Jakella on takanaan lupaava ura robottipilottina. Hänen isänsä on jäänyt historian lehdille annettuaan henkensä kaijujen kukistamiseksi. Jake on sittemmin hylännyt pilottikoulutuksen ja luisunut rikoksen poluille. Mutta kun vieläkin voimakkaampi uhka panee koko maapallon polvilleen, Jaken sisko Mako Mori, joka johtaa sodan varjossa varttuneita uuden sukupolven pilotteja, etsii Jaken käsiinsä ja antaa tälle viimeisen mahdollisuuden täyttää isänsä saappaat. Ainoa keino oikaista vääryydet on yhdistää kaikki voimat kapinaan tuhon voimia vastaan. Jake saa rinnalleen lahjakkaan kilpailevan pilotin nimeltä Lambert ja 15-vuotiaan robottihakkeri Amaran. Nuorista sankareista tulee pian hänen ainoat läheisensä. Yhdessä he ovat valmiita suuntaamaan mahtavat mittasuhteet saavalle seikkailulle.
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.
Sara saa sisartaan koskevan puhelun poliisilta Japanissa. Poliisi epäilee hänen kaksoissisarensa Jessin kuoleen, koska tämän on nähty menevän Aokigahara-metsään. Saran sulhanen Rob on huolissaan, mutta Sara lähtee silti itsemurhametsään Japanissa ja yrittää löytää sisarensa. Hän tapaa toimittajan, joka tarjoutuu tulemaan mukaan ja auttamaan etsinnöissä.
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus.
Itsemurhaa hautova amerikkalainen tapaa Fuji-tulivuoren läheisessä metsikössä eksyneen japanilaisen miehen, ja kaksikko lähtee yhdessä etsimään tietään ulos.
Aki isn’t a brave little boy, but he’s dedicated nonetheless to safeguarding his sickly, mute friend Fuyu. They and their little gang live deep underground, in the concrete warrens to which survivors have fled following the eruption of Mt. Fuji. The community is in decline, however, as illness and despair take their toll. Fuyu dreams of the outside world, which he is too frail to ever reach. But what colour is the sky out there?
Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the various people they meet on their journey, including a policeman in pursuit of a thief, a young child and a woman who is to be sold into prostitution.
An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.
The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defeated leader of the Genji, Minamoto Yoritomo resolves to end his clan's exile and avenge the brutal loss in December, 1159 as they had fought under the white banner of the Emperor, while the Taira fought under their red flags in a battle to the death. The fight only took one day, with the Genji suffering utter defeat which led to their exile. His father, Yoshitomo, took responsibility for the loss and rather than live in humiliation, he decides to commit suicide with all his sons following him. However, the bravest warrior among them, Yoritomo stands tall and declares that he will not kill himself, but rather will fight to restore the clan.
In 1927, meteorologist Masanao Abe (1891-1966) established the Abe Cloud Air Current Research Observatory on the heights of Gotemba in Shizuoka Prefecture. Until 1942, through his contributions to research magazines and publications, he worked on elucidating the formation process of clouds above Mount Fuji. He left a colossal archive representative of modern meteorology, including pictorial records of every kind-- this one an early success, artistically.
A live action footage of a smiling, bespectacled (presumably) Western tourist set against the familiar cadence of an accelerating train revving up as it leaves the station sets the mesmerizing tone for the film's abstract panoramic survey of an Ozu-esque Japanese landscape of electrical power lines, passing trains, railroad tracks, and the gentle slope of obliquely peaked, uniform rooflines as Breer distills the essential geometry of Mount Fuji into a collage of acute angles and converging (and bifurcating) lines .
A seven minute rhythmic meditation on nature, spirituality, and perspective.