A bureaucrat tries to find a meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
Tag Archives: Akira Kurosawa
June, 2021
May, 2018
- 17 May
Not Yet (1993) BluRay 480p & 720p
Following World War II, a retired professor approaching his autumn years finds his quality of life drastically reduced in war-torn Tokyo. Denying despair, he pursues writing and celebrates his birthday with his adoring students.
September, 2017
- 14 September
The Most Beautiful (1944) BluRay 480p & 720p
During World War II, the management of a war industry of optical instruments for weapons requests an effort from the workers to increase the productivity during four months. The target for male workers is an increase of 100% of the production, but the female workers, led by the dedicated Tsuru Watanabe, ask the direction to surpass their goal from 50% to 70%.
- 13 September
Throne of Blood (1957) BluRay 480p & 720p
A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.
- 13 September
The Quiet Duel (1949) BluRay 480p & 720p
A surgeon gets syphilis from a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. The doctor's life is destroyed, but unlike the patient, he doesn't destroy others along with him.
- 12 September
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail (1945) BluRay 480p & 720p
A Japanese general and his men disguise themselves as monks in order to pass an enemy border patrol.
- 11 September
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945) BluRay 480p & 720p
Sugata returns to prove his judo mastery in a match against Western opponents.
- 11 September
Sanshiro Sugata (1943) BluRay 480p & 720p
Sugata, a young man, struggles to learn the nuance and meaning of judo, and in doing so comes to learn something of the meaning of life.
- 10 September
The Bad Sleep Well (1960) BluRay 480p & 720p
A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.
August, 2017
- 17 August
Ran (1985) REMASTERED BluRay 480p, 720p, & 1080p
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.
- 17 August
One Wonderful Sunday (1947) BluRay 480p & 720p
Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. They manage to have many small adventures, especially because Masako's optimism and belief in dreams is able to lift Yuzo from his realistic despair.
- 16 August
No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) BluRay 480p & 720p
The daughter of a politically disgraced university professor struggles to find a place for herself in love and life, in the uncertain world of Japan leading into WWII.
July, 2017
- 9 July
Kagemusha (1980) BluRay 480p & 720p
A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.
- 9 July
I Live in Fear (1955) BluRay 480p & 720p
An aging, industrialist Japanese man becomes so fearful of nuclear war that it begins to take a toll on his life and family.
- 4 July
Drunken Angel (1948) BluRay 480p & 720p
A drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond.
- 2 July
The Lower Depths (1957) BluRay 480p & 720p
In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.