Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with results which stun both nations. Meanwhile, Major Genjiro Akashi makes secret negotiations with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia, negotiations that have repercussions far beyond the conflict at hand.

Japan blossomed into its Renaissance at approximately the same time as Europe. Unlike the West, it f...

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie s...

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice gam...

Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eve...

After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide ...

A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan and is tak...

A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Gui...

In a Asian desert, a team of explorers learn of a newly discovered cave system and set out to explor...

Marc Schrader, a rookie cop caught red-handed with drugs in a police raid of an illegal rave, joins ...

Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic exped...

After finding out that her husband, Rudi, has a fatal illness, Trudi Angermeier arranges a trip to B...
Lyudmila is a successful realtor in the capital. Pictures from the past pop up in her memory, and th...
The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai and their mission to avenge the death of their master.

The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai who seek vengeance against the man who caused their ma...

A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When t...

Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, ...

An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealt...

After failing his university entrance exam, Yuki Hirano sets his eyes on the role of a forestry trai...
Legendary singer, actor, and jazz pianist Nat King Cole was prominent in the mid-1900s. Though he pa...

Two high school girls who are about to graduate also happen to be highly-skilled assassins. When the...