A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
Ikiru 1952 Genres: Psychological Drama, Tragedy, Drama Country: Japan Director: Akira Kurosawa Duration: 143 Min Year: 1952 Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Shin'ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka, Minoru Chiaki, Miki Odagiri, Bokuzen Hidari, Mino... click for more
Akira Kurosawa Takashi Shimura Nobuo Kaneko Shin'ichi Himori Haruo Tanaka Minoru Chiaki Miki Odagiri Bokuzen Hidari Minosuke Yamada Kamatari Fujiwara Makoto Kobori Nobuo Nakamura Atsushi Watanabe Isao Kimura Masao Shimizu Yûnosuke Itô Kumeko Urabe Eiko Miyoshi Noriko Honma

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.
Le Samourayi 1954 Genres: Action Epic, Epic, Period Drama, Samurai, Action, Drama, Artistic Vision, Authentic Emotion, Character Development, Cinematography, Enduring Legacy, Historical Accuracy, Musical Score, Soc... click for more
Jean-Pierre Melville Toshirô Mifune Takashi Shimura Keiko Tsushima Yukiko Shimazaki Kamatari Fujiwara Daisuke Katô Isao Kimura Minoru Chiaki Seiji Miyaguchi Yoshio Kosugi Bokuzen Hidari Yoshio Inaba Yoshio Tsuchiya Kokuten Kôdô Eijirô Tôno Kichijirô Ueda Jun Tatara Atsushi Watanabe

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.
The Rickshaw Man 1958 Genres: Drama Country: Japan Director: Hiroshi Inagaki, Teruo Maru Duration: 1h 43m Year: 1958 Toshirô Mifune, Hideko Takamine, Hiroshi Akutagawa, Chishû Ryû, Chôko Iida, Haruo Tanaka, Jun... click for more
Hiroshi Inagaki Teruo Maru Toshirô Mifune Hideko Takamine Hiroshi Akutagawa Chishû Ryû Chôko Iida Haruo Tanaka Jun Tatara Kenji Kasahara Kaoru Matsumoto Nobuo Nakamura Ichirô Arishima Chieko Nakakita Seiji Miyaguchi Bokuzen Hidari Kokuten Kôdô Yoshio Tsuchiya Kichijirô Ueda Yoshio Kosugi

In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.
The Lower Depths 1957 Genres: Drama Country: Japan Director: Akira Kurosawa, Yoshimitsu Banno Duration: 2h 5m Year: 1957 Toshirô ... click for more
Akira Kurosawa Yoshimitsu Banno Toshirô Mifune Isuzu Yamada Kyôko Kagawa Ganjirô Nakamura Minoru Chiaki Kamatari Fujiwara Akemi Negishi Nijiko Kiyokawa Kôji Mitsui Eijirô Tôno Haruo Tanaka Eiko Miyoshi Bokuzen Hidari Atsushi Watanabe Kichijirô Ueda Yû Fujiki Fujitayama Kamayuki Tsubono

Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man who shows a low self esteem, shares her family life with her asleep vocation as a poetess. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and the development of a serious illness: a breast ca... Read all Release: November 23, 1955 (Japan)
Chibusa Yo Eien N... click for more
Kinuyo Tanaka Yumeji Tsukioka Ryôji Hayama Junkichi Orimoto Hiroko Kawasaki Shirô Ôsaka Tôru Abe Masayuki Mori Yôko Sugi Kinuyo Tanaka Chôko Iida Bokuzen Hidari Yoshiko Tsubouchi Ikuko Kimuro Fumie Kitahara

When poor peasants kidnap a magistrate's daughter to coerce him into reducing their unfair taxes, a wandering ronin decides to give them some help.
Three Outlaw Samurai 1964 Genres: Samurai, Action, Drama Country: Japan Director: Hideo Gosha Duration: 94 Min Year: 1964 Tetsurô Tanba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijirô Hira, Miyuki Kuw... click for more
Hideo Gosha Tetsurô Tanba Isamu Nagato Mikijirô Hira Miyuki Kuwano Yoshiko Kayama Kyôko Aoi Kamatari Fujiwara Tatsuya Ishiguro Hisashi Igawa Ichirô Izawa Jun Tatara Toshie Kimura Yôko Mihara Kichijirô Ueda Nakajirô Tomita Bokuzen Hidari Mitsuo Nagata Hiroshi Mugiyama

A librarian undergoes a failed experiment, gaining vapor abilities. He robs banks to fund his dancer girlfriend's career, killing those who interfere. Now Tokyo's most wanted criminal, can authorities stop him before his next murder? Release: When Okamoto goes to Fujichiyo's house, it is never explained why he has to walk all that wa... click for more
Ishirô Honda Tatsuya Mihashi Kaoru Yachigusa Yoshio Tsuchiya Keiko Sata Hisaya Itô Yoshifumi Tajima Yoshio Kosugi Fuyuki Murakami Bokuzen Hidari Takamaru Sasaki Minosuke Yamada Tatsuo Matsumura Yôyô Miyata Kô Mishima Kôzô Nomura Ren Yamamoto Someshô Matsumoto Yasuhisa Tsutsumi