Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai' 2002

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Seven Samurai" (1954).

Bitterness of Youth 1974

A footballing law student tutors an undergraduate, developing into a romance that soon enough goes awry.

A Swindler to the West: A Con Man to the East 1971

A satirical comedy starring Makoto Fujita, depicting the two East and West con artists swindling illicit money from bad guys.

Golden Eyes 1968

A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route from Beirut to Tokyo.

Hibari, Chiemi, Izumi: Sannin yoreba 1964

Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer's investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a drug deal taking place at their theater.

Operation Mad Dog 1963

Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda

Siege of Fort Bismarck 1963

The Weed of Crime 1962

Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.

Challenge to Live 1961

An employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a fellow soldier when the two were adrift at sea during the Pacific War. Matters are complicated further when he falls in love with the soldier's younger sister (Tsukasa).

The Masterless 47 1960

Part one of The Masterless 47.

Get 'em All 1960

Gang of robbers quarrel about the loot, but when one of them gets killed, his younger brother seeks them out to ice them one by one.

Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4 1960

The fourth instalment in the Life's Simple Pleasures (Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei) series.

Varan 1958

When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Varan, a giant monster, who decides to leave the valley and head straight for Tokyo.

Bright Young Maidens 1958

In order to get Kanako (Izumi Yukimura) married, her mother places a rental listing in the student medical school newsletter and attempts to find a suitable lodger who will catch the eye of her daughter.

Oban kanketsu hen 1958

Ushinosuke returns to Tokyo with new ambitions. Fourth and final part of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen 1957

Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.

Ôban 1957

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban.

Jacks and Jills 1956

Seven Samurai 1954

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.