Toshirô Mifune

Kichijirô Ueda

Kamatari Fujiwara

Yôko Tsukasa

Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady. But she sees him only as a friend, so he helps another man to woo her by giving him the poetry of his own heart.—Jim Beaver

Samurai Saga

Samurai Saga (1959)

Takashi Shimura

Eizaburô Sakauchi

Toshio Kasai

After three banks robbers are able to escape with the money, the police have evidence that they are holed up at an inn in the mountains above Nagano, hence the police moving their base of operations to the Japanese Alps. The police don't want to inform the innkeepers as the robbers are armed, and the police fear the public may get themselves killed if they know robbers are in their midst. Indeed, the three robbers, Eijima, Nojiro, and Takasugi, all different in ages and temperament, are hiding out at the inn pretending to be tourists on a ski holiday. The police know the situation benefits them as the robbers either have to come back down the mountain, or head up which basically is a dead end. The robbers feel it their best interest to leave the inn, they heading further up the mountain. In doing so, they take refuge at a lodge owned and occupied by an old man and his granddaughter, Haruko, and who have as a guest their friend Honda, an experienced mountaineer. Welcoming the strangers in, they have no idea of their nature. Regardless, the robbers are able to convince Honda to take them up the mountain to descend on the other side. The question then becomes if they will be able to survive both the dangers of the mountain and from each others hands, the latter especially if any one of them feels cornered into an inescapable situation.—Huggo

Snow Trail

Snow Trail (1947)

Shin'ichi Chiba

Mieko Harada

Mariko Okada

This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701 -- 1702, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into drawing his sword inside the Shogun's palace -- a crime which carried the death penalty. The newly installed Shogun was furious at Asano and ordered all his clan's assets seized, meaning some 20,000 samurai and commoners were unemployed and landless at a stroke. Forty-seven of these ronin (masterless samurai) banded together to take revenge on Lord Kira, who had goaded Asano into drawing his sword. They bide their time for a year and a half. Disguising their intentions, they lead public lives of drunken dissipation, while planning in secret. They finally succeed in exacting their revenge against powerful odds, and then commit ritual suicide to atone for breaking the law. They are buried at the temple of Sengaku-ji in Tokyo. Their graves are still in existence and are considered a national shrine. An annual festival is held there to celebrate these events. (Goof: The movie subtitles state the events began in 1702, in fact they began April, 1701 and the revenge took place December 14, 1702.)

The Fall of Ako Castle

The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)

Tatsuya Nakadai

Shigeru Kôyama

During peace in 1725, aging swordsman Isaburo is living a henpecked life when his clan lord requests that Isaburo's son marry the lord's mistress, with whom he's displeased, even though she's born him a son. Isaburo wants to refuse, but his son Yogoro accepts the woman, Ichi, and they fall deeply in love. Their love renews Isaburo, so when the clan lord's elder son dies and the lord sends for Ichi to return to his side as mother of his heir, Isaburo opposes his lord. Yogoro and Ichi, who now have a baby daughter, stand with him. The clan orders their suicide, then sends soldiers to kill them. Isaburo's only hope is to take his case to Edo to expose the clan's cruelty. Can he?—

Samurai Rebellion

Samurai Rebellion (1967)

Jûzô Itami

Ruriko Asaoka

An international group of racers compete at a Safari Rally.

Safari 5000

Safari 5000 (1969)

Minoru Chiaki

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.—

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)

Yoshio Inaba

Machiko Kitagawa

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest Samurai, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school for Kendo. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers. While Otsu waits, Akemi also seeks him, expressing her desires directly. Meanwhile, Takezo is observed by Sasaki Kojiro, a brilliant young fighter, confident he can dethrone Takezo. After leaving Kyoto in triumph, Takezo declares his love for Otsu, but in a way that dishonors her and shames him. Once again, he leaves alone.—

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)

Rentarô Mikuni

Gorô Sakurai

In 1600 AD in Miyamoto Village an army assembles and marches. Two young men, Takezo and Matahachi watch from high in a tree, Takezo is eager to join up while Matahachi has a girl Otsu. She scolds the men for climbing the tree. Matahachi casually mentions he may go away for a year, Otsu professes eternal love but asks him to stay.At night Takezo crosses a river, Matahachi joins him and the two go off laughing on their adventure.At the rainy Battle of Sekigahara one side is in retreat. Takezo and Matahatchi are digging trenches as their side tells them to run, the enemy is coming. Takezo vows to fight on and Matahachi joins him. The two join a counterattack against a mass cavalry charge. Afterwards many dead lie strewn on the fields of battle. Takezo gets up groggily and helps Matahachi, who has an injured leg. The two evade a mounted rearguard party and slip off into the forest. Matahachi is very weak but they manage make it to a solitary cabin.After three months the two are recovering well. They are staying with a mother, Oko and 16 yr old daughter, Akemi. Takezo tries to break a stray horse, Matahachi's leg is still a little weak. He misinterprets Akemi's attentions and embraces her, she pushes him off. She goes to Takezo instead and gets a wild horse ride. They fall off, Akemi is unhurt, but exhilarated and tries to seduce Takezo. A band of outlaws on horses comes by and tells Akemi they will come later for the their payment. At the house the four hide jewels in the ceiling attic, the women scavenge from dead samurai. Oko explains her dead husband was a brigand also and she has plans to move to Kyoto. At night the bandits arrive and begin to ransack the house and menace the women. They find the treasure. Takezo fights back although vastly outnumbered. He kills the leader and the survivors escape. Oko is sexually charged by Takezo's bravery and offers herself, but he refuses and runs off. Oko, Akemi and Matahachi prepare to leave, Oko tells the others Takezo assaulted her as she makes sweet with Matahachi. Akemi runs outside and cries out for Takezo.Later, Takezo returns to the abandoned cottage, realizes Matahachi has left with the women, and curses the other's foolishness. Near a lake the three travellers are confronted by thugs, Matahachi and Oko fight them off.On the way home Takezo is stopped at a gate, martial law requires all travellers to have proper ID. The guards attempts to arrest him but he fights them off and runs away.Back in Miyamoto village Otsu jokes with the Buddist priest Takuan. Otsu then meets Matahachi's mother Osugi, there is a town-hall meeting with the precinct captain, he is organizing a search posse for Takezo. A tearful Otsu notices Takezo scampering through the temple grounds, guards also give chase but Takezo stabs one and manages to escape. The townsfolk turn against him. The Captain demands two from each family help with the search, the large group beats its way up the hillsides. All Takezo's relatives are arrested. Takezo watches the posse from safety. As night falls Osugi offers Otsu to come live with her even though she is not an official in-law. Takezo appears and tells the women Matahatchi is alive but he can't reveal any details. Osugi seems motherly and offers him some food and a bath. While in the tub guards appear, called by Osugi. Takezo jumps from the tub, grabs his kimono and again is able to escape capture.The next day more soldiers from the castle arrive to help. The Captain appears to take interest in Otsu but is stopped by the Priest Takuan. The holy man gives her a mail package. It is a letter from Oko explaining Matahachi is her husband and lover and to forget him. In the forest Takezo beats a wood gatherer senseless.Takuan announces he is going to catch Takezo himself, Otsu offers to join him. Takuan and Otsu camp out and chat. Otsu plays a mournful flute, Takezo arrives and is given a bowl of ramen, Takuan convinces Takezo to give himself up. Takezo is defiant, but Takuan asks him to think of his family. "Better off dead, all of them!", snaps Takezo. "Even the women... and their children?" asks Takuan. Takezo bursts into tears and Takuan beats him, capturing him easily. In town Takuan convinces the Captain to release Takezo to him, the priest then has Takezo trussed up and raised high on a tree branch. Takezo demands to be put to death, the priest laughs at him. Otsu asks the priest to have mercy. Young boys tease the suspended samurai. Osugi once again offers her home to Otsu, who refuses, the older woman is deeply insulted. At night Takuan lectures to the struggling Takezo, he needs to be a better man, you only live once, etc etc. A short time later Otsu loosens the rope and lets Takezo down, she gets bad rope burn on her palms. The two make their escape. Otsu slows them down and soon another posse catches up to them. Takezo fights valiantly and eludes capture while Otsu is taken to Himeji Castle.Takezo tries to climb the walls to rescue her but Takuan notices and gets him to stop and follow him inside. The priest leads him to an attic room where Otsu is to be waiting, but, it's a trap, Takuan closes the door and locks him in. The room is filled with books, Takuan tells him to read and learn. Otsu gets a job nearby to wait for Takezo's release.Five years later in Kyoto Akemi sings for a gentleman, Seijuro Yoshioka. Her mother Oko looks on with her new man friend, Toji. Matahachi is in the house too, now a layabout cuckolded wastrel. He realizes he is a fool.Takezo has been in training to serve Himeji Castle for three years. Priest Takuan renames him Miyamoto Musashi. He kneels before Lord Himeji and says he is not ready to serve, the Lord tells him to go travel and train himself. Well groomed, dressed and armed, Takezo prepares to leave but wishes to say farewell to Otsu, Takuan tries to get him to leave his past behind. But Takezo looks for and finds her at a shop by the bridge. Otsu pleads to go with him, but the samurai can't do it, he leaves silently leaving an apologetic note scratched onto the bridge railing. He heads toward the setting sun.

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)

Sanjuro, a wandering samurai enters a rural town in nineteenth century Japan. After learning from the innkeeper that the town is divided between two gangsters, he plays one side off against the other. His efforts are complicated by the arrival of the wily Unosuke, the son of one of the gangsters, who owns a revolver. Unosuke has Sanjuro beaten after he reunites an abducted woman with her husband and son, then massacres his father's opponents. During the slaughter, the samurai escapes with the help of the innkeeper; but while recuperating at a nearby temple, he learns of innkeeper's abduction by Unosuke, and returns to the town to confront him.—Bernard Keane

Yojimbo

Yojimbo (1961)

A wealthy businessman is told his son has been kidnapped and he will have to pay a very large sum for him to be returned safely. It is then discovered that his son is safe at home: the kidnapper took his chauffeur's son by accident. The kidnapper says this makes no difference: pay up or the child dies. This leaves him with a moral dilemma, as he really needs the money to conclude a very important business deal.—grantss

High and Low

High and Low (1963)

Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is so frightened and obsessed with the idea of nuclear extermination that his family decides to have him ruled incompetent. Nakajima's fervent wish is for his family to join him in escaping from Japan to the relative safety of South America. Harada, a civil volunteer in the case, sympathizes with Nakajima's conviction, but the old man's irrational behaviour prevents the court from taking his fears seriously.—Jim Beaver

I Live in Fear

I Live in Fear (1955)

Jeff Bridges

Eli Wallach

Erin Gray

Nineteen years after President Timothy Kegan (John Warner) was assassinated, his brother Nick (Jeff Bridges) discovers a dying man claiming to have been the gunman. While trying to avoid his wealthy and domineering father's attempts to control his actions, Nick follows the clues that have been handed to him. As he progresses, it becomes increasingly difficult to discern the real trails from the dead ends, and increasing dangerous as unknown parties try to stop Nick from uncovering the truth.—Jean-Marc Rocher

Winter Kills

Winter Kills (1979)

Ishirô Honda

Murakami (Toshirô Mifune) is a young and inexperienced detective on the Tokyo police force. While riding a crowded bus on a hot summer day, he discovers that his gun has been stolen out of its holster. Reluctant to lose face by reporting the gun missing, Murakami first dives alone into the depths of postwar Tokyo's poverty-stricken slums and criminal underworld, but when the missing gun is implicated in a crime spree, a more experienced detective (Takashi Shimura) lends his expertise.—krmanirethnam

Stray Dog

Stray Dog (1949)

