexual functions.
AKA: 20th Century Boys Chapter 2: The Last Hope Japan: 2009
Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa Fantasy / Science Fiction
Plot: This live action version of Naoki Urasawa's manga series is the second in an epic globe-hopping fantasy trilogy, about a young man who attempts to unravel the secret of a sinister conspiracy.
Plot: A businessman's perfect wife is a nympho! Unable to find satisfaction, she moves onto the rest of his family...Grandpa included! Yutaka Ikejima (AKA "Mr. Pink") directs this comedy.
AKA: The Groper Train: Wedding Capriccio; The Groper Train 2 Japan: 1984
Yukijiro Hotaru, Yuka Takemura, Rei Matsubara, Yoshimi Kai Erotica / Mystery
Plot: The world's greatest detective must solve a murder using every tool he has--including groping women on the train! Academy Award-winner Yojiro Takita directs this comedic mystery.
AKA: The Groper Train: Search For The Black Pearl; The Groper Train 1 Japan: 1984
Yukijiro Hotaru, Yuka Takemura, Naoto Takenaka, Kaoru Kaze Erotica / Mystery
Plot: Directed by Oscar-winner Yojiro Takita ("Departures")! The world's greatest detective is back! This time using pussy prints to track down a murderer and find the priceless "Black Pearl" in this comedic mystery.
Plot: A blind girl falls in love with a ventriloquist by just listening to his voice. However, when she meets him, she mistakes his friend for the ventriloquist. She starts dating his friend without realizing it's the wrong man...and not the man she fell for.
AKA: Ai No Yokan Japan: 2007
Masahiro Kobayashi, Makiko Watanabe Drama
Plot: Acclaimed Japanese indie filmmaker Masahiro Kobayashi directs himself in this stark drama about a widower grieving for his daughter, who was stabbed by a classmate. Haunted by loss, the man slowly gravitates towards the mother of his daughter's killer.
Plot: With a super-charged blast from his nuclear past, a new Godzilla emerges from his own ashes, radioactive and ready to take on Tokyo! But when mutant micro-organisms unleash a plague of destruction, GodzillaŽ is Japan's only hope to destroy them...
Plot: The military's Counter G Bureau implant a telepathic amplifier in Godzilla's brain in order to bring the giant monster under control. But the mutant SpaceGodzilla turns its evil eyes toward Earth, planning to terminate Godzilla and conquer the planet.
Plot: When BabyGodzilla hatches from a giant egg, both Rodan and Godzilla return to claim the cuddly infant. Their monstrous maternal instincts cause a custody battle capable of destroying Mother Earth--and a brand new Mechagodzilla is called in.
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