Dreams

Traveling through an unnamed European country on the verge of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johannes, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to commu...

The story is about an elderly woman who lost her husband in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki and is caring for her four granddaughters over the summer. She learns that her long-lost brother in Hawa...

Matashichi and Tahei tried to make a profit from a tribal war. They found a man and woman hiding in a fortress. The peasants are willing to accompany the general and princess to safety in exchange for...

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. Osugi reveals her infidelity to her hu...

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps a...

A seriously ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.

Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, is going to Hokkaido. There is a relationship with two women, Taeko and Ayako. The two of them love each other, but Akama is in turn loved by Kameda. When...

In a village in the early 1600s, a young woman named Anne, whose mother was thought to be a witch, sympathizes with an old woman who is accused of witchcraft. The intervention of Anne's older but kind...

In the midst of a civil war, former violinists Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war im...

After returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are befriended by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's sche...

In this adaptation of "Hamlet," an illegitimate son climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and married the crippled daughter of a company vice president. At the reception, the wedding...

A bad day gets worse for a young detective when a pickpocket takes his gun from him on a crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover in Tokyo to find the stray dog whose desperation ...

The alcoholism of a doctor and the chaotic worlds of the Yakuza collide in this film noir classic. After an unfortunate incident with a bullet, mobster Toshiro Mifune went to see the doctor. A doctor ...

The daily lives of a group of people in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo are the subject of a film by Akira Kurosawa. The homeless father and son envision their dream house, the young woman abused by ...

Devout Christians Töre and Märeta send their only daughter, the virginal Karin, and their foster daughter, the unrepentant Ingeri, to deliver candles to a distant church. On their way through the wood...

Wanting to be a 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 doctor Red Beard. Red Bea...

Andreas, a man struggling with the recent demise of his marriage and his own emotional isolation, befriends a married couple also in the midst of psychological turmoil. In turn he meets Anna, who is g...

A goldi man is befriended by a military explorer in the unmapped forests of Russia. There is a deep and enduring bond between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the sn...

The tale of a thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen in order to avoid attacks by competing clans is presented in the feudal epic. Shingen's generals reluctantly agree to have a new ruler when ...

An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for a large sum of money.