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
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
Iwao Enokizu is a middle-aged man who has an unexplainable urge to commit insane and violent murders. Eventually he is chased by the police all over J... Read more
A young hoodlum decides to work for a criminal organization that is tearing itself apart. Read more
In a small 19th-century Japanese village, residents who reach the age of 70 are banished to the top of Mt. Narayama to die so that they don't become a... Read more
A young hoodlum decides to work for a criminal organization that is tearing itself apart. Read more
Dr. Akagi, a rural physician in Japan at the end of WWII, wages a one-man crusade against hepetitis, earning him a reputation as "Dr. Liver." But his... Read more
Iwao Enokizu is a middle-aged man who has an unexplainable urge to commit insane and violent murders. Eventually he is chased by the police all over J... Read more
The story of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, based on Masuji Ibuse's novel. Read more
This film is a unique and extraordinary response to the catastrophic events in New York City that shook the world on September 11, 2001. Producer Alai... Read more