Takashi Shimura

The Whale God

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.…

Lion Festival of Echigo

Fūryū onsen bantō nikki

1962 Japanese movie…

Gorath

In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although…

Chûshingura

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the c…

Sanjuro

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifull…

晴小袖

1961 Japanese movie…

The Masterless 47 – Part II

The Gambler's Code

One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds…