In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
Ran 1985 Genres: Epic, Period Drama, Samurai, Tragedy, War Epic, Action, Drama, War, Action Sequences, Authentic Emotion, Cinemat... click for more
Akira Kurosawa Tatsuya Nakadai Akira Terao Jinpachi Nezu Daisuke Ryû Mieko Harada Yoshiko Miyazaki Hisashi Igawa Pîtâ Masayuki Yui Kazuo Katô Norio Matsui Toshiya Ito Kenji Kodama Takashi Watanabe Mansai Nomura Takeshi Katô Jun Tazaki Hitoshi Ueki

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: Police Procedural, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Artistic Vision, Authentic Emotion, Camera Work, Direction, Dramatic Tension, Suspenseful, Social Commentary, Thought-provokin... click for more
Shigehiro Ozawa Toshirô Mifune Yutaka Sada 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 Masahiko Shimazu Toshio Egi

A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.
Kwaidan 1964 Genres: Folk Horror, Supernatural Horror, Drama, Fantasy, Horror Country: Japan Director: Eiko Yoshida, Gô Yoshida, Masaki Kobayashi Duration: 3h 3m Year: 1964 ... click for more
Eiko Yoshida Gô Yoshida Masaki Kobayashi Rentarô Mikuni Michiyo Aratama Misako Watanabe Kenjirô Ishiyama Ranko Akagi Fumie Kitahara Kappei Matsumoto Yoshiko Ieda Otome Tsukimiya Kenzô Tanaka Kiyoshi Nakano Tatsuya Nakadai Keiko Kishi Yûko Mochizuki Kin Sugai Noriko Sengoku Akiko Nomura Torahiko Hamada

The Tragic, True Story About Hachikō, An Akita Dog Who Was Loyal To His Master, Professor Ueno, Even After Ueno’s Death.
Hachiko 1987 Genres: Biography, Drama, Family Country: Japan Director: Seijiro Koyama Duration: 107m Year: 1987 Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaoru Yachigusa, Toshirô Yanagiba, Toshinori Omi, Mako Ishino, M... click for more
Seijiro Koyama Tatsuya Nakadai Kaoru Yachigusa Toshirô Yanagiba Toshinori Omi Mako Ishino Masumi Harukawa Taiji Tonoyama Yoshi Katô Hisashi Igawa Kei Yamamoto Kumeko Urabe Chôei Takahashi Saburô Ishikura Shirô Kishibe Hairi Katagiri Ben Hiura Chisako Hara Jun'ichi Hayakawa

A destitute ronin allies himself with an established clan, but its ruthless leader tries to turn him into a mindless killer.
Hitokiri 1969 Genres: Samurai, Action, Biography, Drama, History Country: USA Director: Duration: Year: 1969 Shintarô Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yukio Mishima, Yûjirô Ishihara, Mitsuko Baishô, Takumi Shinj... click for more
Shintarô Katsu Tatsuya Nakadai Yukio Mishima Yûjirô Ishihara Mitsuko Baishô Takumi Shinjo Noboru Nakaya Jin'ichirô Andô Takeshi Date Tatsuo Fujimori Ren Fukuyama Kin'ichi Hagimoto Ken Hatano Jirô Higashioo Sôtarô Ibuki Natsuko Kahara Jun Katsumura Kai Kenmoku

Down-on-his-luck Veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō Enters The Courtyard Of The Prosperous House Of Iyi. Unemployed, And With No Family, He Hopes To Find A Place To Commit Seppuku—and A Worthy Second To Deliver The Coup De Grâce In His Suicide Ritual. The Senior Counselor For The Iyi Clan Questions The Ronin’s Resolve And Integrity, Suspecting Hanshi... click for more
Kôji Niwa Masaki Kobayashi Akira Ishihama Hisashi Igawa Ichirō Nakatani Kei Satō Masao Mishima Shima Iwashita Tatsuya Nakadai Tetsurō Tamba Tōru Takeuchi Yoshio Inaba

Akira Kurosawa’s Lauded Feudal Epic Presents The Tale Of A Petty Thief Who Is Recruited To Impersonate Shingen, An Aging Warlord, In Order To Avoid Attacks By Competing Clans. When Shingen Dies, His Generals Reluctantly Agree To Have The Impostor Take Over As The Powerful Ruler. He Soon Begins To Appreciate Life As Shingen, But His Commitme... click for more
Akira Kurosawa Daisuke Ryū Hideji Ōtaki Hideo Murota Jinpachi Nezu Kaori Momoi Kenichi Hagiwara Masayuki Yui Mitsuko Baisho Tatsuya Nakadai Tsutomu Yamazaki

