Dreams (1990) RT 55% / Audience 86%

DVD release: Mar 2003

A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.  (more)

GENRES: Drama • Fantasy

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa

CAST:  Akira Terao  •  Mitsuko Baisho  •  Toshie Negishi  •  Mieko Harada

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Howl's Moving Castle (2004) RT 87% / Audience 93%

DVD release: Mar 2006

When Sophie, a shy young woman, is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and ...  (more)

GENRES: Adventure • Animation • Fantasy

DIRECTION:  Hayao Miyazaki

CAST:  Takuya Kimura  •  Akihiro Miwa  •  Tatsuya Gashûin  •  Mitsunori Isaki

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Rhapsody in August (1991) RT 54% / Audience 74%

DVD release: Jul 2003

The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, who lost her husband in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a ...  (more)

GENRES: Comedy • Drama

DIRECTION:  Akira Kurosawa

CAST:  Richard Gere  •  Sachiko Murase  •  Hisashi Igawa  •  Narumi Kayashima

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Sea Without Exit (2006)

Koji Namiki is a young pitcher who has shown great promise on the diamond by winning the National High School Basketball Championships. Shortly after entering college, however ...  (more)

GENRES: War

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe

CAST:  Ebizô Ichikawa  •  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Shun Shioya  •  Teruyuki Kagawa

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Kimurake no Hitobito (1988)

Comedy about a family and their obsession for making money.  (more)

GENRES: Comedy

DIRECTION:  Yôjirô Takita

CAST:  Takeshi Kaga  •  Kaori Momoi  •  Hiromi Iwasaki  •  Mitsunori Isaki

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Yunagi City, Sakura Country / Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (2007)

Thirteen years afterward, I wonder if those who bombed Hiroshima are looking at me and saying: 'We did it! We were able to kill another person!' They should be," murmurs ...  (more)

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DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe

CAST:  Rena Tanaka  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Noriko Nakagoshi  •  Yûta Kanai

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