The Symbol of a Man

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 1958 postwar Tokyo, the residents of a humble Third Street neighbourhood struggle, dream, and grow together as rapid modernisation transforms their lives beneath the shadow of the newly rising Tokyo Tower.

Runtime

2h 13m

Director

Takashi Yamazaki

Cast

Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Koyuki

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was kil...

Runtime

2h 17m

Director

Yasujirō Ozu

Cast

Chishū Ryū, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara

Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She’s in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters problems every step of the way. Fortunately for Ichi, she is also a gifted swordswoman and carries a lethal blade with...

Runtime

2h

Director

Fumihiko Sori

Cast

Haruka Ayase, Yosuke Kubozuka, Takao Osawa

A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet.

Runtime

1h 59m

Director

Derek Yee Tung-Sing

Cast

Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu