Released Date:
1985-06-01
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan, France
Runtime:
162 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
8.3 (70330 Reviews)
Director:
Akira KurosawaAkira Kurosawa (screenplay)
Hideo Oguni (screenplay)
Masato Ide (screenplay)
William Shakespeare (play)
A story of greed, a lust for power, and ultimate revenge. The Great Lord Hidetora Ichimonji has decided to step aside to make room for the younger blood of his three sons, Taro, Jiro, and Saburo, the Lord's only wish now being to live out his years as an honored guest in the castle of each of his sons in turn. While the older two sons flatter their father, the youngest son attempts to warn him of the folly of expecting the three sons to remain united; enraged at the younger son's attempt to point out the danger, the father banishes him. True to the younger son's warning, however, the oldest Son soon conspires with the second son to strip The Great Lord of everything, even his title.
Released Date:
1990-08-24
Languages:
Japanese, French, English
Countries:
USA, Japan
Runtime:
119 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (17237 Reviews)
This is essentially eight separate short films, though with some overlaps in terms of characters and thematic material - chiefly that of man's relationship with his environment. 'Sunshine Through The Rain': a young boy is told not to go out on the day when both weather conditions occur, because that's when the foxes hold their wedding procession, which could have fatal consequences for those who witness it. 'The Peach Orchard': the same young boy encounters the spirits of the peach trees that have been cut down by heartless humans. 'The Blizzard': a team of mountaineers are saved from a blizzard by spiritual intervention. 'The Tunnel': a man encounters the ghosts of an army platoon, whose deaths he was responsible for. 'Crows': an art student encounters 'Vincent Van Gogh' and enters the world of his paintings. 'Mount Fuji in Red': nuclear meltdown threatens the devastation of Japan. 'The Weeping Demon': a portrait of a post-nuclear world populated by human mutations. 'Village of the Watermills': a sunny portrait of a village whose population is entirely at one with nature.
Released Date:
2000-01-22
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan, France
Runtime:
91 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (2781 Reviews)
Director:
Takashi KoizumiGenres:
DramaAkira Kurosawa (screenplay)
Shègorè Yamamoto (short story)
Ihei Misawa and his wife Tayo, stranded by rains at a country inn, bring a great deal of happiness to the other residents of the inn by means of Ihei's generosity and good spirit. Ihei is a masterless samurai and fencing expert. Ihei comes to the attention of Lord Shigeaki, who hires him as fencing instructor for Lord Shigeaki's men. But Ihei's expertise causes friction and jealousy in Shigeaki's castle and his future there comes into doubt.
Released Date:
2006-01-21
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
117 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (489 Reviews)
Director:
Takashi KoizumiTakashi Koizumi (screenplay)
Yoko Ogawa (novel)
This is the story between single mother housekeeper and mathematics professor,who has a brain damage.
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