Free and Easy 18

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

Runtime

3h 27m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba

A member of an elite paramilitary counter-terrorism unit becomes traumatized after witnessing the suicide bombing of a young girl and is forced to undergo retraining. However, unbeknownst to him, he becomes a key player in a dispute between rival police divisions, as he finds himself increasingly involved with the sister of the girl he...

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Hiroyuki Okiura

Cast

Yoshikatsu Fujiki, Sumi Mutoh

A bored accountant spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.

Runtime

2h 16m

Director

Masayuki Suō

Cast

Koji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka

Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Takashi Miike

Cast

Riki Takeuchi, Show Aikawa, Renji Ishibashi

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Higuchinsky

Cast

Eriko Hatsune, Fhi Fan, Hinako Saeki