Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama. The patients at a poor medical clinic and a sharp but overbearing doctor teach an enthusiastic young intern hard lessons about the true meaning of practicing medicine. In... more
Features: Manufactured on Demand, Widescreen, Mono Sound
The setting is 1925. After breaking out of an asylum for the insane, a medical student finds that he's a dead-ringer for an heir to a fortune. Assuming the heir's identity, he soon makes his way to a... more
After wooing stewardess Yoriko (Chieko Matsubara, Tokyo Drifter), war photographer Hondo (Akira Kobayashi, Battles Without Honor and Humanity) sees her kidnapped by a team of deadly female assassins... 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
Having left her countryside home to find success in the city, lovely part-time bartender Yoshie (Miyuki Kuwano) was readily charmed by the swagger of customer Eiji (Mikijirô Hira). As they move in... 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
Prison Walls: Abashiri Prison I-III / The Masters of Cinema series is proud to present the first three entries in this landmark series, directed by the "King of Cult" Teruo Ishii - Constructed in the... more
Eiji Okada, Kyoko Kishida, Hiroko Ito. An entomologist misses his bus in the middle of a desert to get home to Tokyo. After descending into a sand-pit hut to lie with a mysterious desert woman, he... 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
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
Blu-ray. After more than a decade of sober political dramas and social-minded period pieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi (The Human Condition) shifted gears dramatically for this... more
Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai. Yojimbo sequel in which a samurai leads a group of inexperienced warriors trying to expose corruption among the clan elders. Directed by Akira Kurasawa. In Japanese... more
Tatsuya Nakadai (Harakiri) and Toshiro Mifune (Yojimbo) star in the story of a wandering samurai who exists in a maelstrom of violence. A gifted swordsman plying his craft during the turbulent final... more
The final film from Yasujiro Ozu (Tokyo Story) was also his last masterpiece, a gently heartbreaking story about a man's dignified resignation to life's shifting currents and society's modernization.... more
Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai. Isaburo, an aging samurai, takes issue with his lord when the lord wants back the mistress he initially ordered Isaburo's son to marry. Now the son is in love with... more
Toshiro Mifune. His father's mysterious death on the job prompts a man to seek revenge against the powerful construction company that employed him. In Japanese with english subtitles. 1960/b&w/151... more
In this poetic and atmospheric horror fable, set in a village in war-torn medieval Japan, a malevolent spirit has been ripping out the throats of itinerant samurai. When a military hero is sent to... more
Genius provocateur Nagisa Oshima, an influential figure in the Japanese New Wave of the 1960s, made one of his most startling political statements with the compelling pitch-black satire Death by... more
In their humble two-room apartment, the Maeda family seem ever so self-effacing - but their modest façade hides another truth. Daughter Tomoko is the mistress of a bestselling author with well-lined... more
Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama, Shinji Tanaka. In a totally dialogue-less examination of a Japanese's family's isolated life, island-dwellers struggle with even daily tasks, such as the boat trip... more
Joe Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, Annu Mari, Koji Nanbara. One of the top Japanese mobsters finds his romantic and professional life in a shambles when he bungles a job—and winds up with a contract on his... more
In this poetic and atmospheric horror fable, set in a village in war-torn medieval Japan, a malevolent spirit has been ripping out the throats of itinerant samurai. When a military hero is sent to... more
While touring 19th-century Japan, kabuki performer/female impersonator Yukinojo Nakamura (Kazuo Hasegawa) tracked down the three prosperous merchants who had disgraced and driven his parents to... more
A recently widowed woman discovers that her former husband, who died in an insane asylum, owned a remote country mansion. She and a group of friends go to the villa and find a weird demonic statue in... more
In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post, World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semblance of order in... more