Miyako Tachibana

Memoirs of a Geisha

Rob Marshall

Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li

A sweeping romantic epic set in Japan in the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

Uta andon

Teinosuke Kinugasa

Raizō Ichikawa, Mayumi Kurata

夜の蝶

Kōzaburō Yoshimura

Machiko Kyō, Fujiko Yamamoto

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

柳生连也斋：秘传月影抄

Katsuhiko Tasaka

Raizō Ichikawa, Shintarō Katsu

It is brother against brother in this tale of love and betrayal within the famed Yagyu clan. In one of their earliest films together, superstars Ichikawa Raizo and Katsu Shintaro are magnificent as the two finest young swordsmen in the clan. As they vie for the hand of a beautiful woman their loyalty comes into question during an attack on their lord. When one of them masters the secret technique taught to him by Miyamoto Musashi, it leads to bloody violence that can tear the clan apart! Filled with superb swordplay this rare classic is not to be missed!

盗まれた縁談

Haruo Harada

Junko Kano, Ryuichi Ishii