Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off his affair with landlady Osugi to romance her younger sister, Okayo, Osugi extracts her revenge by revealing her infidelity to her jealous husband.

Throne of Blood er baseret på Shakespeares skuespil Macbeth, men den er så meget mere end bare en almindelig adaptation af det berømte stykke. Historien udspiller sig i Japan under samuraiernes storhedstid. Vi følger en hærleder, som på grund sin kones magtbegær lader sig overtale til at myrde lederen af den selvsamme klan, som han er medlem af. Den slags forræderi betaler sig sjældent, så der går ikke lang tid, før klanens øvrige divisioner rejser sig mod ham, og det hele bliver en kamp om, hvem der nu skal besidde tronen og bestyre klanen.

Ran er en brilliant genfortælling af Shakespeares King Lear, der kombinerer japansk historie og Shakespeares plot med instruktørens egne idéer om loyalitet og bedrag. Japan, i det 16. århundrede. Den gamle hersker, Hidetora, erklærer, at landet skal splittes op i tre og deles mellem hans sønner. Men forblændet af sine to ældste sønners falske smiger bortviser han sin yngste søn, der ikke bryder sig om idéen og forudsiger stridigheder brødrene imellem og kongerigets undergang. Det varer ikke længe, før de to arvinger, drevet af magtbegær og grådighed, erklærer krig mod hinanden, og mens det mægtige rige trues af død og ødelæggelse, taber Hidetora efterhånden sin forstand.

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

Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he is suffering from tuberculosis. Sanada tries to convince Matsunaga to stay for treatment, which would drastically change his lifestyle. They form an uneasy friendship until Matsunaga's old boss Okada returns from prison.

A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the trapped travelers.

Juliette Merteuil and Valmont is a sophisticated couple, always looking for fun and excitement. Both have sexual affairs with others and share their experiences with one another. But there is one rule: never fall in love. But this time Valmont falls madly in love with a girl he meets at a ski resort, Marianne.

A starving gendarme, wasting away from hunger, is reduced to grabbing castoff snacks from fat American tourists. When he sees as old woman feeding pigeons, in desperation he hits on the bizarre idea of dressing up as one...

Charlie takes care of a man in a wheelchair.

Some college students who study cinema take a rich girl as a hostage hoping to become actors but little by little things gets more complicated making difficult for them to distinguish the real from the unreal.

Tobias is the new, idealistic priest in a suburb but he soon learns that his flock is quite uninterested in Christianity. However, he befriends Carolina, a chain smoking woman his age, wheelchair-bound since birth. It is opposites attract although their backgrounds are different.

The good-natured scholar Christian-Theodore arrives in a small country where miracles occur. He falls in love with the beautiful Princess, whose marriage is a matter of national importance, because her husband will become the new king. But unlike many “suitors”, selfish thoughts are alien to Christian-Theodore. He is sincerely fascinated by her beauty and releases his Shadow, hoping to get a faithful helper in his quest to marry the Princess. But the Shadow is the embodiment of egoism, greed and meanness. Quickly betraying the scholar, he marries the Princess himself and takes the royal throne.

Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.

En meget velhavende forretningsmand, Gondo, spillet af Toshiro Mifune, bliver en dag kontaktet af en gruppe kidnappere, som kræver løsesum for Gondos søn. Summen er af en sådan størrelse, at den vil ruinere Gondo. Men så opdager han, at forbryderne ved en fejltagelse har kidnappet hans chaufførs søn. Dette stiller Gondo i et svært dilemma. Skal han betale for en anden mands barn, når han nu selv har sit på det tørre?

Andrea Serrano is a young aspiring writer who, to make ends meet, is forced to wash corpses in a mortuary, while struggling to finish his first novel, a story about the Camorra. Having become discouraged by his struggling career, he is waiting for the chance of a lifetime. And finally, it arrives - a major film producer decides to adapt his novel and make it into a movie.

A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.

Follow the infamous ninja bandit named Ishikawa Goemon (Yosuke Eguchi) in an epic story. One night while looting treasure from Nanban (Southern Barbarians), Goemon finds a mysterious box hidden inside a secret grave. A forgotten relic from the past containing untold powers.

Silvio refuses to fight for the fascists and joins the resistance with Elena. After the war, his vitriolic newspaper articles cause him to be sentenced to imprisonment.

I sit arbejde med at kortlægge den sibiriske ødemark møder kaptajn Arseniev Dersu Uzala. Den kinesiske jæger kan tyde alle naturens tegn og bliver kaptajnens vejviser. Frost, udmattelse og sult er hverdag for vejviseren, som flere gange redder kaptajnens liv. Sammen overlever de to mænd snestorme, vilde dyr og banditter, men én ting kan Dersu ikke overleve ... Det smukke naturdrama vandt Oscar som bedste udenlandske film.

Matahachi og hans bedste ven, Takezo, forlader deres landsby for at slutte sig til hæren. Efter at have lidt nederlag i krigen søger de tilflugt hos en enke og hendes datter. Matahachi lader sig forføre af enken, Oko, og glemmer alt om sin trolovelse med den kyske Otsu. Matahachi, Oko og hendes datter Akemi rejser bort sammen, mens Takezo vender tilbage til landsbyen. Her beretter han om rejsen, men da Matahachis familie nægter at tro på fortællingerne, bliver Takezo arresteret for forræderi og har udsigt til en dødsdom. En munk redder ham og dømmer ham til at studere samuraiens love. Otsu og Takezo forelsker sig, og hun lover at vente på ham, mens han drager ud i verden for at lære samuraiens kunst.