ZOKKI

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Takeshi Kitano

Cast

Tadanobu Asano

Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose relationship is about to be broken apart by the former's parents, who have insisted their son take part in an arranged marriage to...

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Takeshi Kitano

Cast

Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi

Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against a fellow recruit. He also sees his friend Shinjô defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.

Runtime

2h 58m

Director

Masaki Kobayashi

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Kokinji Katsura

After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his old life, he faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his men sneak behind enemy lines.

Runtime

3h 10m

Director

Masaki Kobayashi

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Tamao Nakamura

Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Shintarō Katsu

Cast

Kanako Higuchi, Takanori Jinnai, Ryuutarô Gan