Akira Tani Movies

  • 1952
    Ikiru

    Ikiru

    Ikiru

    8.31952HD

    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...

    Ikiru
  • 1961
    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    8.0911961HD

    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...

    Yojimbo
  • 1954
    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai

    8.4511954HD

    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...

    Seven Samurai
  • 1957
    Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood

    7.9211957HD

    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...

    Throne of Blood
  • 1958
    The Hidden Fortress

    The Hidden Fortress

    The Hidden Fortress

    7.9741958HD

    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...

    The Hidden Fortress
  • 1965
    Kwaidan

    Kwaidan

    Kwaidan

    7.71965HD

    Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...

    Kwaidan
  • 1964
    Mothra vs. Godzilla

    Mothra vs. Godzilla

    Mothra vs. Godzilla

    7.0131964HD

    Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's...

    Mothra vs. Godzilla
  • 1959
    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    8.11959HD

    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...

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
  • 1955
    Floating Clouds

    Floating Clouds

    Floating Clouds

    7.681955HD

    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...

    Floating Clouds
  • 1960
    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    7.91960HD

    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...

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
  • 1959
    Saga of the Vagabonds

    Saga of the Vagabonds

    Saga of the Vagabonds

    6.31959HD

    Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting...

    Saga of the Vagabonds
  • 1962
    Chûshingura

    Chûshingura

    Chûshingura

    7.21962HD

    After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...

    Chûshingura
  • 1956
    The Maiden Courtesan

    The Maiden Courtesan

    The Maiden Courtesan

    01956HD

    Period romantic drama.

    The Maiden Courtesan
  • 1955
    I Live in Fear

    I Live in Fear

    I Live in Fear

    7.3031955HD

    An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to Brazil. When they petition to have him declared...

    I Live in Fear
  • 1962
    My Hobo

    My Hobo

    My Hobo

    01962HD

    Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the Nagasaki A-bomb, and two orphaned children who...

    My Hobo
  • 1959
    Samurai Saga

    Samurai Saga

    Samurai Saga

    6.61959HD

    Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a...

    Samurai Saga
  • 1954
    Late Chrysanthemums

    Late Chrysanthemums

    Late Chrysanthemums

    7.31954HD

    With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant...

    Late Chrysanthemums
  • 1954
    Jirocho's New Year

    Jirocho's New Year

    Jirocho's New Year

    01954HD

    Jirocho's New Year
  • 1952
    The Man Who Came to Port

    The Man Who Came to Port

    The Man Who Came to Port

    101952HD

    An Ishiro Honda film.

    The Man Who Came to Port
  • 1957
    Untamed Woman

    Untamed Woman

    Untamed Woman

    7.41957HD

    A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive...

    Untamed Woman