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  • High And Low (1963)
    When a man who thinks his child has been kidnapped discovers they've nabbed the wrong kid, he has to decide if the life of another's son is equally worth saving.
  • Kagemusha (1980)
    Review preview for Kagemusha

    Despite its length, it never drags.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A thief is draughted in to impersonate a warlord in medieval Japan.
  • The Pass: Last Days Of The Samurai (2020)
    Review preview for The Pass: Last Days Of The Samurai

    This focus on small events across a short span of time brings a pleasing specificity to what is also a story about the end of an era and the sociological changes which allowed Japan to move into the modern age.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The chief retainer of a small domain in Echigo called Nagaoka is caught between the Eastern and Western armies after the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
  • Ran (1985)
    Review preview for Ran

    One of the greatest works of art in cinematic history.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A warlord splits his kingdom between his sons only to see the older two cause chaos as they battle for supremacy in this vivid Japanese reworking of King Lear.
  • Sanjuro (1962)
    Review preview for Sanjuro

    The film concludes with what is probably the most influential special effect in the history of cinema.

    Donald Munro · 4.5 out of 5
    A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.
  • Sword Of Doom (1966)
    Review preview for Sword Of Doom

    Flawed, but stylish, Sword Of Doom is worth seeing if only for it's obvious contribution to recent cinema.

    Emma Slawinski · 3 out of 5
    Dark tale of a lone, deadly samurai.
  • When A Woman Ascends The Stairs (1960)
    Review preview for When A Woman Ascends The Stairs

    Comes across as a thoroughly modern film.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A middle aged hostess struggles to preserve her virtue as she faces financial difficulty and a critical life decision.
  • Yojimbo (1961)
    Review preview for Yojimbo

    Kurosawa's masterful synthesis doesn't stop with the script. He weaves a late Edo period samurai film, in its painstaking historic detail, into modernity.

    Donald Munro · 5 out of 5
    A mysterious ronin finds his services are popular in a town where two gangs are trying to wipe each other out.

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