Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
1) Ikiru
Series
Criterion collection volume 221
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
A young Japanese businessman dying of cancer wants to give something back to society before his death, so he decides to build a playground for children.
2) Sanjuro
Series
Criterion collection volume 53
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
A group of young men set out to clean up the corruption in their town. They are joined by a scruffy, cynical samurai who doesn't fit their concept of how a warrior should look and act.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Shoyo Hinata isn't a large guy, but he's got huge ambitions: to become the next big thing in high school volleyball. Unfortunately, his junior high team was trashed in their first and only match. But now that he's enrolled in a high school with a top volleyball program, things are going to be different. There's just one problem: Tobio Kageyama, whose team beat Hinata's and is already considered a star player, is attending the same school.
Pub. Date
2014, 1998.
Description
After helping take down Godzilla, biologist Dr. Nick Tatopoulos stumbles upon his hatchling, who bonds with the scientist as a parental figure. Recruiting his own environmentally-directed research outfit-HEAT (Humanitarian Environmental Analysis Team) Nick sets out to study not only this new generation, but also to investigate the increasing reports of monsters of all types menacing the Earth.
8) Ninja scroll
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
"Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, hiring his services to those with gold-- or a worthy cause. His fearsome abilities have served him well, but a hideous plot to overthrow the government threatens to end his wandering ways (and possibly his life)" -- Container.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
When a massive gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A ragtag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side: the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Sophie, who helps out at her late father's hat shop, is transformed one day by a witch into an old woman. Sophie seeks out the help of the wizard Howl, who has an amazing moving castle which is fueled by a fire demon named Calcifer. Limited quantities will include bonus DVD version of the film.
15) The wind rises
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the worlds most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo. The film chronicles much of his...
16) Seven samurai
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
The story of a sixteenth century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits.
"Loaded with thrilling filmmaking. Grade A"--Entertainment Weekly.