A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.

Slavná legenda o hrstce odvážných, kteří se postavili na stranu bezbranných. Nejslavnější japonský film všech dob, předchůdce filmu Sedm statečných. Těžko by se asi hledal někdo, kdo by neznal legendární americký western o hrstce statečných, kteří se v počtu chabých sedmi postaví přesile banditů, aby ochránili bezbrannou vesnici na odlehlém venkově proti rabování. Western Johna Sturgese patří již téměř půl století k nesmrtelným filmovým evergreenům. Ale jen málokdo ví, že by vůbec nevznikl, nebýt jednoho fenomenálního režiséra, jehož originální umění přesáhlo daleko za hranice rodného Japonska. Že dobrodružný příběh sedmi potulných pistolníků byl přímo inspirován samurajským filmem Akiry Kurosawy, jenž se odehrává ve feudálním Japonsku 16. století. A že to zdaleka není jediný případ amerického hitu inspirovaného dílem tohoto japonského klasika.

With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.

Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.

Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.

Karen z Litvy sa vydá za Taliana Antonia, aby unikla z internačného tábora a odsťahuje sa s ním na jeho rodný ostrov Stromboli. Dedina na úpätí aktívnej sopky je takmer vyľudnená a tí obyvatelia, ktorí v nej ostali, sa na cudzinku, ktorá nerozumie miestnemu dialektu, pozerajú s pohŕdaním. Miesto sa pre Karen čoskoro stáva novým väzením a ona zúfalo hľadá spôsob, ako by z neho unikla.

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.

Maji, skúsený samuraj, je po legendárnom boji prekliaty nesmrteľnosťou. Mátaný brutálnou vraždou svojej sestry, Manji vie, že iba boj so zlom mu navráti jeho dušu. Prisľúbi pomôcť mladému dievčaťu Rin pomstiť jej rodičov, ktorí boli zabití skupinou šermiarov pod vedením neľútostného bojovníka Anotsu. Táto misia zmení Manjiho takým spôsobom, ktorý by si nikdy nevedel predstaviť.

Rytier Antonius Block sa vracia domov z krížovej výpravy, svoju zem však nachádza spustošenú morom. Smrť, ktorá ho navštívi, mu oznámi, že jeho dni sú zrátané, predtým ho však čaká ešte jedna šachová partia.

Slávny filmový režisér Guido Anselmi odchádza do kúpeľov, aby unikol pred osobnou aj profesionálnou krízou. Všetci netrpezlivo čakajú na jeho nový, významný film. On však nevie, ako ďalej. Ku všetkému Guida prenasleduje roztrpčená manželka Luisa a rozmarná milenka Carla. Objavuje sa aj krásna Claudia, ktorá stelesňuje ženský ideál...

The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.

Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.

Atómová bomba vo verejnom živote a tragická láska Francúzky k nemeckému vojakovi v osobnom živote sú dva motívy, ktoré rámcujú úvahy vychádzajúce z tvrdenia, že minulosť je tým, kým sme, že život vyrastá z minulosti. On a Ona sa stretnú v meste poznačenom jednou z najväčších tragédií druhej svetovej vojny. Ako sa ukazuje, ani pätnásť rokov od skončenia vojny nie sú schopní nechať svoju lásku naplno rozvinúť. Ona sa s nemožnou láskou stretáva opätovne, keď tú prvú zažila (hoci v inom kontexte) už počas vojny...

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.