East Asia
Cinema of Japan
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Seven Samurai
Kurosawa masterpiece about seven warriors defending a village. Directly influenced The Magnificent Seven, Star Wars and countless Hollywood films.
Defining films
Directors
Films by decade
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
Godzilla Minus One
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK
Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Tsuzumi Mansion Arc
Jujutsu Kaisen 0
The Boy and the Heron
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mt. Natagumo Arc
Drive My Car
Suzume
Solo Leveling -ReAwakening-
Monster
Millennium Actress
Violet Evergarden: The Movie
Sonic the Hedgehog
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Look Back
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
The First Slam Dunk
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village-
Gintama: The Very Final
Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Your Name.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
A Silent Voice: The Movie
The Wind Rises
Wolf Children
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
13 Assassins
Weathering with You
When Marnie Was There
Confessions
Kick-Ass 2
The Garden of Words
From Up on Poppy Hill
Dragon Ball Super: Broly
Like Father, Like Son
One Cut of the Dead
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
The Boy and the Beast
Tomb Raider
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
The Last: Naruto the Movie
47 Ronin
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle
Ponyo
Battle Royale
Paprika
Departures
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Tokyo Godfathers
Nobody Knows
The Twilight Samurai
The Animatrix
5 Centimeters per Second
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Audition
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
The Cat Returns
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Still Walking
Love Exposure
Death Note
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Princess Mononoke
Fireworks
Dreams
Cure
After Life
Ghost in the Shell
Perfect Blue
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Porco Rosso
Whisper of the Heart
Ninja Scroll
Ringu
Only Yesterday
Kikujiro
Memories
Pom Poko
Sonatine
Love Letter
Jin-Roh: the Wolf Brigade
Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn
Shall We Dance?
Memphis Belle
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Grave of the Fireflies
My Neighbor Totoro
Akira
Ran
Kagemusha
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
Castle in the Sky
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Tampopo
Barefoot Gen
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
The Ballad of Narayama
Hachiko
Angel's Egg
Violent Cop
Black Rain
Macross: Do You Remember Love?
Patlabor the Movie
The Killing of America
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
Antarctica
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
In the Realm of the Senses
Dodes’ka-den
The Castle of Cagliostro
Tora! Tora! Tora!
House
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Vengeance Is Mine
Belladonna of Sadness
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Demons
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Empire of Passion
The Street Fighter
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
This Transient Life
Harakiri
Yojimbo
High and Low
The Woman in the Dunes
Red Beard
Kwaidan
An Autumn Afternoon
The Naked Island
Funeral Parade of Roses
End Of Summer
Sanjuro
Samurai Rebellion
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Onibaba
The Bad Sleep Well
The Sword of Doom
The Face of Another
Kuroneko
Late Autumn
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Branded to Kill
Zatoichi
Tokyo Drifter
Pale Flower
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Ikiru
Tokyo Story
Throne of Blood
Ugetsu
Sansho the Bailiff
Early Summer
Good Morning
The Life of Oharu
Crucified Lovers / A Story From Chikamatsu
Street of Shame
Floating Clouds
The Hidden Fortress
Gojira
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Floating Weeds
The Burmese Harp
Tokyo Twilight
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Fires on the Plain
Equinox Flower
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Late Spring
Stray Dog
Drunken Angel
The Quiet Duel
There Was A Father
One Wonderful Sunday
Record Of A Tenement Gentleman
No Regrets for Our Youth
The Swordsman
Sanshiro Sugata/Judo Saga
The Loyal 47 Ronin of the Genroku Era
A Hen In The Wind
Brothers And Sisters Of The Toda Family
Women of the Night
Utamaro and His Five Women
Sanshiro Sugata Part II/Judo Saga Part II
My Love Has Been Burning
The Most Beautiful
The Famous Sword
Travelling Actors
Spring Awakens
The Song Lantern
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Victory of Women
I Was Born, But…
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
The Only Son
Story Of Floating Weeds
Sisters of Gion
Humanity and Paper Balloons
Osaka Elegy
An Inn In Tokyo
Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
Tokyo Chorus
Passing Fancy
Mr. Thank You
What Did The Lady Forget?
Dragnet Girl
Woman Of Tokyo
That Night’s Wife
Wife, Be Like a Rose
Apart From You
Where Now Are The Dreams Of Youth?
Walk Cheerfully
Flunky, Work Hard
Be Great!
Street Without End
A Mother Should Be Loved
A Page of Madness
Days Of Youth
I Graduated, But…
A Straightforward Boy
Tokyo March
Kutsu
Song of Home
The Morning Sun Shines
The Human Being
Passion of a Woman Teacher
Metropolitan Symphony
Death at Dawn
Resurrection of Love
Ase
A Paper Doll’s Whisper of Spring
Foggy Harbour
Harbour of Desire
Souls on the Road
Bridge of Japan
A Man’s Life
My Loving Daughter
The Cuckoo – New Version
The Imperial Grace
It’s My Fault – New Version
DVD: region 2 NTSC (Japan) no subtitles
DVD: region 2 NTSC (Japan) no subtitles; and poor quality region 3 NTSC (Hong Kong) poor English subtitles
Insurance adjuster Keibu Wakatsuki receives an anonymous phone call from a woman who wants to know if his Showa Corporation will pay out on a policy if the holder suicides. Soon he’s sent to the home of Shigenori Komoda, a thumbless man whose missing digit the adjuster’s company thinks may not be accidental. There, Wakatsuki finds the body of Komoda’s young stepson dangling from a rope tied to a ceiling beam. …
Shibuki quits her job at the kindergarten and heads for Okinawa seeking out the divorced father of one of her former students. Along the way she falls for Ken, a wannabe magician. …
Three boys (JPoppers, Team Shibugaki) cut class and escape to a seaside resort where they, luck would have it, stumble upon a trio of young women. …
When things begins to heat up between a bathhouse attendant, Elizabeth, and a greenhorn comedian, Shingyo, he meets someone else. Characters come and go. Sketch comedy ensues. …