Movies

  • 1993
    Madadayo

    Madadayo

    Madadayo

    7.31993HD

    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...

    Madadayo
  • 1980
    Kagemusha

    Kagemusha

    Kagemusha

    7.81980HD

    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...

    Kagemusha
  • 1985
    Ran

    Ran

    Ran

    8.11985HD

    With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic...

    Ran
  • 1990
    Dreams

    Dreams

    Dreams

    7.71990HD

    A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.

    Dreams
  • 1996
    A Class to Remember II

    A Class to Remember II

    A Class to Remember II

    6.71996HD

    The story follows the teacher and students of the Ryubetsu Handicapped High School.

    A Class to Remember II
  • 2001
    To End All Wars

    To End All Wars

    To End All Wars

    6.42001HD

    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...

    To End All Wars
  • 2012
    Casting Blossoms to the Sky

    Casting Blossoms to the Sky

    Casting Blossoms to the Sky

    6.62012HD

    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...

    Casting Blossoms to the Sky
  • 2010
    Sword of Desperation

    Sword of Desperation

    Sword of Desperation

    6.72010HD

    A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the...

    Sword of Desperation
  • 1987
    Tora-san Goes North

    Tora-san Goes North

    Tora-san Goes North

    8.71987HD

    When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged...

    Tora-san Goes North
  • 1998
    Tokyo Eyes

    Tokyo Eyes

    Tokyo Eyes

    6.61998HD

    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.

    Tokyo Eyes
  • 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

    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).

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
  • 2002
    Through the Night

    Through the Night

    Through the Night

    02002HD

    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...

    Through the Night
  • 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

    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).

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
  • 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'

    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).

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
  • 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create

    02002HD

    An in depth look at the making of Kurosawa's films.

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
  • 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'

    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).

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
  • 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'

    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).

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
  • 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'

    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).

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'
  • 2009
    Bicycle

    Bicycle

    Bicycle

    12009HD

    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...

    Bicycle
  • 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'

    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).

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'