With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of … Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryū, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Mansai Nomura Added on Amazon Prime 2023-07-24.

This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, each of them—the homeless father and son envisioning their dream house; … Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, Shinsuke Minami, Yūko Kusunoki, Junzaburō Ban, Kiyoko Tange Added on HBO 2023-06-27, leaving 2024-10-01. Youtube Trailer

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 … Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Katō, Isao Kimura Added on HBO 2023-06-27, leaving 2024-10-01. Youtube Trailer

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 … Toshirō Mifune, Yūzō Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan, Miyuki Kuwano, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuyoshi Ehara Added on HBO 2023-06-27, leaving 2024-10-01. Youtube Trailer

A shoe company executive who has mortgaged everything he has becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and is conflicted over whether he should pay the ransom. Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Isao Kimura, Kenjirō Ishiyama, Takeshi Katō Added on HBO 2023-06-27, leaving 2024-10-01. Youtube Trailer

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon … Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yōko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Seizaburō Kawazu, Takashi Shimura Added on HBO 2023-06-27, leaving 2024-10-01. Youtube Trailer

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life. Takashi Shimura, Haruo Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Bokuzen Hidari, Miki Odagiri, Shinichi Himori, Minoru Chiaki Added on HBO 2023-06-27, leaving 2024-10-01. Youtube Trailer

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest … Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Akira Kubo, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Minoru Chiaki, Takamaru Sasaki Added on HBO 2023-06-27, leaving 2024-10-01. Youtube Trailer

Japanese peasants Matashichi and Tahei try and fail to make a profit from a tribal war. They find a man and woman whom they believe are simple tribe members hiding in a fortress. Although the peasants don't know that Rokurota … Toshirō Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Misa Uehara, Susumu Fujita, Takashi Shimura, Eiko Miyoshi Added on HBO 2023-06-27, leaving 2024-10-01. Youtube Trailer

Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four … Toshirō Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Takashi Shimura, Masayuki Mori, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijirô Ueda, Noriko Honma Added on HBO 2023-06-27, leaving 2024-10-01. Youtube Trailer

A young warrior and her familiar search for the sacred place said to fulfill wishes. It's best not to anger the ancient guardians and spirits. Added on Netflix 2020-04-02.

An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to consume pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity nor Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace. Akira Yamanouchi, Toshie Kimura, Hiroyuki Kawase, Keiko Mari, Toshio Shiba, Yukihiko Gondô, Eisaburo Komatsu Added on HBO 2023-06-27, leaving 2024-10-01. Youtube Trailer

At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world. Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yukiko Kobayashi, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Chōtarō Tōgin, Yoshifumi Tajima, Kenji Sahara Added on HBO 2023-06-27, leaving 2024-10-01. Youtube Trailer

S.W.O.R.D. Chiku is a devastated and dangerous town with 5 gangs - Sannoh Rengokai, White Rascals, Oya Kohkoh, Rude Boys and Daruma Ikka - fighting fiercely. The name S.W.O.R.D. comprises of the first letter in each of these gangs. Before … Akira, Takanori Iwata, Kanta Sato, Taiki Sato, Kenjiro Yamashita, Keita Machida, Nobuyuki Suzuki Added on Netflix 2022-03-30. Youtube Trailer

Reporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in the South Seas. He discovers the island is inhabited by giant mantis and a woman named Saeko who's been cast away since the death of her father. … Tadao Takashima, Akira Kubo, Bibari Maeda, Akihiko Hirata, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kenji Sahara, Ken'ichirô Maruyama Added on HBO 2023-06-27, leaving 2024-10-01. Youtube Trailer

The Kuryu Group makes it their mission to takeover the SWORD district once and for all, but the street gang alliance has a plan of their own. Takanori Iwata, Akira, Masataka Kubota, Takahiro, Hiroomi Tosaka, Sho Aoyagi, Reo Sano, Koichi Iwaki, Goro Kishitani, Masahiko Tsugawa, Keiji Kuroki, Yuki Yamada, Kento Hayashi, Naoto, Elly, Mandy Sekiguchi Added on Netflix 2020-11-03.

Fifteen years after the Second Impact, apathetic teen Shinji joins his father's group NERV to fight the Angels. But the truth may destroy them all. Takehito Koyasu, Akira Ishida, Hiro Yuki, Fumihiko Tachiki, Mugihito, Miki Nagasawa, Yuko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi, Megumi Ogata, Motomu Kiyokawa, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Koichi Yamadera, Megumi Hayashibara, Hideaki Anno Added on Netflix 2019-06-21.

Fifteen years after the Second Impact, Shinji Ikari joins his father's group NERV as one of several teenage mecha pilots fighting the monstrous Angels. Mugihito, Kotono Mitsuishi, Akira Ishida, Megumi Ogata, Yuko Miyamura, Motomu Kiyokawa, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Hiro Yuki, Tetsuya Iwanaga, Miki Nagasawa, Junko Iwao, Fumihiko Tachiki, Tomokazu Seki, Megumi Hayashibara, Takehito Koyasu, Spike Spencer, Allison Keith, Sue Ulu, Amanda Winn Lee Added on Netflix 2019-06-21. Youtube Trailer

Fourteen years after Third Impact, Shinji Ikari awakens to a world he does not remember. He hasn't aged. Much of Earth is laid in ruins, NERV has been dismantled, and people who he once protected have turned against him. Befriending … Megumi Ogata, Yuko Miyamura, Akira Ishida, Megumi Hayashibara, Maaya Sakamoto, Kotono Mitsuishi, Yuriko Yamaguchi Added on Amazon Prime 2023-02-04. Youtube Trailer

High schooler Yuri finds herself atop a skyscraper in a strange world, where she must survive against masked assailants bent on killing their prey. Haruka Shiraishi, Shiki Aoki, Akira Sekine, Junya Enoki, Yuuichirou Umehara, Megumi Ogata, Shoya Chiba, Makoto Furukawa, Seiro Ogino, Koji Yusa, Chika Anzai, Asami Seto, Shizuka Ito, Juri Kimura, Kaito Ishikawa, Yoko Hikasa, Jun Fukuyama Added on Netflix 2021-02-26. Youtube Trailer