The Bad Sleep Well 1960  N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Thriller
aka: The Rose in the Mud
The Worse You Are, the Better You Sleep
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Takeshi Kato, Takashi Shimura, Ko Nishimura, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kamatari Fujiwara, Kyoko Kagawa, Chishu Ryu, Seiji Miyaguchi, Koji Mitsui, Ken Mitsuda, Nobuo Nakamura, Susumu Fujita, Koji Nambara
This indictment of the Japanese approach to business emphasizes the corruption at high levels through the story of Kiochi Nishi (Toshiro Mifune) who marries his boss Iwabuchi's (Masayuki Mori) daughter, Kieko (Kyoko Kagawa), to avenge his father's suicide, which can be traced back to Iwabuchi. But, as Kiochi plots revenge against Iwabuchi, Kiochi falls in love with Kieko just as Iwabuchi realizes who Kiochi really is.
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Early Summer 1951 N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Cast: Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu, Chikage Awashima, Kuniko Miyake, Ichiro Sugai, Haruko Sugimura, Shuji Sano, Chieko Higashiyama, Kuniko Ikawa, Seiji Miyaguchi
Culture clashes provide the theme in this story, which is set in post-war Japan. Twenty-eight-year-old Noriko (Setsuko Hara) has grown up in her family home in which three generations live together. Harmony has reigned until her concerned family tries to arrange a marriage for her, but Noriko has her own plans for finding a husband. An excellent film about Japan's changing society following World War II.
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Japan's Longest Day 1967  N/R, 157 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Emperor and a General
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, So Yamamura, Chishu Ryu, Seiji Miyaguchi, Takashi Shimura, Toshio Kurosawa, Shogo Shimada, Susumu Fujita, Yunosuke Ito, Daisuke Kato, Etsushi Takahashi, Jun Tazaki, Nobuo Nakamura, Koshiro Matsumoto
This is the true story of failed efforts by the Japanese War Minister Anami (Toshiro Mifune) to continue the war and includes plots for a coup to overthrow the Emperor. But, the problem was resolved when Emperor Hirohito (Koshiro Matsumoto) broadcast to his nation on August 15, 1945, that Japan would agree to the Allies' demand for unconditional surrender.
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 The Seven Samurai 1954  N/R, 208 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Isao Kimura, Yoshio Inaba, Kamatari Fujiwara, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Kato, Kokuten Kodo, Bokuzen Hidari, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki, Yoshio Kosugi, Jiro Kumagai
This story takes place in 16th-century Japan where local citizens are suffering from the havoc raised by bandits. To the rescue comes a group of expert warriors–seven unemployed samurai. This classic film was remade in Hollywood as the "Magnificent Seven."
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| 1. The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
aka: The Rose in the Mud
aka: The Worse You Are, the Better You Sleep
2. The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
3. Early Summer (1951)
4. Japan's Longest Day (1967)
aka: The Emperor and a General
5. The Seven Samurai (1954)
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