Violent Cop (1989)

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Starring: Takeshi Kitano, Haku Ryu

Sex, violence, and the dark world of the yakuza provide the basis of this Japanese thriller. 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano plays a rogue cop who employs his o... Read more

Virus (1980)

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

Starring: Chuck Connors, Edward James Olmos, Glenn Ford, Henry Silva, Olivia Hussey, Rober...

After a biological accident and nuclear attacks, the world's only survivors are a few hundred men and a handful of women living in Antarctica. Breatht... Read more

Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (1992)

Director: Arnold Glassman, Stuart Samuels, Todd McCarthy

Starring: Haskell Wexler, Vittorio Storaro, Michael Chapman

A fascinating tribute to the art of the cinematographer, from the silent era via the revolutionary deep focus of 'Citizen Kane' to some of the more ex... Read more

Voices of a Distant Star (2002)

Director: Makoto Shinkai

It is 2046 when a mysterious alien force begins their annihilation of the human race. Leaving behind the one person she loves, Mikako joins the inters... Read more

Warcraft: The Beginning (2016)

Director: Duncan Jones

Starring: Callum Keith Rennie, Clancy Brown, Ben Foster, Daniel Wu, Toby Kebbell, Paula Pa...

Based on the popular multiplayer game series, Warcraft is an all-new cinematic action epic set in the fantasy world of Azeroth where humans and orcs c... Read more

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)

Director: Shohei Imamura

Starring: Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu

Giving a touch of Asian-flavoured 'magic realism' to a premise that almost sounds like adult cinema, Japanese filmmaker Shohei Imamura ('The Eel') tel... Read more

Warning from Space (1956)

Director: Koji Shima

Translated into English, the title of this Japanese sci-fi endeavor is Unknown Satellite over Tokyo. The extraterrestrials on this occasion are weirdl... Read more

Weatherwoman Returns (1996)

Director: Tomoaki Hosoyama

Starring: Kei Mizutami

More loopy action as Keiko and her workmates are under threat from rival station TV Trendy, run by the evil Megumi, who is always one step ahead of th... Read more

What's Up Tiger Lily? (1966)

Director: Senkichi Taniguchi, Woody Allen

Starring: Tatsuya Mihashi, Miya Hana, Woody Allen, China Lee

Woody Allen provides the dubbed dialogue for a chopped up Japanese sexy spy thriller where the object of international intrigue is a recipe for egg sa... Read more

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

Director: Mikio Naruse

Starring: Hideko Takamine

A delicate, devastating study of a woman's life, a Ginza barmaid who fears that, as she faces her 30th birthday and the loss of her job, she will have... Read more