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En meget velhavende forretningsmand, Gondo, spillet af Toshiro Mifune, bliver en dag kontaktet af en gruppe kidnappere, som kræver løsesum for Gondos søn. Summen er af en sådan størrelse, at den vil ruinere Gondo. Men så opdager han, at for…

Throne of Blood er baseret på Shakespeares skuespil Macbeth, men den er så meget mere end bare en almindelig adaptation af det berømte stykke. Historien udspiller sig i Japan under samuraiernes storhedstid. Vi følger en hærleder, som på gru…

After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan.

Fire personer fortæller forskellige versioner af historien om en mands mord og hans kones voldtægt.

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replic…

En omvandrende sulten samurai, ankommer til en lille by, der er splittet mellem to rivaliserende købmænd. Han øjner chancen for at spille de to grupper ud mod hinanden for at tjene penge. Pludselig dukker en bror til en af rivalerne op. Han…

Shikichi og Tomi forlader deres landsby for at besøge deres voksne børn i Tokyo: Koichi, som er læge med egen praksis, og Shige, som driver en skønhedssalon. Selvom de ikke ses ofte, virker børnene ikke ovenud begejstrede for forældrenes be…

I den 16. århundredes Japan narre krigsherre Shingen Takeda fjenden ved at bruge tyven Kagemusha som dobbeltgænger. Alligvel bliver Shingen myrdet, men for at undgå kaos og nederlag bliver Kagemusha tvunget til at overtage den døde krigsher…

En samurai svarer på en landsbyens anmodning om beskyttelse, efter han er havnet i svære tider. Landsbyen har brug for beskyttelse mod banditter, så samuraien samler seks andre for at hjælpe ham med at lære folk, hvordan de kan forsvare sig…

During a brief summer vacation, a lonely woman recalls her first love thirteen years earlier.

Jackie er CCTV-operatør. En dag viser en mand sit ansigt på hendes skærm, en mand hun håbede aldrig at se igen. Nu har hun intet valg og er nødt til at konfrontere ham.

Set in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980's. Takkun is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu is a dental hygienist. They meet through a blind date and begin to date, but Takkun finds a job in Tokyo and goes…

A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field operation. Back at his father’s clinic, he treats himself in secret and breaks off his engagement rather than risk his fiancée’s future, even as he co…

In the course of the summer three brothers-in-law at a crucial age become involved in ephemeral romantic adventures in the area of Lake Volvi while their families vacation on the island of Thassos and… can wait.

Set in Italy during the 1920s, a barber is in a wheelchair because of a psychosomatic illness after he lost the woman he loves.

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.

A street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris.

Maggie, a quiet retiring grandmother, finds herself helpless as her grandson’s health deteriorates. When one last chance appears, but money is desperately short, Maggie acts to raise the cash in a fashion that surprises everyone but her.

Two broke sweethearts wander war-scarred Tokyo on a single Sunday, stretching 35 yen as they chase housing, small pleasures, and a little hope.

Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part, and Jake returns to his small-town marshal's job and his fiancée only to find he has been tr…