An tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
Admiral Yamamoto was the mastermind behind the attack on Pearl Harbor 1941. The strategy was crystal clear - to strike as hard and as unexpectedly as possible. With the element of surprise as their primary weapon, they succeeded...
An ordinary family in modern Japan is caught in the throes of inert pride, stymied by their own
inability to communicate honestly with one another. Lies lead to suspicion, until the veneer of
their civility shatters, with...
Pain is universal... but so is hope. From acclaimed Director Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros, 21 Grams) comes the third film in his trilogy, Babel, a critically celebrated and emotionally gripping film about the...
While investigating the gruesome death of a woman found in a puddle with her stomach inexplicably full of seawater, Detective Yoshioka begins to wonder whether he himself is actually the killer he's been looking for. He doesn't...
Set in a mysterious and exotic world which still casts a potent spell today, the story begins in the years before World War II, when a Japanese child is torn from her penniless family to work as a servant in a geisha house....
Kiyoshi Kurosawa directs this science fiction thriller about the ultimate evil twin. After being told that if he encounters his exact counterpart, or doppelganger, he'll die, scientist Michio Hayasaki (Koji Yakusho) comes face to...
Japanese university students investigate a series of suicides linked to an Internet Web cam that promises visitors the chance to interact with the dead.
Adapted from Mark McShane's novel, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's moody thriller centers on a sound effects engineer (Koji Yakusho) and his psychic wife (Jun Fubuki) who find themselves involved in a young girl's kidnapping. With nowhere to...
A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe...
Shohei Sugiyama has attained all that he has wanted in life. But he is still depressed and unhappy. One day, he gathers up the courage to sign up for dancing lessons. He hopes they will rid his depression and help him get his...
