High and Low (1963)
An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeurs son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom
Mothra (1961)
An expedition to Infant Island uncovers a native tribe and twin tiny fairy priestesses of a mythical deity, who sets out to rescue the pair after they are kidnapped by a greedy businessman
Mifune: The Last Samurai (2015)
A feature length documentary about the life and films of legendary actor Toshiro Mifune, weaving together film clips, archival stills, and interviews with such luminaries as Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese Narrated by Keanu
The Three Treasures (1959)
A prince, framed for murder and starved for affection from his father, is sent on a quest
A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)
Ishun is a wealthy, but unsympathetic, master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out
Daredevil in the Castle (1961)
Mohei is a wandering swordsman He arrives in the city of Osaka, where the Toyotomi clan accepts him and comes to depend upon his courage and his battlefield skills Those skills are sorely tested when Osaka Castle is besieged by the
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
In medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression
Neko to Shozo to futari no onna (1956)
A timid and aimless mans love for his cat is his only solace in a life dominated by his mother and the two women she chooses for him to marry
Omotenashi (2018)
Jacky is the young heir to a construction company in Taiwan His father sends him to Kyoto to oversee the renovation of a hotel they bought Jacky is going in hopes to get back his ex girlfriend Naoko and to sell the hotel There,
Mother (1952)
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mothers attempt to sustain her family
Onna bakari no yoru (1961)
A prostitute tries to change her life after the enforcement of an anti prostitution law
Shuu (1956)
This wry chamber piece from director Mikio Naruse focuses on a couple whose pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity