Samurai Fury

A feudal epic presenting the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. The impostor becomes comfortable living his life among nobility, but his responsibilities to his station grow more demanding the longer he occupies it.

Runtime

3h

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroyin...

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast

Machiko Kyō, Mitsuko Mito, Kinuyo Tanaka

When the brutal Boshin War breaks out in Japan, a group of inmates on death row unite to defend a fortress against the Imperial army.

Runtime

2h 35m

Cast

Takayuki Yamada, Taiga Nakano, Ukon Onoe

Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

Tokuzō Tanaka

Cast

Shintarō Katsu, Mikiko Tsubouchi, Seizaburō Kawazu

An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.

Runtime

2h 15m

Director

Sang-il Lee

Cast

Ken Watanabe, Jun Kunimura, Koichi Sato

Four friends pretend a cruise to escape their wives and go clubbing, but they are forced to go through face-saving shipwreck, becoming castaways.

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Eduardo García Maroto

Cast

Antonio Vico, Mary Santpere, Fernando Rey

In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.

Runtime

1h 27m

Director

Eduardo García Maroto

Cast

Virgílio Teixeira, Margarita Andrey, María Isbert