Mystery Train
(1989) [M]

A young Japanese couple, obsessed with 1950s America and the music of Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, visits Memphis. Chance encounters link three different stories in the city, with the common thread being the seedy hotel where they are all staying. Screamin' Jay Hawkins plays a cameo as the...  More

The Sea is Watching
(2002) [MA]

Set in a 19th-century brothel, The Sea Is Watching is the story of a beautiful young geisha, O-Shin (Nagiko Tohno), who harbors a samurai (Rhapsody in August's Hidetaka Yoshioka) seeking refuge. Falling in love with O-Shin, the samurai hopes to cleanse her of the sins of her profession. But fate...  More

Hidden Blade
(2004) [MA]

Set in 19th Century Japan, feudal traditions are beginning to fade as Western alliances are changing the government of the country. Munezo, a low-ranking samurai who serves a clan that is trying to adapt to new gun culture. Whilst trying to save his unhappy marriage, he’s also battling his...  More