Following up on his critically acclaimed, blood-splattered epic Ran, master director Akira Kurosawa looks inward
with this collection of eight brightly colored dreams. The first section centers on a young boy (Mitsunori Izaki), who witnesses a forest wedding procession of ...
King Hu's influential Wuxia movie follows Zhao (Ying Bai), a conniving official, as he attempts
to wipe out the children of a now-dead political rival. Unfortunately, Zhao's hitmen find that the loyalists are well-trained and won't go down without a ...
This documentary explores the benefits of silence to our physical and emotional well-being, contrasting quiet
activities like a Japanese tea ceremony and a walk through a forest with the deafening noise of life in a major city. Directed by Patrick ...
In this action thriller set in 1959 Hong Kong, martial-arts master Ip Man (Donnie Yen)
is forced to protect his hometown when a crooked property developer and his gangster cohorts attempt to seize control of local real estate. Mike Tyson ...
Criterion has assembled an informative package for this chilling cult favorite. Jigoku is given a
strong anamorphic, letterboxed transfer that does a good job of capturing the film's stark, shadowy look with an impressive depth of detail (the primary colors ...
Set in feudal Japan, this atmospheric and violent ghost story (whose title literally translates as
The Black Cat in the Bush) begins with the brutal murder of two women by a band of mercenary samurai, whose leader is subsequently tracked ...
Director Chen Kaige helms this adaptation of Baku Yumemakura's novel of the same name, which
teams up two real historical figures for a supernatural quest. Japanese monk Kukai (Shota Sometani) is summoned to the Chinese court of a Tang dynasty ...
Two rivals strike up a wary friendship in this blend of historical drama, action and
comedy starring international martial arts star Jackie Chan. It's 227 B.C., and during the era of the warring states, a fifty-something Liang soldier (Jackie Chan) ...