With the Japanese currently leading the way in thought-provoking cinematic violence it's only fitting that Kenta Fukasaku's Battle Royale is being touted as A Clockwork Orange for the 21st c...
Unanimously hailed as one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of the motion picture, Seven Samurai has inspired countless films modelled after its basic premise. But Akira Kurosawa's...
This semi-comic 1961 film by legendary director Akira Kurosawa (Rashomon, Ran) was inspired by the American Western genre. Kurosawa mainstay Toshirô Mifune (Seven Samurai) is cast as a drift...
Amazing flim. To anyone reading this is an amazing film to watch. as a child too i also saw this film on tv and did record it on tape which has been overly watched. when i found out it ws on...
An Instant Classic Story That Overcomes Its Own Flaws. An absolute classic; shamelessly violent yet staunchly idealistic. As you would expect it to be in a post apocalyptic future as codes o...
Made toward the end of his life, this film by Akira Kurosawa is at once amazingly beautiful and incredibly slow going. An anthology of imagery and lessons, Dreams focuses on the ways life bo...
Samurai Banners is very much Toshiro Mifune's film. It was made for his production company, and he dominates every scene as the wily, limping ex-ronin (masterless samurai) Yamamoto, chief ad...
The skilful blending of drawn animation and computer-generated imagery excited anime fans when this science fiction mystery was released in 1995: many enthusiasts believe Ghost suggests what...
Lensman - Secret of the Lens. I saw this movie back in 1988 (it was released that year). And I tell you, if it was the first anime movie you've seen as a child, it will stay with you, after ...
The Bad Sleep Well tells the story of corruption at the highest levels of Japanese business and its tragic consequences. Though flawed by a tedious introductory sequence and by an ending tha...