The Flowers of Evil

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

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but th...

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Ishirō Honda

Cast

Takashi Shimura, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

Runtime

2h 26m

Director

Rob Marshall

Cast

Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh

Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows t...

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Toshiya Fujita

Cast

Meiko Kaji, Kō Nishimura, Toshio Kurosawa

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

Runtime

2h 21m

Director

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Cast

Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura