Greed in Broad Daylight

A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.

Runtime

2h 22m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up...

Runtime

2h 30m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kamatari Fujiwara

Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated.

Runtime

1h 41m

Director

Shōhei Imamura

Cast

Hiroyuki Nagato, Shizuko Kasagi, Tomiko Hattori

A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.

Runtime

1h 24m

Director

Takashi Nomura

Cast

Joe Shishido, Chitose Kobayashi, Jerry Fujio

After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside,...

Runtime

1h 23m

Director

Seijun Suzuki

Cast

Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani