Akira Tani Movies
- 1954
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai8.51954HD
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...
- 1957
Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood7.91957HD
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...
- 1952
Ikiru
Ikiru8.3031952HD
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...
- 1961
Yojimbo
Yojimbo8.1071961HD
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...
- 1958
The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress81958HD
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...
- 1964
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Mothra vs. Godzilla71964HD
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's...
- 1965
Kwaidan
Kwaidan7.7041965HD
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...
- 1948
Drunken Angel
Drunken Angel7.6051948HD
Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he is suffering from tuberculosis. Sanada tries to...
- 1955
Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds7.71955HD
A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He...
- 1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs7.9611960HD
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...
- 1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love8.0271959HD
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in...
- 1954
Late Chrysanthemums
Late Chrysanthemums7.31954HD
With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant...
- 1962
47 Ronin
47 Ronin7.2561962HD
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...
- 1955
I Live in Fear
I Live in Fear7.2691955HD
Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to...
- 1959
Desperado Outpost
Desperado Outpost6.11959HD
When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and...
- 1957
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen01957HD
Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.
- 1959
The Beast Shall Die
The Beast Shall Die6.21959HD
A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his...
- 1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Yagyu Secret Scrolls71957HD
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and...
- 1953
Wife
Wife6.91953HD
Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and...
- 1954
Farewell Rabaul
Farewell Rabaul91954HD
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have...