A Middle-aged Husband Of A Younger Woman Finds Her Youth Intimidating To The Point That He Cannot Become Aroused. His Solution Involves The Introduction Of His Daughter’s Lover To His Wife.
Odd Obsession 1959 Genres: Drama Country: Japan Director: Kon Ichikawa Duration: 1h 47m Year: 1959 Ganjirō Nakamura II, Hikaru Hoshi, Ichir... click for more
Kon Ichikawa Ganjirō Nakamura II Hikaru Hoshi Ichirō Sugai Junko Kano Kyū Sazanka Machiko Kyō Mantarō Ushio Mayumi Kurata Tanie Kitabayashi Tatsuya Nakadai

Told from the Japanese perspective, this war drama captures the events of World War II's Battle of Okinawa - a massive amphibious assault by U.S. troops that left more than 150,000 Japanese civilians dead.
Battle Of Okinawa 1971 Genres: Drama, History, War Country: Japan Director: Kihachi Okamoto Duration: 159 Min Year: 1971 ... click for more
Kihachi Okamoto Keiju Kobayashi Yûzô Kayama Tetsurô Tanba Tatsuya Nakadai Mayumi Ôzora Katsuhiko Sasaki Kenji Sahara Hideyo Amamoto Ryô Ikebe Ichirô Nakatani Gorô Mutsumi Kamatari Fujiwara Takamaru Sasaki Akira Yamanouchi Eijirô Tôno Sachio Sakai Ren Yamamoto Seishirô Kuno

In The Aftermath Of The Most Devastating Conflict Mankind Had Ever Experienced, The Tiny Island Of Shikotan Became Part Of The Sakhalin Oblast… And On The Unhealed Border In This Remote Corner Of The World, Friendship Among Children From Two Different Countries Timidly Blossomed, Striving To Overcome Language Barriers And The Waves Of Hi... click for more
Masaki Tachibana Mizuho Nishikubo Tatsuya Nakadai Yukie Nakama Yûsuke Santamaria Tatyana Sharko Kota Yokoyama Junya Taniai Kaoru Yachigusa Ho Han Yoo Austin Nash Chase Lauren Conn Grant George Aleksandr Golovchanskiy Kannon Gowen Natalie Hoover Masachika Ichimura Polina Ilyushenko Hiroshi Inuzuka Sebastian Jozuka

An aging Yakuza boss in the the late 18th century runs a thriving lantern and silk dying business. However, he is also a Hunter in the Dark, an shady underworld figure who unravels a mystery about a rival clan. His wife tries to protect what he wants to throw away. His new bodygu... Read all Release: June 17, 1979 (Japan)
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Tatsuya Nakadai Tetsurô Tanba Yoshio Harada Ayumi Ishida Keiko Kishi Ai Kanzaki Kayo Matsuo Hajime Hana Kôji Yakusho Hideo Murota Daisuke Mine Tatsuo Umemiya Mikio Narita Makoto Fujita Hideji Ôtaki Yoshi Katô Eijirô Tôno Isao Natsuyagi

A Businessman With A Disfigured Face Obtains A Lifelike Mask From His Doctor, But The Mask Starts Altering His Personality.
The Face Of Another 1966 Genres: Drama, Sci-fi Country: Japan Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara Duration: 2h 4m Year: 1966 Eiji Okada, Etsuko Ichihara, Hisashi Igawa, Kakuya Saeki, Kyōko Kishida, Machiko Kyō, Miki ... click for more
Hiroshi Teshigahara Eiji Okada Etsuko Ichihara Hisashi Igawa Kakuya Saeki Kyōko Kishida Machiko Kyō Miki Irie Mikijiro Hira Minoru Chiaki Tatsuya Nakadai

An Evil Feudal Lord Rapes A Village Girl On Her Wedding Night And Proceeds To Ruin Her And Her Husband`s Lives. After She`s Eventually Banished From Her Village, The Girl Makes A Pact With The Devil To Gain Magical Ability And Take Revenge.
Belladonna Of Sadness 1973 Genres: Animation, Drama, Fantasy Country: Japan Director: Eiichi Yamamoto D... click for more
Eiichi Yamamoto Aiko Nagayama Masakane Yonekura Masaya Takahashi Natsuka Yashiro Shigako Shimegi Takao Ito Tatsuya Nakadai

The Basic Story In Love Under The Crucifix Is About Ogin, Daughter Of A Tea Master, Who Are Both Christians In Feudal Japan. Ogin Falls In Love With A Feudal Prince, Also A Christian Who Is Already Married, And That Creates Problems. Further, When The Shogun Bans Christianity, The Situation Worsens. Release: April 1965 (United States)
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Kinuyo Tanaka Ineko Arima Tatsuya Nakadai Ganjirô Nakamura Mieko Takamine Osamu Takizawa Kôji Nanbara Manami Fuji Yumeji Tsukioka Hisaya Itô Minoru Chiaki Masakazu Tamura Ryûji Kita Yoshi Katô Shinobu Araki Kuniko Miyake Hiroshi Shiomi Ryôsuke Kagawa Danjonosuke Ichikawa

