Shakespeare's "King Lear" is masterfully transposed to feudal Japan by Akira Kurosawa in this story of an aging lord (Tatsuya Nakadai) whose plan to pass down his kingdom to his sons quickly falls... more
Director Kinji Fukasaku's violent post-WWII Japanese gangster saga opens with "Battles Without Honor and Humanity" (1973), as ex-soldier Shozo (Bunta Sugawara) joins the local Yakuza and finds his... more
Akira Kurosawa's final tale of love
Set in a 19th-century brothel, a beautiful young geisha, O-shin, harbours a samurai seeking refuge.
Falling in love with O-shin, the samurai hopes to cleanse... more