Japanese Cinema

Directed by Yasujirô Ozu.
113 minutes; released 1962.
After living alone with his daughter for years, a widower must learn how to let her go, letting her be free to move on with her life, by arranging a marriage for her. In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa.
150 minutes; released 1960.
In this tale of corporate corruption in postwar Japan, a young executive hunts down his father's killer. In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Seijun Suzuki.
91 minutes; released 1967.
The No.3 ranked killer in the Tokyo underworld carries out three hits, but bungles a fourth. Then both the women in his life try to kill him. The next thing he knows, he is playing a cat-and-mouse game with the very dangerous No. 1 killer. In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa.
110 minutes; released 1961.
In this satire, two clans fighting for control of a small town encounter a wandering samurai-for-hire who turns the war between them to his own advantage.

Directed by Kon Ichikawa.
116 minutes; released 1956.
An Imperial Japanese Army regiment surrenders to British forces in Burma at the close of World War II and finds harmony through song. In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Kô Nakahira.
86 minutes; released 1956.
Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking. A portrayal of post-war sexual revolution among Japan's young and privileged. In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Kaneto Shindô.
103 minutes; released 1964.
In order to survive in feudal Japan, an impoverished mother and her daughter-in-law murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for grain. In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa.
140 minutes; released 1975.
An eccentric Mongolian frontiersman saves the members of a Russian surveying expedition by teaching them how to survive in the wilderness. Based on the novel by Vladimir Klavdievich Arsen'ev. In Russian with English subtitles.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa.
140 minutes; released in 1970.
Follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. As desperate as their circumstances may seem, each of them, including the homeless father and son who dream of a home; the young woman hiding from the abuse she receives from her uncle; and a young boy who dreams of being a trolley conductor, find reasons to carry on. Based on a novel "Kisetsu no nai machi" by Yamamoto Shūgorō. In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Masahiro Shinoda.
104 minutes; released 1969.
In this stylized dramatization of the puppet theater play, Jihei abandons business, family and self respect for a passionate love affair with a geisha whose freedom he cannot afford... Based on a novel by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa.
98 minutes; released 1948.
A yakuza mobster suffering from tuberculosis enters into an unusual relationship with an alcoholic doctor. In Japanese with optional English subtitles.