Tôribêyama shinjû
鳥辺山心中
The doomed love story between a young courtesan and a samurai, in Kyoto.
鳥辺山心中
The doomed love story between a young courtesan and a samurai, in Kyoto.

Rated 7.5 on TMDB
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.

Rated 6.6 on TMDB
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering on a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.

Rated 6.6 on TMDB
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

Rated 5.9 on TMDB
A successful "house tuner" in New York City, who calibrates the sound in people's homes in order to adjust their moods, meets a client with a problem he can't solve.

Rated 8.2 on TMDB
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped by the lord. Her husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to rescue her.

Rated 7.3 on TMDB
A poetic and powerful story of a father forced to choose between love and duty.


