Released Date:
1992-04-11
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
142 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (132 Reviews)
Director:
Hiroshi TeshigaharaGenpei Akasegawa
Masaharu Fuji (novel)
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Released Date:
1994-10-22
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
132 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (321 Reviews)
Director:
Kon IchikawaKon Ichikawa
Kaneo Ikegami (play)
Hiroshi Takeyama
A group of disgraced samurai plan a decade long revenge against a corrupt lord.
Released Date:
2002-11-02
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
129 min
IMDB Ratings:
8.1 (17269 Reviews)
Director:
Yèji YamadaShèhei Fujisawa (novels)
Yèji Yamada (screenplay)
Yoshitaka Asama (screenplay)
Seibei Iguchi, a low-ranking samurai, leads a life without glory as a bureaucrat in the mid-XIX century Japan. A widower, he has charge of two daughters (whom he adores) and a senile mother; he must therefore work in the fields and accept piecework to make ends meet. New prospects seem to open up when Tomoe, his long-time love, divorces a brutal husband. However, even as the Japanese feudal system is unraveling, Seibei remains bound by the code of honour of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedences. The consequences are cruel.
Released Date:
2005-01-29
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
105 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (3505 Reviews)
Director:
Jun IchikawaGenres:
DramaJun Ichikawa
Haruki Murakami (short story)
Due to his Western name, Tony was shunned by other kids and spent a solitary childhood. Though gifted as an artist, his drawings lacked feeling, so as an adult, he carved a career as a technical illustrator. Then in middle age, Tony suddenly falls for a pretty young woman, Eiko Konuma, who visits him one day on business. Eiko is like an angel in Tony's daily existence, and for the first time in his life, he feels connected to the outside world. However, Eiko does have one fault: she's a clothing shopaholic. Confusion also begins to develop when it appears that Eiko has a double.
Released Date:
2005-04-16
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
119 min
IMDB Ratings:
(575 Reviews)
Director:
Yèjirè TakitaSei Kawaguchi
Kazuki Nakashima (story)
Masashi Todayama
Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in the 19th Japan where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, an Kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right as mysterious marks appear on her body as time progresses. At the same time, it is announced that Ashura, the queen of all demons, will be resurrected and bring destruction to the universe.
Released Date:
2007-05-06
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
127 min
IMDB Ratings:
(928 Reviews)
Director:
Hirokazu KoreedaIn a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.
Released Date:
2010-04-22
Languages:
French, English
Countries:
France, Switzerland, Spain, USA, United Arab Emirates
Runtime:
84 min
Rated:
G
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (7101 Reviews)
Christophe Cheysson
Jacques Cluzaud
Laurent Debas
Stèphane Durand
Laurent Gaudè
Jacques Perrin
Franèois Sarano
An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.
Released Date:
2014-11-15
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
126 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (274 Reviews)
Director:
Daihachi YoshidaGenres:
DramaMitsuyo Kakuta (based on the novel by)
Kaeko Hayafune (screenplay)
A mellow drama following the moral decline of a housewife turned bank employee who embezzles a fortune from her customers and indulges in an affair with a younger man. Set in 1994, shortly after the burst of Japan's economic bubble.
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