Tetsurō Tanba
Publisher
AnimEigo
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
日本語
Description
"This final stand against the Allied onslaught soon becomes the bloodiest battle of the Pacific Theater, taking the horrors of war to a level never before seen, as the desperate Japanese Army tries to demonstrate to the Americans what they should expect when they assault the Japanese mainland." --container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 596
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
日本語
Formats
Description
An offshoot of a Japanese television series of the same name, "Three outlaw samurai" is a classic in its own right. A wandering, seen-it-all ronin becomes entangled in the dangerous business of two other samurai hired to execute a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of a corrupt magistrate. With remarkable storytelling economy and thrilling action scenes, it's an expertly mounted tale of revenge and loyalty.
6) Kwaidan
Series
Criterion collection volume 90
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Language
日本語
Description
After more than a decade of sober political dramas and social-minded periodpieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi shifted gears dramatically for this rapturously stylized quartet of ghost stories. Featuring colorfully surreal sets and luminous cinematography, these haunting tales of demonic comeuppance and spiritual trials, adapted from writer Lafcadio Hearn's collections of Japanese folklore, are existentially frightening and meticulously...
Series
Criterion collection volume 302
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
日本語
Description
After an unemployed samurai is forced to commit harakiri before a feudal lord, his father-in-law returns to the scene, seemingly to play out the same agonizing suicide ritual.
Publisher
Arrow Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
日本語
Description
Black comedy about a modern dysfunctional family and their shared dream of opening an inn in the country. From Takashi Miike, the prolific director of such shocking hits including Audition and Ichi the Killer comes "The Sound of Music meets Dawn of the Dead"! The Katakuris are a family trying to run a peaceful country inn but with a lack of guests there is much excitement for their first visitor, until they wind up dead! As each guest in turn dies...
Series
Criterion collection volume 312
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
日本語
Description
Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. But when a high-ranking spy defects to a rival clan, the world of swordsmen is thrown into turmoil.
Publisher
Discotek Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
日本語
Description
"An epic film of greed and power, starring some of the biggest names in classic Japanese cinema! Following the death of the Shogunate, it became evident that his death was no accident. He was poisoned because he wanted his eldest son to be heir to his throne. A war between the eldest and his younger brother erupts. Warriors take to each side swearing devotion to the prospective lords. The plot to pit brother against brother is secretly being controlled...
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The peaceful planet of Jillucia, nearly wiped out by the metal skinned Gavanas, sends a message seeking help into the universe by dispersing eight holy seeds which seek out warriors, bringing the Gavanas' attention to Earth.