Sojiro Motoki

A tuberculosis-infected criminal starts an unhealthy relationship with an alcoholic doctor. Bonus features include commentary; documentary; and more. Also includes booklet containing essays and a reprint from Kurosawa's autobiography.

A young Japanese businessman dying of cancer wants to give something back to society before his death, so he decides to build a playground for children.

This epic masterpiece is about a group of 16th century samurai who are hired to defend a small Japanese village that finds itself annually raided by an army of bandits who steal the meager crops harvested by the peasants. Tired of relinquishing their food supply but woefully inept in combat skills, the villagers decide to hire a band of samurai to protect them. In addition to the primary conflict between the villagers and the bandits, much of the...

A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, directed by Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai), sets Shakespeare's definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a ghostly, fog-enshrouded landscape in feudal Japan. The film fuses classical Western tragedy with formal elements taken from Noh Theater to create an unforgettable cinematic experience.