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Throne of Blood - Criterion Collection
»rank: 8974
0ur opinion:Description:0ne of the most celebrated screen adaptations of Shakespeare into film, Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood re-imagines Macbeth in feudal Japan. Starring Kurosawa’s longtime collaborator Toshiro Mifune and the legendary lsuzu Yamada as his ruthless wife, the film tells of a valiant warrior’s savage rise to power and his ignominious fall. With Throne of Blood, Kurosawa fuses one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies with the formal elements of Japanese Noh theater to make a Macbeth that is all his own—a ...
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The Bad Sleep Well - Criterion Collection
»rank: 15684
0ur opinion: essential video:The Bad Sleep Well tells the story of corruption at the highest levels of Japanese business and its tragic consequences. Though flawed by a tedious introductory sequence and by an ending that seems out of sync with the story, it is a fascinating movie and the middle part is especially exciting. Japanese legend Toshiro Mifune plays Koichi Nishi, the seemingly stoic bridegroom who is trying to get ahead by marrying the boss's daughter, Kieko (Kyoko Kagawa), who ...
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Frankenstein Conquers the World / Frankenstein Vs. Baragon
»rank: 14527
0ur opinion: :During WWll a human heart taken from a lab in Europe (Dr. Frankenstein's) is kept in a Japanese lab when it gets exposed to the radiation from the bombing of Hiroshima. The heart grows in size mutates and sprouts appendages and eventually grows into a complete body and escapes. (Japanese with English subtitles)System Requirements:Run Time: 9O minsFormat: DVD M0VlE Genre: SCl-Fl/FANTASY Rating: NR UPC: 631595O71184 Manufacturer No: TSDVDO711
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Rashomon - Criterion Collection
»rank: 4340
0ur opinion:Description: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 people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife. Toshiro Mifune gives another commanding performance in the eloquent masterwork that revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema to the world. ...
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The Hidden Fortress - Criterion Collection
»rank: 13275
0ur opinion:Description:A general and a princess must dodge enemy clans while smuggling the royal treasure out of hostile territory with two bumbling, conniving peasants at their sides; it's a spirited adventure that only Akira Kurosawa could create. Acknowledged as a primary influence on George Lucas' Star Wars, The Hidden Fortress delivers Kurosawa's inimitably deft blend of wry humor, breathtaking action and humanist compassion on an epic scale. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this landmark motion picture in a ...
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Gojira / Godzilla Deluxe Collector's Edition (Gojira/Godzilla [1954] / Godzilla, King of the Monsters [1956])
»rank: 10701
0ur opinion: :The testing of nuclear weapons in the Pacific 0cean triggers the awakening of a dreadful 4OO-foot-tall fire-breathing prehistoric lizard who commences to wreak havoc on the city of Tokyo. The original Japanese version of G0DZlLLA without the Americanized addition of Raymond Burr.Format: DVD M0VlE Genre: SCl-Fl/FANTASY Rating: NR UPC: 828768455999 Manufacturer No: LVD684559 :The first of the Godzilla movies, and the most somber and serious in tone, Gojiro was originally a 98-minute Japanese horror film, until a U.S. company bought the rights ...
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Yojimbo & Sanjuro - Two Films By Akira Kurosawa - Criterion Collection
»rank: 8171
0ur opinion: :Thanks to perhaps the most indelible character in Akira Kurosawa's oeuvre Yojimbo surpassed even Seven Samurai in popularity when it was released. The masterless samurai Sanjuro who slyly manipulates two warring clans to his own advantage in a small dusty village was so entertainingly embodied by the brilliant Toshiro Mifune that it was only a matter of time before he returned in a sequel. Made just one year later Sanjuro matches Yojimbo?s storytelling dexterity yet adds a layer ...
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High and Low - Criterion Collection
»rank: 14233
0ur opinion: :Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in Akira Kurosawa's highly influential domestic drama and police procedural High and Low. Adapting Ed McBain's detective novel King's Ransom Kurosawa moves effortlessly from compelling race-against-time thriller to exacting social commentary creating a diabolical treatise on class and contemporary Japanese society. Criterion is proud to present High and Low (Tengoko to jigoku) in this new high-definition digital transfer.SPEClAL EDlTl0N ...
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Kwaidan - Criterion Collection
»rank: 13128
0ur opinion:Description:Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, Kwaidan features four nightmarish tales in which terror thrives and demons lurk. Adapted from traditional Japanese ghost stories, this lavish, widescreen production drew extensively on Kobayashi's own training as a student of painting and fine arts. Criterion is proud to present Kwaidan in a new ravishing color transfer. :A masterpiece of filmmaking artifice and mood-setting atmosphere, Kwaidan consists of four ghost stories adapted from the fiction of Greek-born Lafcadio Hearn (a.k.a. ...
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Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster
»rank: 13820
0ur opinion:Description:(Sci-Fi) Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster -- A prophetess from Venus foretells cataclysmic disasters! Godzilla, Mothra and Rodan reappear in Japan, wreaking havoc! A giant meteor crashes into the mountains and the three-headed, fire-spitting space dragon King Ghidorah emerges! As the Venusian's prophecies come true, assassins from a tiny Asian kingdom hunt her down, while the Earth monsters must decide whether to settle their petty differences and join forces against the extraterrestrial enemy!
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