The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takeshi Kato, Masayuki Mori

Reflecting his fondness for American crime films and motifs this stylish Akira Kurosawa thriller stars Toshiro Mifune and delves into corporate corrup... Read more

In The Realm Of The Senses (1976)

Director: Nagisa Oshima

Starring: Aio Nakajima, Eiko Matsuda, Tatsuya Fuji

Tells of the bizarre true-to-life love affair between a gangster and a prostitute in 1930s Japan. Highlighted by lush visuals and graphic sex, as well... Read more

Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959)

Director: Alain Resnais

Starring: Emmanuele Riva, Eiji Okuda, Stella Dassas

Alain Resnais has created a magnificent mood piece in his telling of the unique love story of a French cinema actress and a Japanese architect who mee... Read more

Seven Samurai (1954)

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Starring: Yoshio Inaba, Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura

One of the most beloved movie epics of all time, Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhab... Read more

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Director: Mamoru Oshii

In early 21st century Japan, the search for a criminal computer genius known as 'The Puppet Master' sends a cyborg policewoman on a dangerous search,... Read more

Akira (1988)

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo

Starring: Voices Of, Lewis Lemay, Jimmy Flanders, Drew Thomas

Groundbreaking Japanese animated epic set in the post-WWIII metropolis of Neo-Tokyo. The labyrinthine plot revolves around a battle between oppressive... Read more

Ikiru (1952)

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Starring: Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyoko Seki

A brilliant study of a man who finds he is dying of cancer and determines to spend his final months giving meaning to his life by constructing a child... Read more

The Eel (1997)

Director: Shohei Imamura

Starring: Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho

Winner of the 1997 Cannes Palme d'Or and from the director of "The Ballad of Narayama", (also a Palme d'Or winner) comes this wonderful offering about... Read more

Sonatine (1993)

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Starring: Aya Kokumai, Takeshi Kitano, Tetsu Watanabe

'Beat' Takeshi Kitano stars in this very original tale of the last days of a Tokyo gangster. Hard action combines brilliantly with haunting stillness. Read more

Ran (4K Ultra HD) (1985)

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu

A Kurosawa masterpiece, a decade-in-the-making version of 'King Lear' that brilliantly blends Japanese history with Shakespeare's themes. A triumphant... Read more