Masaru Satō
Series
Criterion collection volume 190
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
日本語
Description
Adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in feudal Japan. Tells the story of a Samurai lord who kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy.
2) Yōjinbō
Series
Criterion collection volume 52
Pub. Date
2007
Language
日本語
Description
A wandering Samurai-for-hire eventually finds a dramatic solution to the problems of a town with two warring clans.
Series
Criterion collection volume 190
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
日本語
Description
A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, directed by Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai), sets Shakespeare's definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a ghostly, fog-enshrouded landscape in feudal Japan. The film fuses classical Western tragedy with formal elements taken from Noh Theater to create an unforgettable cinematic experience.
6) Yōjimbō
Series
Criterion collection volume 52
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
日本語
Description
To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro (Toshiro Mifune) turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage.
7) Kumonosujō
Series
Criterion collection volume 190
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
日本語
Description
A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, directed by Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai), sets Shakespeare's definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a ghostly, fog-enshrouded landscape in feudal Japan. The film fuses classical Western tragedy with formal elements taken from Noh Theater to create an unforgettable cinematic experience.
Series
Criterion collection volume 280
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
日本語
Description
Ryunosuke is a sociopathic samurai. When he is scheduled for an exhibition match at his fencing school, the wife of his opponent begs Ryunosuke to throw the match, offering her own virtue in trade.
Series
Criterion collection volume 116
Pub. Date
2014
Language
日本語
Description
A grand-scale adventure as only Akira Kurosawa could make one. A general charged with guarding his defeated clan's princess as the two smuggle royal treasure across hostile territory. Accompanying them are a pair of bumbling, conniving peasants who may or may not be their friends. This rip-roaring ride is among the director's most beloved films and was a primary influence on George Lucas's Star Wars. Delivers Kurosawa's trademark deft blend of wry...
Series
Criterion collection volume 24
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
日本語
Description
A complex crime thriller in which a wealthy Japanese shoe manufacturer's chauffeur's son is kidnapped in mistake for his own, and he faces a moral dilemma.
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
日本語
Description
A collection of five films by Japanese director Koreyoshi Kurahara.
Intimidation: Sinister blackmail, a daring heist, and two bank coworkers at odds; Kurahara's noir seethes with tension.
The warped ones: Akira, possibly the most reckless youth in film history, tears up Tokyo in this frenetically shot and edited jazz-scored trip to hell.
I hate but love: Tired of life in the public eye, a celebrity leaves the city for a faraway village, but the...