A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to prevent a massacre from taking place.
The Steel Edge Of Revenge 1969 Genres: Samurai, Action, Adventure, Drama Country: USA Director: Duration: Year: 1969 Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba, Yôko Tsukasa, Ruriko Asaoka, Kunie Tanaka, Isao Natsuyagi, Kô Nishimura, Eijirô Tôno, Ben Hiura... click for more
Tatsuya Nakadai Tetsurô Tanba Yôko Tsukasa Ruriko Asaoka Kunie Tanaka Isao Natsuyagi Kô Nishimura Eijirô Tôno Ben Hiura Susumu Kurobe Hisashi Igawa Fujio Tokita Shinnosuke Ogata Shôji Ôki Yoshitarô Asawaka Hiroshi Tanaka Kyôichi Satô Haruo Suzuki

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan. Release: July 1, 1978 (Japan)
Bandits Vs Samurai Squadron 1978 Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama Country: USA Director: Duration: Year: 1978 Tatsuy... click for more
Tatsuya Nakadai Kôshirô Matsumoto Shima Iwashita Keiko Matsuzaka Teruhiko Aoi Hiroyuki Nagato Jô Shishido Hideo Takamatsu Isao Natsuyagi Mikio Narita Junko Miyashita Shôji Ishibashi Mitsuko Baishô Takashi Yamaguchi Tetsurô Tanba Takuzô Kawatani Kunie Tanaka Rin'ichi Yamamoto

Keiko, Whom Everyone Calls Mama, Narrates Her Story: She’s A Hostess On The Ginza, 30, A Widow. She Describes Life’s Vicious Cycle: Acting Cheerful Around Drunks, Dressing And Living Well To Convey Confidence, Needing Money For These Expenses And For Her Demanding Mother And Brother, And Knowing She’s Growing Older. She’... click for more
Mikio Naruse Sakae Hirosawa Hideko Takamine Tatsuya Nakadai Masayuki Mori Reiko Dan Daisuke Katô Ganjirô Nakamura Eitarô Ozawa Keiko Awaji Kyû Sazanka Jun Tatara Yû Fujiki Masao Oda Ken Mitsuda Chikako Hosokawa Sadako Sawamura Machiko Kitagawa Chieko Nakakita Keiko Yanagawa

A Japanese Pacifist, Unable To Face The Dire Consequences Of Conscientious Objection, Is Transformed By His Attempts To Compromise With The Demands Of War-time Japan.
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 1959 Genres: Epic, Historical Epic, War Epic, Drama, History, War Country: Japan Director: Masaki Kobayashi Duration: 210 Min ... click for more
Masaki Kobayashi Tatsuya Nakadai Michiyo Aratama Chikage Awashima Ineko Arima Keiji Sada Sô Yamamura Akira Ishihama Kôji Nanbara Seiji Miyaguchi Tôru Abe Masao Mishima Eitarô Ozawa Kôji Mitsui Akitake Kôno Nobuo Nakamura Kyû Sazanka Eijirô Tôno Yasushi Nagata

As A Conscript In War-time Japan`s Military, A Pacifist Struggles To Maintain His Determination To Keep His Ideals.
The Human Condition II: Road To Eternity 1959 Genres: Epic, Historical Epic, War Epic, Drama, History, War Country: Japan Director: Masaki Kobayashi Duration: 181 Min Year: 1959 ... click for more
Masaki Kobayashi Tatsuya Nakadai Michiyo Aratama Kokinji Katsura Jun Tatara Michirô Minami Kei Satô Kunie Tanaka Ryôhei Uchida Kan Yanagiya Kenjirô Uemura Kaneko Iwasaki Mayumi Kurata Taketoshi Naitô Hideo Kidokoro Yoshiaki Aoki Rô Ose Tamotsu Tamura Ryoji Ito

His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.
The Human Condition III: A Soldier`s Prayer 1961 Genres: Epic, Historical Epic, War Epic, Drama, History, War Country: Japan Director: Kôichi Inagaki, Masaki Kobayashi Duration: 3h 10m Year: ... click for more
Kôichi Inagaki Masaki Kobayashi Tatsuya Nakadai Michiyo Aratama Tamao Nakamura Yûsuke Kawazu Chishû Ryû Taketoshi Naitô Kyôko Kishida Reiko Hitomi Keijirô Morozumi Kôji Kiyomura Nobuo Kaneko Fujio Suga Tatsuya Ishiguro Kazuo Kitamura Toshio Takahara Akira Yamanouchi Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi Kôichi Hayashi