The Blue Mountains: Part II
Continuation of The Blue Mountains: Part I. Released a week later.
Okoma, the Orphan Gambler
Taking place in Shinshu in the 1920s, Tsumakoi Okoma, while traveling to hone her gambling skills, teams up with the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji and comes into conflict with gamblers plotting…
The Blue Mountains: Part I
Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young man from Tokyo.
A Geisha
Eiko seeks out Miyoharu, a geisha, and asks to be her apprentice. When she is ready to receive clients, both women want the right to refuse certain men.
Street of Shame
The personal tales of various sex workers who occupy a Japanese brothel.
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan’s greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge…
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
A childless middle-aged couple faces a marital crisis of sorts.
Fireworks Over the Sea
A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.
Drunken Angel
The chaotic worlds of the Yakuza and an alcoholic doctor collide in this film noir classic from Akira Kurosawa. Gangster Toshiro Mifune visits doctor Takashi Shimura, after an unfortunate incident…
Freelance Samurai
One of Japanese folklore’s most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this terrific version of legendary Demon slaying Peach Boy.