The Twilight Samurai (2002)

Director: Yoji Yamada

Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi, Ren Osugi, Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Set in the late nineteenth century as the feudal Shogun period was giving way to the Meiji Restoration, Seibei Iguchi (Hiroyuki Sanada) is a low-ranki... Read more

The Grudge 2 (2003)

Director: Takashi Shimizu

Starring: Noriko Sakai, Chiharu Niyama, Kei Horie, Yui Ichikawa

A Tokyo house has been the site of many strange disappearances. Kyoko is a horror film actress who is invited by a film crew to investigate the 'haunt... Read more

Lady Snowblood (1973)

Director: Toshiya Fujita

Starring: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon

Her father, a schoolteacher, is brutally murdered. Her mother is beaten, raped, and forced into prostitution to survive, only to die giving her life.... Read more

Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)

Director: Toshiya Fujita

Starring: Meiko Kaji, Yoshio Harada, Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Imprisoned and sentenced to hang for the murders she committed to avenge her family, Yuki is given a reprieve by the mysterious Kikui, a secret govern... Read more

The Cat Returns (2002)

Director: Hiroyuki Morita

From Japan's Studio Ghibli comes this magical animated adventure that will delight and inspire both the young and the young at heart. After saving a... Read more

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

This classic Miyazaki film in many ways foreshadows his later, more widely recognised hit, 'Princess Mononoke'. In the far future, man has destroyed t... Read more

Porco Rosso (1992)

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

World War I has ended, and peace reigns again. Aviators from around the world circle above the Adriatic Sea, keen to recapture the romanticism of flig... Read more

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Volume 3 (2002)

Director: Kenji Kamiyama

Volume 3 of 7. Convinced that the cyber terrorist known only as the Laughing Man has resurfaced, Section 9 accelerates their investigations. Major Kus... Read more

Lone Wolf and Cub 1: Sword of Vengeance (1972)

Director: Kenji Misumi

Starring: Tomisaburo Wakayama

He was Ogami Itto, a man who held himself to the harsh code of Bushido, entrusted by the Shogun with the gravest of responsibilities, that of official... Read more

Lone Wolf and Cub 2: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)

Director: Kenji Misumi

Starring: Tomisaburo Wakayama

The Yagyu clan has murdered Ogami Itto's wife, and had him stripped of his position of Official Shogunate Second. Now Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro w... Read more