Movies: Daisuke Katō

  • 1954
    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai (1954)

    Seven Samurai

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    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 others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers...

    Seven Samurai
  • 1941
    The 47 Ronin

    The 47 Ronin (1941)

    The 47 Ronin

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    In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Lord Asano to commit suppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Lord ...

    The 47 Ronin
  • 1956
    Early Spring

    Early Spring (1956)

    Early Spring

    7.61956HD

    A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair....

    Early Spring
  • 1962
    An Autumn Afternoon

    An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

    An Autumn Afternoon

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    Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her....

    An Autumn Afternoon
  • 1952
    The Life of Oharu

    The Life of Oharu (1952)

    The Life of Oharu

    7.81952HD

    In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall....

    The Life of Oharu
  • 1950
    Rashomon

    Rashomon (1950)

    Rashomon

    8.01950HD

    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 na...

    Rashomon
  • 1952
    Ikiru

    Ikiru (1952)

    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 look for the meaning of his life....

    Ikiru
  • 1961
    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo (1961)

    Yojimbo

    8.11961HD

    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 Tazaemo...

    Yojimbo
  • 1957
    Untamed Woman

    Untamed Woman (1957)

    Untamed Woman

    7.31957HD

    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 for success, takes up with a tailor who cannot console himself with her strong personality....

    Untamed Woman
  • 1956
    Street of Shame

    Street of Shame (1956)

    Street of Shame

    7.71956HD

    The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law....

    Street of Shame
  • 1961
    The End of Summer

    The End of Summer (1961)

    The End of Summer

    7.51961HD

    The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth....

    The End of Summer
  • 1937
    Humanity and Paper Balloons

    Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937)

    Humanity and Paper Balloons

    7.91937HD

    In a slum in Edo Japan, a ronin hopes that his deceased father's former master will hire him while a disgraced hairdresser attempts to regain his pride by kidnapping the daughter of a wealthy pawnbroker, who is set to be married....

    Humanity and Paper Balloons
  • 1962
    Chûshingura

    Chûshingura (1962)

    Chûshingura

    7.31962HD

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

    Chûshingura
  • 1967
    Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day (1967)

    Japan's Longest Day

    7.11967HD

    Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to ...

    Japan's Longest Day
  • 1954
    Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

    Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)

    Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

    7.21954HD

    Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior....

    Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
  • 1952
    Mother

    Mother (1952)

    Mother

    6.91952HD

    A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family....

    Mother
  • 1962
    A Wanderer's Notebook

    A Wanderer's Notebook (1962)

    A Wanderer's Notebook

    7.21962HD

    Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko Takamine – Phillip Lopate calls it “probably her greatest performance” – and Kinuyo Tanaka as mother and daughte...

    A Wanderer's Notebook
  • 1960
    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960)

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    7.11960HD

    Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-laws have no objection to her return to her own family....

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother
  • 1960
    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

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    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 around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for...

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
  • 1956
    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)

    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

    7.31956HD

    A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to f...

    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island