Sonny Chiba, Sue Shiomi, Masafumi Suzaka. Who can stop Sonny Chiba's fists of fury? Spoiler alert: Nobody! Martial arts legend Chiba is back and more badass than ever as Terry Tsurugi, a reformed... more
Sonny Chiba, Gerald Yamada, Doris Nakajima. The cult classic that unleashed "6-foot-6 of half-breed fury and a man who keeps his word." When the mob double-crosses mercenary karate master Terry... more
Sonny Chiba. Martial arts doesn't get any more bad-ass than Sonny Chiba. In this sequel to his ultra-violent star-making film, Chiba returns as street fighter Terry Tsurugi, who defies the feared... more
Cult director Takashi Mike (ICHI THE KILLER, AUDITION) delivers a bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a... more
Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura. The inhabitants of a small village hire seven samurai to protect them from bandit attacks. When the samurai arrive, a spectacular series of battles begin. Directed by... more
The residents of an impoverished farming village in 16th-century Japan, anticipating an attack by bandits after harvest, hire seven rōnin to defend them. Upon arrival, the warriors set about to... more
Akira Kurosawa's brilliantly conceived retelling of Shakespeare's KING LEAR magically mixes Japanese history, Shakespeare's plot and Kurosawa's own feelings about loyalty in the epic masterpiece,... more
Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo. One of Akira Kurosawa's classic screen achievements takes form in this compelling tale of the murder of a samurai and the rape of his wife in medieval Japan. The crimes... more
Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Tamio Kawachi. A longtime Japanese gangster refuses to give up antiquated codes of honor, much to the distress of his Mob bosses and other gangs.... more
Meiko Kaji, Tishio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon. Yuki is a Japanese "born-in-prison" female assassin who is trained from birth to avenge the murder of her father and the rape and imprisonment of her... more
Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo. One of Akira Kurosawa's classic screen achievements takes form in this compelling tale of the murder of a samurai and the rape of his wife in medieval Japan. The crimes... more
The set pieces fly fast and furious in these inventive action comedies, two smash hits that made Jackie Chan a worldwide icon of daredevil spectacle and established the director/star/one-man stunt... more
Eight mesmerizing tableaus explore the subconscious at various stages of an elderly man's life in this visually stunning work from the master Japanese filmmaker. A boy's meeting with the spirits of a... more
Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa. A disgraced samurai and executioner travels the country, hiring himself out as an assassin while seeking personal revenge against the hit squad who killed his... more
Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura. This great samurai epic tells the story of a princess under the protection of a brave and resourceful general who is pursued by enemies of her clan. In Japanese with... more
Tetsuro Tamba, Isamu Nagato. This first film by Hideo Gosha is among the most canonized chambara (sword-fighting) films. An origin-story offshoot of a Japanese television series of the same name,... more
Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Minoru Chiaki. In this feudal Japan-set adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, a vicious samurai warrior rises to power he cannot fully wield, and the curses of ancient... more
Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Daisuke Ryu. A petty criminal takes the place of a dying warlord in 16th-century Japan to fool those that plan to assassinate the ruler and inspire his followers... more
Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai. In order to free a village from the clutches of a corrupt government, a clever samurai pits two warring gangs against each other. Directed by Akira... more
The colossally popular Zatoichi films make up the longest-running action series in Japanese history and created one of the screen's great heroes: an itinerant blind masseur who also happens to be a... more
At once a brutal action film and a parody of the genre and it's critics, this bullet-riddled saga of the Japanese mob's "No. 3 Killer"-and how a mishap on a job turns him into the target of the "No.... more
Thanks to perhaps the most indelible character in Akira Kurosawa's oeuvre, Yojimbo surpassed even Seven Samurai in popularity when it was released. The masterless samurai Sanjuro, who slyly... more
Blu-Ray. To millions of action fans around the world he's a living legend. If you've never seen him before, you've never seen action. He's Jackie Chan (Rush Hour) and for years he has done something... more
Toshiro Mifune. The tour-de-force trilogy by one of Japan's greatest actors is collected here, visually and sonically re-mastered. Follow swordsman Musashi Miyamoto from his days training to his... more