Japanese

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Toshirô Mifune stars in this Japanese adventure directed by Akira Kuroswa. Tahei (Minoru Chiaki) and Matashichi (Kamatari Fujiwara) are two peasants hoping to make their fortunes by becoming soldiers but they run into trouble when they are mistaken for members of the Akizuki clan which has just been defeated after a fierce battle. Meanwhile, Rokurota Makabe (Mifune), a renowed Akizuki general, is attempting to escort Princess Yuki (Misa Uehara) to safety. When he encounters the two peasants, he realises they may be useful to him but as the four of them travel together, they face many challenges and Tahei and Matashichi's cowardice and greed could jeopardise Makabe's mission. The cast also includes Takashi Shimura and Susumu Fujita.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / 4K Ultra HD (Restored)</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Japanese comedy directed by Juzo Itami. When two truck drivers, Goro (Tsutomu Yamazaki) and Gun (Ken Watanabe), stop at a noodle shop, they witness a young boy being beaten up and step in to help. When they discover that the boy is the son of the shop's owner Tampopo (Nobuko Miyamoto), they also learn that her business is struggling and try to think of ways to help her out. As they put their heads together, they come up with a plan to turn Tampopo's diner into a workshop providing lessons on how to make the perfect noodle soup.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Restored</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Toshirô Mifune stars in this Japanese crime drama co-written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. Wealthy business executive Kingo Gondo (Mifune) faces a terrible choice when a kidnapper snatches the son of his chauffeur Aoki (Yutaka Sada) instead of his own son. If he pays the ransom he will be ruined financially but if he does not, he will be unable to face his family or Aoki. Meanwhile, police led by Inspector Tokura (Tatsuya Nakadai) investigate the crime. The cast also includes Kyôko Kagawa, Isao Kimura and Tsutomu Yamazaki.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Yasujirô Ozu directs this 1950s Japanese drama that explores ageing, mortality and intergenerational tensions. When elderly couple Tomi and Shukichi Hirayama (Chieko Higashiyama and Chishu Ryu) travel from their rural village home to visit their married son and daughter in Tokyo, their reception is disappointing. Met with impatience and selfish indifference by their children and their grandchildren, they are soon packed off to a spa - but when Tomi falls ill, her descendants are forced to re-evaluate their priorities.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Yûsaku Matsuda stars in this Japanese action trilogy directed by Tôru Murakawa. Hitman Shohei Narumi (Matsuda)'s world is one of conspiracies, betrayal and corruption from which there is no escape. In 'The Most Dangerous Game' (1978) he is hired by Kohinata (Asao Uchida) to rescue his son-in-law who has been kidnapped by the Godai Conglomerate, but that isn't all Kohinata wants from Narumi... 'The Killing Game' (1979) finds Narumi forced out of retirement and caught up in a gang war between two rival yakuza clans, while chance meetings with two women from his past pull him deeper back into his old life. Finally, in 'The Execution Game' (1979) Narumi is betrayed, abducted and tortured and then hired by his aggressors to take out another veteran assassin.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Kenji Mizoguchi directs this Japanese drama starring Kinuyo Tanaka. In 17th century Japan, lady-in-waiting Oharu (Tanaka) loses her honour when she falls in love with a man who is of a lower class than her. When Oharu's father finds out, he exiles her and forces her into a life of degradation and poverty. The cast includes Toshirô Mifune, Ichiro Sugai and Sadako Sawamura.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Restored</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Sôsuke Ikematsu stars in this Japanese drama written and directed by Shin'ya Tsukamoto. Wandering samurai Mokunoshin Tsuzuki (Ikematsu) has no master and instead finds a place to stay in a peasant village where he helps in the fields. He stays with a farmer and his family and trains with the farmer's teenaged son Ichisuke (Ryûsei Maeda), until Sawamura (Tsukamoto), an elderly samurai, arrives hoping to recruit him. Meanwhile, a group of bandits threaten the peaceful village and chaos and violence ensue when Mokunoshin, who has never killed anyone before, is uncertain if he can take a life even in defence of those he seeks to protect.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray</i>