Tange Sazen : The Jar Worth One Million Ryo

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An a...

Runtime

3h 3m

Director

Masaki Kobayashi

Cast

Michiyo Aratama, Rentaro Mikuni, Misako Watanabe

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Jap...

Runtime

2h 9m

Director

Yoji Yamada

Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in...

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa

Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Takashi Miike

Cast

Kazuya Nakayama, Kaori Momoi, Ryuhei Matsuda

In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi

Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected romance blossoms between them.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Masam Holden

A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks, and soon finds herself in a perilous situation concerning privacy, surveillance and freedom. She comes to learn that her decisions and actions will determine the future of humanity.

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Emma Watson, Alicia Vikander, Tom Hanks

Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, something’s got to give. But change isn’t exactly a cakewalk. Sobriety means she will have to...

Runtime

1h 25m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer

An aging, disillusioned alcoholic gets a younger friend and wants him to pose as his son at a school reunion.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Nick Nolte, Trevor Morgan, Rosemarie DeWitt