I det feodala Japan, under ett blodigt krig mellan klaner, snubblar två fega och giriga bönder, soldater i en besegrad armé, över en mystisk man som leder dem till en fästning gömd i bergen.

Den mäktige krigsherren Shingen har blivit lika legendarisk som mottot som pryder hans krigsbanér: "Snabb som vinden, tyst som skogen, farlig som elden, orubblig som berget." När Shingen ligger dödligt sårad beordrar han sin klan att hitta en dubbelgångare som kan ta hans plats - för att hemlighålla hans död så att inte fienden anfaller. Kagemusha är en småtjuv som tvingas förvandla sig till en stor ledare och föra befäl över 25 000 samurajkrigare.

Nishi är en ung framgångsrik affärsman. För att ytterligare stärka sin position inom firman han jobbar för, gifter han sig med Keiko, dotter till firmans VD Iwabuchi. Men det finns även en annan anledning till giftermålet. Nishi har nämligen upptäckt att hans fars död kan spåras direkt till sin blivande svärfar Iwabuchi, och Nishi planerar att förgöra Iwabuchi genom att gifta in sig i hans familj. Men allt går inte enligt Nishis planer.

Tjänstemannen Watanabe får veta att han har sex månader kvar av sitt liv. Hur ska han leva återstoden av sitt liv?

Shikichi och Tomi lämnar sin småstad för att besöka sina vuxna barn i Tokyo: Koichi som är läkare och har en egen klinik, och Shige som driver en skönhetssalong. Men även om de inte träffas särskilt ofta verkar barnen högst måttligt förtjusta i föräldrarnas besök. I ett ständigt upptaget storstadsliv har de inte ens tid att visa dem runt staden. Den enda som tar sig tid för föräldrarna är Noriko, frun till deras döda son.

The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets.

A pickup artist/womanizer named Patrick inadvertently pursues two young women who happen to be roommates.

A group of three criminals on the run from the law, go about terrorizing the local townsfolk of a small community, before descending on an isolated farm which is home to a young girl named Lisa and her paralyzed grandfather. After being sexually assaulted by two of the gangsters, she retaliates using an axe and a razor blade.

Over the course of one foggy day in August 1912, a retired Irish theater actor grapples with the morphine addiction of his unbalanced wife, debauchery of his older son, and sickness of the youngest son as past guilts, repressed anger, and deep-seated regrets slowly come boiling out, threatening to destroy the family.

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the killer, a hired ronin.

Ten-year-old Johnny stands out from his family and his tough neighborhood in Eastern France. He's sensitive, intelligent and interested in all kinds of things way beyond his years. With curiosity, he observes the ups and downs of his young single mother's turbulent love life. Things change when a new teacher, fresh from the big city, takes over Johnny's class. Mr. Adamski believes in Johnny and wants to open a new world to him. The sophisticated young teacher also intrigues the boy.

CREMASTER 3 (2002) is set in New York City and narrates the construction of the Chrysler Building, which is in itself a character - host to inner, antagonistic forces at play for access to the process of (spiritual) transcendence. These factions find form in the struggle between Hiram Abiff or the Architect ...

A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with gangsters. But when both men discover the wrongdoings of the nefarious clan leader, they side with a band of rebels who are under siege at a remote mountain cabin.

During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diverse group of American soldiers are ordered to destroy and hold a strategic bridge in order to delay the Japanese forces and allow Gen. MacArthur time to secure Bataan. When the Japanese soldiers begin to rebuild the bridge and advance, the group struggles with not only hunger, sickness and gunfire, but also the knowledge that there is likely no relief on the way.

Seiji är en populär highschool-lärare på en skola som har problem med mobbning och allmänt dåligt beteende bland eleverna. För att få bukt på problemen kokar Seiji ihop en extrem plan...

The action takes place during the Great War in the home of the First Lord of the Admiralty.

Manchester, the present. Michael divides his time between the job center and the pub. A chance meeting with Lee, an introduction to her Uncle Ian and a heavy night on the lash lead to a job working the door at a Northern Quarter massage parlor. After witnessing the violent death of one of the punters, Michael experiences blood-drenched flashbacks and feels himself being sucked into a twilight world that he doesn't understand but that is irresistibly attractive. When he eventually finds out what goes on in the room below Cloud 9, Michaels' life will never be the same again.

Drama om plågade, utarmade själar i Tokyos slum. Mifune spelar en tjuv som får ihop det med Kagawa. Bygger på Maxim Gorkijs pjäs Natthärbärget.

When four women move into an old house left by one woman's aunt, strange things begin to happen. Bizarre voices, visions of ghosts, and mysterious noises lead them to discover the darkest powers of evil and a horror and agony beyond terror.

En affärsman hamnar i ett svårt dilemma. Han är beredd att offra sin förmögenhet då hans son kidnappas, men upptäcker att kidnapparna tagit fel och har tagit chaufförens son...