Rashomon

En navnløs ronin, eller samurai uten herre, kommer inn i en liten landsby i føydale Japan hvor to rivaliserende forretningsmenn kjemper om kontrollen over den lokale gamblinghandelen. Med navnet Sanjuro Kuwabatake overbeviser roninen både s…

Tilbake i herrens slott blir samuraikrigerne Washizu og Miki overfalt av en ånd som forutsier fremtiden deres. Når den første delen av åndens profeti går i oppfyllelse, presser Washidus intrigante kone, Asaji, ham til å fremskynde resten av…

Kanji Watanabe er en middelaldrende mann som har jobbet i den samme monotone byråkratiske stillingen i flere tiår. Da han får vite at han har kreft, begynner han å lete etter meningen med livet sitt.

Shakespeare's King Lear blir gjenfortalt som et enkelt historisk epos satt i det sjettende århundre i Japan, der en aldrende krigsherre deler sitt rike mellom sine tre sønner.

En samurai svarer på en landsbyens anmodning om beskyttelse etter at han havner i vanskelige tider. Landsbyen trenger beskyttelse mot banditter, så samuraien samler seks andre for å hjelpe ham med å lære folk hvordan de skal forsvare seg, o…

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors wee…

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 im…

Åtte visuelt rike vignetter hentet fra Kurosawas egne drømmer—revbryllup og forsvunne frukthager, en soldats spøkelser, en vandring gjennom Van Goghs lerreter, atommareritt og en vannmølle-utopi—mediterer over barndom, kunst, dødelighet og …

Jackie Chan er en skurkaktig toppadvokat som jobber for et stort og mektig selskap. Hans nye oppdrag er å stoppe en fiskeoppdretter som har anmeldt selskapet for miljøødeleggelser. Jackies plan er idiotsikker. Gjennom å la sine skumle kompi…

Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchh…

Un Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between director Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the…

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by ot…

Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Le…

Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin aven…

An inexperienced, sickly priest shows up in the rural French community of Ambricourt, where he joins the community's clergy. But the locals don't take kindly to the priest, and his ascetic ways and unsociable demeanor make him an outcast. D…

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led hi…

A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the la…

On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a child. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthday. They live a quiet and secluded life, renting the boat to day fishermen and practicing s…