Taikoki

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Takeshi Kitano

Cast

Tadanobu Asano

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

Runtime

3h 27m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba

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

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Takashi Shimura

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.

Runtime

2h 19m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the u...

Runtime

3h 5m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Yūzō Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki