Masayuki Mori

Mikio Naruse’s best-known film is a masterful study of Ginza hostess struggling under constant pressures to compromise her honour.

In 8th century China as the Emperor grieves the death of his wife, the Yang family provides him a consort to consolidate its influence over the court.

In this loose adaptation of Hamlet, Japanese police and a tycoon's son-in-law discover deadly corporate corruption.

Trapped in a loveless marriage, a disillusioned young woman confides in her younger cousin when he returns home from battle at the end of WWII.

In medieval Japan, four people offer conflicting accounts of a rape and murder.

"Quite simply one of the greatest of filmmakers," said Jean-Luc Godard of Kenji Mizoguchi. And Ugetsu, a ghost story like no other, is surely the Japanese director’s supreme achievement. Derived from stories by Akinari Ueda and Guy de Maupassant, this haunting tale of love and loss--with its exquisite blending of the otherworldly and the real--is one of the most beautiful films ever made.

Cowritten by star Shintaro Katsu, this adventure pits Zatoichi against one of his most diabolical foes: a blind yakuza boss whose reign of terror and exploitation has made him nearly mythic. Guest starring the legendary Tatsuya Nakadai as a ronin haunted by a traumatic past, and featuring an unforgettable nude swordfight in a bathhouse, this twenty-first entry in the series is a fan favorite.

Sugata returns to prove his mastery of judo while facing a moral dilemma: Will he compromise his training to protect the honor of the dojo?