Takashi Shimura

Yojimbo -- The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa's visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone and Walter Hill, this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential and entertaining films of all time.

Godzilla, King of the Monsters! -- When the ocean's surface begins to boil white-hot and a Japanese freighter vanishes into the Pacific, the superstitious villagers of Odo Island fear an ancient legend has come true--the legend of Godzilla! Steve Martin, an American reporter in Tokyo, finds himself trapped in the behemoth's path of destruction. With the help of young lovers, Emiko and Ogata, Martin fights to rid Japan of the monster menace, and save the world!

Following an emergency landing on a deserted island in the Pacific, young pilots, Tsukioka and Kobayashi, stumble into an epic clash between Godzilla and the monster, Anguirus. The giant beasts drag their battle into the ocean and soon resurface in Osaka, laying waste to the city in a fight to the death. As the threat of destruction mounts, Tsukioka and Kobayashi muster their courage for a final showdown with Godzilla.

When the ocean’s surface begins to boil white-hot and a Japanese freighter vanishes into the Pacific, the superstitious villagers of Odo Island fear an ancient legend has come true—the legend of Godzilla! Steve Martin, an American reporter in Tokyo, finds himself trapped in the behemoth’s path of destruction. With the help of young lovers, Emiko and Ogata, Martin fights to rid Japan of the monster menace, and save the world!

In this sci-fi classic, a giant moth does whatever is possible to protect a pair of six-inch-tall twins after an atomic blast in Japan.

In this sci-fi classic, a giant moth does whatever is possible to protect a pair of six-inch-tall twins after an atomic blast in Japan.

In this sci-fi classic, a giant moth does whatever is possible to protect a pair of six-inch-tall twins after an atomic blast in Japan.

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Akira Kurosawa?s tightly paced, beautifully composed Sanjuro. In this sly companion piece to Yojimbo, jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan?s evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a ?proper? samurai on its ear. Less brazen in tone than its predecessor but equally entertaining, this classic character?s return is a masterpiece in its own right.

Members of an expedition to Infant Island find that the heavily radiated island still holds life in the form of a number of beautiful young women called Ailenas. Only two feet high, they are the guardians of Mothra, a sacred egg. Returning to the island to kidnap the Ailenas, a member of the expedition, Nelson, plans to exhibit them around the world. After the egg hatches into larva and grows in size, it wreaks havoc on Tokyo. And once it becomes a colossal adult moth, the troops called in to destroy it discover a creature impervious to their weapons. Finally, after much killing, including the death of Nelson, the Ailenas are returned to the giant monster, who flies them back to Infant Island, restoring peace and tranquility to the world. Musical numbers by Emi and Yumi Ito (The Peanuts) highlight this film as they sing "Mosura No Uta (The Mothra Song)," "Daughters of Infant Island" and "Mosura ya Mosura."

This is the story of Mothra, the gigantic moth worshiped as a goddess by the island people, wreaking havoc in Tokyo.

The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa's visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone and Walter Hill, this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential and entertaining films of all time.

The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa's visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo. To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage. Remade twice, by Sergio Leone and Walter Hill, this exhilarating genre-twister remains one of the most influential and entertaining films of all time.