The Twilight Samurai (
2002) | IMDb:
8.1
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?
Starring:
Hiroyuki Sanada
,
Rie Miyazawa
,
Nenji Kobayashi
,
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
,
Min Tanaka
,
Ren Osugi
Submersion of Japan (
1973) | IMDb:
5.5
A team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands of Japan, after suffering from massive volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, will be pulled into the ocean, killing millions.
Starring:
Keiju Kobayashi
,
Hiroshi Fujioka
,
Ayumi Ishida
,
Tetsurō Tamba
,
Shōgo Shimada
,
John Fujioka
Directed by:
Shirō Moritani
You Only Live Twice (
1967) | IMDb:
6.8
A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.