Chishû Ryû

It's the early nineteenth century, and young Dr. Noboru Yasumoto has been summoned for a reason unknown to him to rural Koishikawa Medical Clinic from Nagasaki, where he has been stationed for three years completing his internship. The clinic, headed by the outwardly stern Dr. Kyojô Niide - nicknamed "Red Beard" for that attribute - under his very strict guidelines, treats the poor and disadvantaged of the region. Much to his surprise and dismay, Yasumoto is told he is to start work there immediately, staff, including doctors, living on site. As he was expecting a position as a physician for a shogunate in his privilege, Yasumoto shows his displeasure at this fate at every turn. He believes this fate was either orchestrated directly by Red Beard in solely wanting access to his detailed professional notes - Yasumoto believing he a much better doctor than his new, more experienced superior - or by the father of a female acquaintance in an effort to get rid of him. Yasumoto may get a different perspective of life as a doctor at the clinic in getting to view Red Beard's methods first hand, as he gets to know the stories of some of the in-patients at the clinic, and as he is assigned his first patient, Otoyo, a twelve year old orphaned girl who was raised in an abusive brothel environment in an effort to seal her supposed future.—Huggo

Red Beard

Red Beard (1965)

Kunie Tanaka

Ryunosuke is a sociopathic samurai without compassion or scruples. When he is scheduled for an exhibition match at his fencing school, the wife of his opponent begs Ryunosuke to throw the match, offering her own virtue in trade. Ryunosuke accepts her offer, but kills her husband in the match. Over time, Ryunosuke is pursued by the brother of the man he killed. The brother trains with the master fencer Shimada. In the meantime, however, Ryunosuke earns the enmity of the band of assassins he runs with, and it becomes a question of who shall face him in final conflict.—Jim Beaver

The Sword of Doom

The Sword of Doom (1966)

Machiko Kyô

Masayuki Mori

A priest, a woodcutter and another man are taking refuge from a rainstorm in the shell of a former gatehouse called Rashômon. The priest and the woodcutter are recounting the story of a murdered samurai whose body the woodcutter discovered three days earlier in a forest grove. Both were summoned to testify at the murder trial, the priest who ran into the samurai and his wife traveling through the forest just before the murder occurred. Three other people who testified at the trial are supposedly the only direct witnesses: a notorious bandit named Tajômaru, who allegedly murdered the samurai and raped his wife; the white veil cloaked wife of the samurai; and the samurai himself who testifies through the use of a medium. The three tell a similarly structured story - that Tajômaru kidnapped and bound the samurai so that he could rape the wife - but which ultimately contradict each other, the motivations and the actual killing being what differ. The woodcutter reveals at Rashômon that he knows more than he let on at the trial, thus bringing into question his own actions. But another discovery at Rashômon and the resulting actions from the discovery bring back into focus the woodcutter's own humanity or lack thereof.—Huggo

Rashomon

Rashomon (1950)

After securing a major victory on the battlefield, Taketoti Washizu and one of his commanders, Yoshiaki Miki, find themselves lost in the maze-like Spider's Web forest. They come across a spirit-like seer who tells them of their future: both have been promoted because of their victory that day; Washizu will someday be the Great Lord of the Spider's Web castle while Miki's son will someday rule as Great Lord as well. When they arrive at the castle, they learn that the first part of the prophecy is correct. Washizu has no desire to become Great Lord but his ambitious wife urges him to reconsider. When the current Great Lord makes a surprise visit to his garrison outpost, Washizu is again promoted to commander of his vanguard but his wife reminds him of the danger that comes with the position. As pressure mounts, Wahizu takes action leading to its inevitable conclusion.—garykmcd

Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood (1957)

A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village.—Colin Tinto

Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai (1954)

A wandering samurai, Sanjuro, is drawn into local politics. The Superintendent of a clan is plotting to take over the clan by implicating the Chamberlain in corrupt activities (activities the Superintendent is actually responsible for). Part of the plan involves killing off the Chamberlain's staff and, in protecting them, Sanjuro sides with them. The supporters are massively outnumbered so it will require all of Sanjuro's cunning and swordcraft to ensure the Superintendent does not succeed in his evil plan.—grantss

Sanjuro

Sanjuro (1962)

Yves Montand

Brian Bedford

James Garner

American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard. While Stoddard struggles to recover, Aron begins to drive for the Japanese Yamura team, and becomes romantically involved with Stoddard's estranged wife.—Damian Penny

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