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	Kagemusha - Criterion Collection »rank: 15401 starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Hideji Otaki directed by: Akira Kurosawa 0ur opinion:Description:ln his late color masterpiece Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior) director Akira Kurosawa returned to the samurai film and to a primary theme of his celebrated career—the play between illusion and reality. Sumptuously reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and pageantry of war, Kurosawa creates a soaring historical epic that is also a somber meditation on the nature of power. The Criterion Collection is proud to present Kagemusha for the first time in its full-length version. essential video:The 197Os were difficult years for the great ... More details		High and Low - Criterion Collection »rank: 4797 starring: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyoko Kagawa, Takashi Shimura, Tsutomu Yamazaki directed by: Akira Kurosawa 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. essential video:Although best known for his ... More details
	A Taxing Woman »rank: 18754 starring: Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Masahiko Tsugawa directed by: Juzo Itami 0ur opinion: :English subtitles, Japanese language, Full Frame, All Region lmport. Ryoko ltakura is a government tax agent who has just landed a big promotion. Her first assignment is to catch wheeler-dealer Hideki Gondo. She has a tough job, since in Japan tax evasion is an art and Gondo is, in effect, Rembrandt. Her job is complicated by a growing sympathy for the rogue and by political pressure to lay off. More details		Red Beard - Criterion Collection »rank: 34095 starring: Toshirô Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan, Miyuki Kuwano directed by: Akira Kurosawa 0ur opinion:Description:A testament to the goodness of humankind, Akira Kurosawa's Red Beard (Akahige) chronicles the tumultuous relationship between an arrogant young doctor and a compassionate clinic director. Toshiro Mifune, in his last role for Kurosawa, gives a powerhouse performance as the dignified yet empathic director who guides his pupil to maturity, teaching the embittered intern to appreciate the lives of his destitute patients. Perfectly capturing the look and feel of 19th-century Japan, Kurosawa weaves a fascinating tapestry of time, place, and emotion. :Featuring the final collaboration ... More details
	Tampopo »rank: 49940 starring: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Kôji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka directed by: Juzo Itami 0ur opinion: essential video:Like seeds of a dandelion blowing in the wind, the plot of Tampopo wanders in several directions, following the lives of a quirky collection of characters. At the heart of this film is a young widow named Tampopo (Nobuko Miyamoto), who is struggling to make ends meet by running a noodle restaurant. Goro (Tsutomu Yamazaki), a truck driver, saves Tampopo's young son from being beaten by a group of school girls and is rewarded with a bowl of very bad ramen (noodles). Goro ... More details		Rikyu »rank: 28701 starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Yoshiko Mita, Tsutomu Yamazaki, KyÃ´ko Kishida, Tanie Kitabayashi directed by: Hiroshi Teshigahara 0ur opinion: essential video:Like seeds of a dandelion blowing in the wind, the plot of Tampopo wanders in several directions, following the lives of a quirky collection of characters. At the heart of this film is a young widow named Tampopo (Nobuko Miyamoto), who is struggling to make ends meet by running a noodle restaurant. Goro (Tsutomu Yamazaki), a truck driver, saves Tampopo's young son from being beaten by a group of school girls and is rewarded with a bowl of very bad ramen (noodles). Goro ... More details
	Miracle Planet (DVD Box Set) »rank: 39720 starring: Tsutomu Yamazaki directed by: Hideki Tasuke 0ur opinion: :Miracle Planet is a five part series that recounts the profound and gripping story of Earth's mysterious evolution. Narrated by Christopher Plummer, it reveals the suprising role that sheer chance has played in the development of life. Filmed in High Definition this series features location footage, interviews with the world's foremost scientists and cutting edge computer technology. Series of 5 programs on 5 DVD's. The programs in this series are: Program 1: The Violent Past, Program 2: Snowball Earth, Program 3: New Frontiers, Program ... More details		A Taxing Woman »rank: 78689 starring: Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Mariko Okada, Shinsuke Ashida directed by: Juzo Itami 0ur opinion: :Miracle Planet is a five part series that recounts the profound and gripping story of Earth's mysterious evolution. Narrated by Christopher Plummer, it reveals the suprising role that sheer chance has played in the development of life. Filmed in High Definition this series features location footage, interviews with the world's foremost scientists and cutting edge computer technology. Series of 5 programs on 5 DVD's. The programs in this series are: Program 1: The Violent Past, Program 2: Snowball Earth, Program 3: New Frontiers, Program ... More details
	The Funeral »rank: 64679 starring: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai, Hideji Otaki, Koji Okoyama directed by: Juzo Itami 0ur opinion: :Miracle Planet is a five part series that recounts the profound and gripping story of Earth's mysterious evolution. Narrated by Christopher Plummer, it reveals the suprising role that sheer chance has played in the development of life. Filmed in High Definition this series features location footage, interviews with the world's foremost scientists and cutting edge computer technology. Series of 5 programs on 5 DVD's. The programs in this series are: Program 1: The Violent Past, Program 2: Snowball Earth, Program 3: New Frontiers, Program ... More details		Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior [Region 2] »rank: 103333 starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Hideji Otaki directed by: Akira Kurosawa 0ur opinion: : essential video:The 197Os were difficult years for the great Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. Following the box-office failure of his 197O film Dodes'ka-den and an unsuccessful suicide attempt, Kurosawa was unable to find financial backing in Japan, and he made his acclaimed 1975 film Dersu Uzala in Siberia with Russian financing. With only partial Japanese backing for his epic project Kagemusha, the 7O-year-old master then found American support from George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola, who served as coexecutive producers (through 2Oth Century ... More details

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Kagemusha - Criterion Collection

starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Jinpachi Nezu, Hideji Otaki
directed by: Akira Kurosawa

High and Low - Criterion Collection

starring: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyoko Kagawa, Takashi Shimura, Tsutomu Yamazaki
directed by: Akira Kurosawa

A Taxing Woman

starring: Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Masahiko Tsugawa
directed by: Juzo Itami

Red Beard - Criterion Collection

starring: Toshirô Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan, Miyuki Kuwano
directed by: Akira Kurosawa

Tampopo

starring: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Kôji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka
directed by: Juzo Itami

Rikyu

starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Yoshiko Mita, Tsutomu Yamazaki, KyÃ´ko Kishida, Tanie Kitabayashi
directed by: Hiroshi Teshigahara

Miracle Planet (DVD Box Set)

starring: Tsutomu Yamazaki
directed by: Hideki Tasuke

A Taxing Woman

starring: Nobuko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Mariko Okada, Shinsuke Ashida
directed by: Juzo Itami

The Funeral

starring: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai, Hideji Otaki, Koji Okoyama
directed by: Juzo Itami