The Bad Sleep Well
(1960) [PG]

In this engaging drama, acclaimed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa deftly splices together the nuances of hypocrisy, old feudal misconceptions lingering in modern corruption, and Shakespeare's Hamlet. The rotten corporate world is taken on by Koichi Nishi (Toshiro Mifune), who is looking for...  More

High and Low
(1963) [PG]

yle thriller. A ruthless kidnapper, aiming to snatch wealthy industrialist Kingo Gondo's young son, takes the chauffeur's boy by mistake – but still demands the ransom. Gondo is left with an agonising choice, since paying the ransom will ruin him. Meanwhile the tenacious Inspector Tokuro is...  More

Daredevil in the Castle
(1961) [M]

With his family killed, the Samurai Mohei (Toshiro Mifune) is lost in despair. After arriving in the city of Osaka, the ruling Toyotomi clan enlist Mohei for his superior samurai skills in battle. Soon, his skills will be put to the ultimate test as as Osaka Castle is besieged by a powerful rival...  More

Maadadayo
(1993) [PG]

Legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's last film is a homage to the man who inspired him. Warm, sentimental and rousing, Maadadayo means not "not yet" in English, and tells the story of a retired teacher with a renowned lust for life, and the devoted students who maintain contact with him....  More

The Lower Depths
(1957) [M]

Based on Gorky's 1902 play, master director Kurosawa translates the drama from a Russian dosshouse to an Edo-era Japanese slum without losing the potency of this profile of material and spiritual poverty. Populating this underworld is social detritus-a thief, artisan, prostitute and their...  More