Kwaidan

Kwaidan

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...

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Kill!

Kill!

A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a...

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The Vampire Doll

The Vampire Doll

A young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to the creepy mansion, but...

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The Challenge

The Challenge

Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud...

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47 Ronin

47 Ronin

Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal...

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The Ceremony

The Ceremony

Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional family...

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The Goblin of Mt. Kurama

The Goblin of Mt. Kurama

The year 1864: The Shinsengumi, the shogun’s armed force in Kyoto ripped the city apart, with blades in hand, searching for pockets of resistance...

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Love and Faith

Love and Faith

Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in sixteenth-century feudal Japan. His daughter, the beautiful Lady Ogin, has an...

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The Passed Scene

The Passed Scene

At the end of October, Sueko Yamane, a widow living alone, is strangled to death in her home in the Togura district on the outskirts of Matsuyama...

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The Highest Honour

The Highest Honour

After a highly successful raid on Singapore Harbour, soldiers of Z Special Unit lead a new expedition in Singapore, with disastrous results.

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Runway Beat

Runway Beat

Transfer student Biito “Beat” Mizorogi, talented in fashion design, bring classmates together to stage a fashion show for the school's annual...

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Jirocho of Shimizu 2: Journey Through Winds and Clouds

Jirocho of Shimizu 2: Journey Through Winds and Clouds

Shimizu Jirocho aka Yamamoto Chogoro has established a family in Shimizu Port and works on river construction. One day, Inosuke is killed, and...

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Jirocho of Shimizu 4: The Cold Wind of the North, the Revenge of the Righteous

Jirocho of Shimizu 4: The Cold Wind of the North, the Revenge of the Righteous

After the first anniversary of Ishimatsu's death, Jirocho Shimizu sets off on a pilgrimage. During his travels, he encounters a woman and local...

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Song of Vengeance

Song of Vengeance

Executive management of a major Tokyo construction company are getting bumped off one after another. It seems obvious that it is a former partner...

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Sugata Sanshiro

Sugata Sanshiro

The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a...

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Chokolietta

Chokolietta

Chiyoko's mother died when she was young. Since that time, Chiyoko has closed her heart to others. After her pet dies, Chiyoko feels loneliness...

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The Days of No Return

The Days of No Return

The story of a high school boy (Toshiyuki Nagashima) in Tokyo returning to his home town of Nagano upon the death of his father.

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Jirocho of Shimizu 3: Man Tears, the End of Ishimatsu

Jirocho of Shimizu 3: Man Tears, the End of Ishimatsu

Jirocho Shimizu has now sealed his family's long sword with a ban on fighting and makes a living as a cargo worker. His zeal is tested when he is...

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Lifetime Insecurity

Lifetime Insecurity

In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees...

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A Narcotics Agent's Ballad

A Narcotics Agent's Ballad

Undercover cop Kikuchi teams up with the Okinawa local police to clean up the narcotics and prostitution underworld.

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