Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who now is wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested in repaying the villagers` debts, but is in reali... click for more
Kimiyoshi Yasuda Masao Kobayashi Eiji Okada Goro Kumon Kei Sat Rie Yokoyama Shintar Katsu Shiro Kishibe Takashi Shimura Tatsuo End Yoshio Tsuchiya Yukiyo Toake

On the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsuyu. Not knowing she's a ghost, he becomes infatuated by her.
Peony Lantern 1968 Genres: Folk Horror, Horror Country: USA Director: Duration: Year: 1968 Kôjirô Hongô, Miyoko Akaza, Kô Nishimura, Mayumi Ogawa, Takashi Shimur... click for more
Kôjirô Hongô Miyoko Akaza Kô Nishimura Mayumi Ogawa Takashi Shimura Michiko Ôtsuka Atsumi Uda Takamaru Sasaki Kôichi Mizuhara Saburô Date Gen Kimura Norio Shiozaki Kazuo Yamamoto Shinobu Araki Shôzô Nanbu Seishirô Hara Sumao Ishihara Hajime Koshikawa

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

An American scientist and his Japanese colleagues study a feral boy born from the radiated heart of Frankenstein's monster, while a subterranean dinosaur ravages the Japanese countryside.
Frankenstein Vs Baragon 1965 Genres: Kaiju, Monster Horror, Supernatural Horror, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller Country: United States, Japan Director: ... click for more
Ishirô Honda Nick Adams Kumi Mizuno Tadao Takashima Yoshio Tsuchiya Kôji Furuhata Jun Tazaki Susumu Fujita Takashi Shimura Nobuo Nakamura Kenji Sahara Yoshifumi Tajima Kôzô Nomura Haruya Katô Ikio Sawamura Yoshio Kosugi Keiko Sawai Noriko Takahashi Peter Mann

During WWII, Germans Obtain The Immortal Heart Of Frankenstein`s Monster And Transport It To Japan To Prevent It Being Seized By The Allies. Kept In A Hiroshima Laboratory, It Is Seeming Lost When The United States Destroys The City With The Atomic Bomb. Years Later A Wild Boy Is Discovered Wandering The Streets Of The City Alone, Born Of The Immo... click for more
Ishir Honda K Ji Kajita Jun Tazaki Kenji Sahara Koji Furuhata Kumi Mizuno Nick Adams Nobuo Nakamura Susumu Fujita Tadao Takashima Takashi Shimura Yoshio Tsuchiya

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.
Mothra 1961 Genres: Japanese, Fairy Tale, Globetrotting Adventure, Kaiju, Supernatural Fantasy, Urban Adventure, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller C... click for more
Ishirô Honda Furankî Sakai Hiroshi Koizumi Kyôko Kagawa Yumi Itô Emi Itô Jerry Itô Ken Uehara Takashi Shimura Tetsu Nakamura Seizaburô Kawazu Yoshifumi Tajima Akihiko Hirata Kenji Sahara Yoshio Kosugi Kôji Iwamoto Kô Mishima Toshio Miura Akira Wakamatsu

A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
Yojimbo 1961 Genres: Japanese, One-Person Army Action, Period Drama, Samurai, Action, Drama, Thriller, Action Sequences, Character Development, Cinematography, Direction, Enduring Legacy, Fight Choreography, Iconic Perfo... click for more
Akira Kurosawa Toshirô Mifune Tatsuya Nakadai Yôko Tsukasa Isuzu Yamada Daisuke Katô Seizaburô Kawazu Takashi Shimura Hiroshi Tachikawa Yôsuke Natsuki Eijirô Tôno Kamatari Fujiwara Ikio Sawamura Atsushi Watanabe Susumu Fujita Kyû Sazanka Kô Nishimura Takeshi Katô Ichirô Nakatani

An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.
Jigoku 1963 Genres: Japanese, Police Procedural, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Artistic Vision, Authentic Emotion, Camera Work, Direction, Dramatic Tension, Suspenseful, Social Commentary, Though... click for more
Shigehiro Ozawa Toshirô Mifune Tatsuya Nakadai Kyôko Kagawa Tatsuya Mihashi Isao Kimura Kenjirô Ishiyama Takeshi Katô Takashi Shimura Jun Tazaki Nobuo Nakamura Yûnosuke Itô Tsutomu Yamazaki Minoru Chiaki Eijirô Tôno Masao Shimizu Yutaka Sada Masahiko Shimazu Toshio Egi

A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.
The Bad Sleep Well 1960 Genres: Tragedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller Country: Japan Director: Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa 23 March 1910, Tokyo, Japan Duration: 151 Min Year: 1960 ... click for more
Tokyo Japan Toshirô Mifune Masayuki Mori Kyôko Kagawa Tatsuya Mihashi Takashi Shimura Kô Nishimura Takeshi Katô Kamatari Fujiwara Chishû Ryû Seiji Miyaguchi Kôji Mitsui Ken Mitsuda Nobuo Nakamura Susumu Fujita Kôji Nanbara Gen Shimizu Yoshifumi Tajima Someshô Matsumoto

Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.
The Hidden Fortress 1958 Genres: Action Epic, Adventure Epic, Quest, Adventure, Drama Country: Japan Director: Akira Kurosawa Duration: 139 Min Year: 1958 ... click for more
Akira Kurosawa Toshirô Mifune Misa Uehara Minoru Chiaki Kamatari Fujiwara Susumu Fujita Takashi Shimura Eiko Miyoshi Toshiko Higuchi Yû Fujiki Yoshio Tsuchiya Kokuten Kôdô Takeshi Katô Kôji Mitsui Toranosuke Ogawa Kichijirô Ueda Nakajirô Tomita Yoshifumi Tajima Ikio Sawamura

Japan's timeless tale of honor and revenge, the Loyal 47 Ronin is the true story of group of samurai who became ronin (masterless samurai) after their Lord was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official, Kira Yoshinaka, who had insulted him. After p... Read all Release: April 1, 1958 (Japan)
The Loyal 47 Ron... click for more
Kunio Watanabe Kazuo Hasegawa Shintarô Katsu Kôji Tsuruta Raizô Ichikawa Machiko Kyô Fujiko Yamamoto Michiyo Kogure Chikage Awashima Ayako Wakao Osamu Takizawa Yatarô Kurokawa Eiji Funakoshi Keizô Kawasaki Eitarô Ozawa Takashi Shimura Ganjirô Nakamura Chieko Higashiyama Tamao Nakamura

Musashi Miyamoto is challenged to a duel by a confident swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. He agrees to fight him in a year's time.
Samurai III: Duel At Ganryu Island 1956 Genres: Samurai, Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance Country: Japan Director: Hiroshi Inagaki Duration: 1h 45m Year: 1956 ... click for more
Hiroshi Inagaki Toshirô Mifune Mariko Okada Kôji Tsuruta Kaoru Yachigusa Michiko Saga Kurôemon Onoe Takashi Shimura Minoru Chiaki Takamaru Sasaki Daisuke Katô Haruo Tanaka Kichijirô Ueda Kokuten Kôdô Ikio Sawamura Nakajirô Tomita Sônosuke Sawamura Minosuke Yamada Sôji Kiyokawa

An American reporter visiting Tokyo becomes a witness to the city's destruction by a dinosaur-like beast awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing.
Godzilla, King Of The Monsters! 1956 Genres: Action Epic, Dinosaur Adventure, Disaster, Epic, Kaiju, Monster Horror, Sci-Fi Epic, Tragedy, Action, Horror Country: Japan, United... click for more
Ira Webb Ishirō Honda Raymond Burr Takashi Shimura Momoko Kôchi Akira Takarada Akihiko Hirata Sachio Sakai Fuyuki Murakami Ren Yamamoto Toyoaki Suzuki Tadashi Okabe Toranosuke Ogawa Frank Iwanaga Mikel Conrad Paul Frees Fuji Hiroshi Hayashi James Hong Ren Imaizumi

The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
Rashomon 1950 Genres: Period Drama, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Ambitious, Authentic Emotion, Cinematography, Direction, Enduring Legacy, Narrative Complexity, Philosophical Elements, Soci... click for more
Akira Kurosawa Toshirô Mifune Machiko Kyô Masayuki Mori Takashi Shimura Minoru Chiaki Kichijirô Ueda Noriko Honma Daisuke Katô