Director: Kosei Saito

Starring: Sonny Chiba, Isao Natsuki, Miyuki Ono

A squadron of Japanese soldiers find themselves transported through time to Japan's feudal period... 400 years in the past, where rival samurai clans... Read more

7.5/10

Director: Jim Jarmusch

Starring: Cliff Gorman, Forest Whitaker, Henry Silva, John Tormey

In Jim Jarmusch's fascinating meshing of gangster, urban and samurai action, Forest Whitaker is Ghost Dog, a mysterious hit man who rubs out targets f... Read more

5.7/10

Director: Baltasar Pedrosa

A spell transports a 17th century samurai to modern day Spain, in this entertaining animated action-fantasy. Waking centuries from his home, Yohei is... Read more

6.9/10

Director: Nagisa Oshima

Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Shinji Takeda, Tadanobu Asano, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tomoroh Taguchi...

Master filmmaker Nagisa Oshima (In the Realm of the Senses) returns to the screen with this fascinatingly ambiguous tale of homoerotic desire and jeal... Read more

6.8/10

Director: Kenji Misumi

Starring: Shintaro Katsu, Yukiji Asaoka, Mari Atsumi

Hanzo 'the Razor' Itami is a samurai cop who's expert at weilding more than just his sword. Like a Japanese version of 'Shaft', Hanzo is a demented b... Read more

Director: Yasuhiro Matsumura

Starring: Shintaro Katsu

Based on the manga of Kazuo Koike, this is the second part in the Hanzo trilogy as our dubious and well-endowed hero gets on the wrong side of a bunch... Read more

Director: Yoshio Inoue

The last in the Hanzo trilogy, this time our hard-as-nails super-stud cop is on the trail of a plot to smuggle gold out of the national treasury. Nat... Read more

6.6/10

Director: Tad Stones, Phil Weinstein

Starring: Voices Of, Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, John Hurt, Peri Gilpin

This animated feature sees the main cast from the film reprising their roles including Ron Perlman, Selma Blair and John Hurt. When a folklore profes... Read more

7.8/10

Director: Yoji Yamada

Starring: Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Min Tanaka

One of Japan's most celebrated filmmakers, Yoji Yamada (director of the Oscar-nominated 'Twilight Samurai') has once again created stunning cinema wit... Read more

8/10

Director: Wes Anderson

Starring: Akira Takayama, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Courtney B Vance, Edw...

When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alon... Read more