Tokuzô Tanaka

The Snow Woman

Admin — Sat, 20 Apr 1968 00:00:00 +0000

A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special tree for carving a statue for the local temple. Finding refuge in an abandoned hut they celebrate their luck in finding the tree but soon they are visited by the Snow Witch who freezes the sculptor to death but takes pity on the apprentice. He must promise to never speak of this or she’ll return and kill him.

Zatoichi’s Vengeance

Admin — Tue, 03 May 1966 00:00:00 +0000

Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to “Taichi”. Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that “Taichi” was the man’s young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to use non-violence and set a good example, or violence and set the boy on the wrong path in life.

Zatoichi the Fugitive

Admin — Fri, 09 Aug 1963 00:00:00 +0000

زاتویکی، پس از اینکه یک گروه یاکوزا را در مسابقه‌ی کشتی شکست می دهد، تبدیل به هدف این گروه می شود. در همین حین عشق دیرینه‌ی زاتویکی به زندگی اش بازمی گردد…

New Tale of Zatoichi

Admin — Fri, 15 Mar 1963 00:00:00 +0000

زاتویکی، به منظور یافتن صلح و آرامش به روستای قدیمی اش می رود، اما در آنجا چیزی جز دردسر نصیبش نمی شود…

Conflagration

Admin — Mon, 22 Sep 1958 00:00:00 +0000

Learning of his family’s collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distress.

Sansho the Bailiff

Admin — Wed, 31 Mar 1954 00:00:00 +0000

In medieval Japan a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.

Rashomon

Admin — Tue, 26 Dec 1950 00:00:00 +0000

Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, “Rashomon” is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife.