 Ran 1985  R, 165 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Hisashi Igawa, Peter, Masayuki Yui, Kazuo Kato, Norio Matsui, Toshiya Ito, Mansai Nomura, Kanji Kodama, Takashi Watanabe
Based on Shakespeare's "King Lear," this epic film, set in feudal Japan, is about tragedy in family relationships that have gone berserk. The Great Lord Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai) decides to divide his kingdom among his sons (Akira Terao, Jimpachi Nezu, and Daisuke Ryu). Greed and lust for power rise to the fore, and the older sons manage to get their youngest brother banished from the kingdom. After accomplishing that goal, the two remaining brothers battle each other for control of the kingdom. Akira Kurosawa received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director.
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Shutter 2008  PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Masayuki Ochiai
Cast: Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, Megumi Okina, David Denman, John Hensley, Maya Hazen, James Kyson Lee, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Kei Yamamoto, Daisy Betts, Adrienne Pickering, Pascal Morineau, Eri Otoguro
Brooklyn newlyweds Ben and Jane Shaw (Joshua Jackson and Rachael Taylor) are in Japan where photographer Ben is doing a fashion shoot in Tokyo. While driving on a country road, their car hits a young woman (Megumi Okina) standing in the road. Their car then smashes into a tree, and, after regaining consciousness, Ben and Jane cannot find the body of the woman they hit. They continue their trip to Tokyo, and Ben starts his photo shoot. But, when he develops his pictures, each one has a strange blur on it. Jane recognizes the blurs as the face of the woman they hit, and now her ghostly appearance haunts them everywhere they go. Could there be more to those blurs than meets the eye?
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| 1. Ran (1985)
2. Shutter (2008)
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