Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken in by a company of quarry workers, whose boss has a strict code of non-violence. When the rival family tries to take over the company and kills their boss, Hidejirō must choose between his promise of non-violence and his yakuza code of revenge...

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos ...

After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her moth...

The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abus...

An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it...

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifull...

At 2:46 PM on March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant experiences a black out due ...

Vicky recalls her romances with her exes Hao Hao and Jack in the neon-lit clubs of Taipei.

In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth, ...

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival ...

Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-yea...

After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new lif...

After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering...

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

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, whic...

A young executive has a really bad night after an encounter with a crazed bisexual wannabe yakuza an...

A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where ...

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...

A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a b...

A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s ...