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Akira
(1988)
Rated: R
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In 1988, the blockbuster film AKIRA changed forever the way anime was presented in movie theatres. Thirteen years later, after a complete visual restoration, AKIRA once again changes the way anime movies...
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Akira Kurosawa's DREAMS
(1990)
Rated: PG
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Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola and other moviemakers cite him as a primal influence. The Magnificent Seven, A Fistful of Dollars and the Star Wars...
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Departures
(2010)
Rated: PG-13
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Departures is surely the gentlest, sweetest movie about death that you will ever see. A cellist named Diago (Masahiro Motoki) comes to the rueful conclusion that he?s not talented enough to make a career...
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HARAKIRI
(1962)
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Following the collapse of his clan, unemployed samurai Hanshiro Tsungumo (Tatsuya Nakadai) arrives at the manor of Lord Iyi, begging to commit ritual suicide on his property. Iyi's clansmen, believing...
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Howl's Moving Castle
(2005)
Rated: PG
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Acclaimed Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki adapts British writer Diana Wynne Jones's popular fantasy tale for this animated feature, adding his own unique and celebrated dreamlike spin. A young hat-maker...
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InuYasha The Movie 3:Swords of an Honorable Ruler
(2003)
Rated: NR
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Many years ago, the Great Dog Demon wielded the Three Swords of the Fang. Upon his death, he bequeathed a sword to each of his sons, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, leaving the third sword, the wrath-filled Sounga,...
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KAGEMUSHA
(1980)
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In his late, color masterpiece Kagemusha Akira Kurosawa returned to the samurai film and to a primary theme of his career-the play between illusion and reality. Sumptuously reconstructing the splendor...
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Nobody Knows
(2004)
Rated: PG-13
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Based on true events that shocked Japan, this story of abandoned siblings is a "harrowing, tender film" (The New York Times) that "unfolds with leisurely beauty" (LA Weekly). Filmed over a year and featuring...
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Princess Mononoke
(2000)
Rated: UR
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Claire Danes ("The Mod Squad"), Minnie Driver ("Good Will Hunting"), and Billy Bob Thornton ("Armageddon", "Sling Blade") head a cast of hot Hollywood stars who lend their talents to this exquisitely animated,...
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Ran
(1985)
Rated: R
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Akira Kurosawa's brilliantly conceived re-telling of Shakespeare's King Lear magically mixes japanese history, Shakespeare's plot and Kurosawa's own feelings about loyalty in the epic masterpiece Ran....
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Seven Samurai
(1954)
Rated: UR
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A desperate village hires seven samurai to protect it from marauders in the crown jewel of Japanese cinema. No other film so seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human emotions and...
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Shall We Dance?
(1996)
Rated: PG
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A middle-aged workaholic's incredibly dull life takes a funny turn when he signs up for a ballroom dance class - just to meet the sexy dance teacher. But when he finally muscles up the nerve for lessons...
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
(2011)
Rated: PG-13
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From director Wayne Wang of The Joy Luck Club, and based on the best-selling novel, comes a timeless portrait of female friendship. Centuries ago, two "sworn sisters" are isolated by their families, but...
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The Bad Sleep Well
(1960)
Rated: NR
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In Kurosawa's HAMLET-like story of corporate scandal in post-war Japan, a young man attempts to use his position at the heart of a corrupt company to expose the men responsible for his father's death.
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The Bad Sleep Well
(1960)
Rated: NR
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In Kurosawa's HAMLET-like story of corporate scandal in post-war Japan, a young man attempts to use his position at the heart of a corrupt company to expose the men responsible for his father's death.
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The Grudge 2 - Widescreen - Uncensored
(2006)
Rated: UR
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Japanese horror specialist Takashi Shimizu returns to the mythology that terrified audiences the world over with this terror-inducing sequel to the hit 2004 frightener. When a cursed Tokyo home is burned...
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Throne Of Blood (The Criterion Collection)
(1957)
Rated: UR
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One of the most celebrated screen adaptations of Shakespeare into film, Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood re-imagines Macbeth in feudal Japan. Starring Kurosawa's longtime collaborator Toshiro Mifune and...
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Whispers of the Heart - Widescreen
(1995)
Rated: G
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First time on DVDFrom the creators of the Academy Award winning "Spirited Away" (Best Animated Feature Film, 2002) comes a tale based on the screenplay from the legendary animator Hayao...
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Yojimbo
(1961)
Rated: UR
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The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa's visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo (The Bodyguard). In order to rid a village of corruption, masterless samurai Sanjuro turns...
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