Movies
- 1993
Madadayo
Madadayo7.31993HD
Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset...
- 1980
Kagemusha
Kagemusha7.81980HD
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...
- 1985
Ran
Ran8.11985HD
With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic...
- 1990
Dreams
Dreams7.71990HD
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
- 1996
A Class to Remember II
A Class to Remember II6.71996HD
The story follows the teacher and students of the Ryubetsu Handicapped High School.
- 2001
To End All Wars
To End All Wars6.42001HD
Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest...
- 2012
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Casting Blossoms to the Sky6.62012HD
In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a city decimated during a WWII air raid and by the...
- 2010
Sword of Desperation
Sword of Desperation6.72010HD
A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the...
- 1987
Tora-san Goes North
Tora-san Goes North8.71987HD
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged...
- 1998
Tokyo Eyes
Tokyo Eyes6.61998HD
The police are tracking a man who shoots at people. But the young sister of a detective finds that he's not the mad vigilante portrayed in newspapers.
- 2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'82002HD
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Hidden Fortress" (1958).
- 2002
Through the Night
Through the Night02002HD
When poverty-stricken Korean-Japanese (Zainichi) discover there is valuable iron ore in the rubble of a destroyed shantytown they plan to haul it out...
- 2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'02002HD
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960).
- 2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'02002HD
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Stray Dog" (1949).
- 2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create02002HD
An in depth look at the making of Kurosawa's films.
- 2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'72002HD
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Kagemusha" (1980).
- 2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'02002HD
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Throne of Blood" (1957).
- 2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'02002HD
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Dodes'ka-den" (1970).
- 2009
Bicycle
Bicycle12009HD
A co-worker confronts Mamoru on his apparent apathy toward life, and this results in Mamoru leaving his job out of humiliation. Now alone and without...
- 2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'02002HD
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "High and Low" (1963).