Movies: Nippon Herald Films

  • 1985
    Ran

    Ran (1985)

    Ran

    8.11985HD

    With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war a...

    Ran
  • 1973
    Belladonna of Sadness

    Belladonna of Sadness (1973)

    Belladonna of Sadness

    7.31973HD

    An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's eventually banished from her village, the girl makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability and take revenge....

    Belladonna of Sadness
  • 1985
    Night on the Galactic Railroad

    Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)

    Night on the Galactic Railroad

    7.11985HD

    Giovanni currently lives a dreary life of near non-stop work. At school, his peers ridicule him incessantly, and his employer at work is distant and cold. As his isolation from society becomes unbearable, he suddenly finds himself on a train heading ...

    Night on the Galactic Railroad
  • 2001
    Avalon

    Avalon (2001)

    Avalon

    6.52001HD

    In a future world, young people are increasingly becoming addicted to an illegal (and potentially deadly) battle simulation game called Avalon. When Ash, a star player, hears of rumors that a more advanced level of the game exists somewhere, she give...

    Avalon
  • 2005
    Azumi 2: Death or Love

    Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005)

    Azumi 2: Death or Love

    6.62005HD

    Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance with former friend...

    Azumi 2: Death or Love
  • 1999
    Kikujiro

    Kikujiro (1999)

    Kikujiro

    7.41999HD

    Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined to see the mother he has never met. The two begin a series of adventures which soon turns out to be a whimsical journey of laughter and tears with a ...

    Kikujiro
  • 1996
    Swallowtail Butterfly

    Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)

    Swallowtail Butterfly

    7.41996HD

    The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan....

    Swallowtail Butterfly
  • 1995
    Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?

    Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (1995)

    Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?

    7.11995HD

    One summer day, a group of sixth-grade boys have an argument about whether fireworks are round or flat when viewed from different angles and embark on a journey for the answer during the annual firework festival. Meanwhile, one of their classmates, N...

    Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?
  • 2005
    Aegis

    Aegis (2005)

    Aegis

    4.22005HD

    The Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing host to a platoon from the Fleet Training Group. No sooner is the Isokaze on open water, however, then the FTG reveal themselves to be terrorist stowaways wh...

    Aegis
  • 1989
    The Enchantment

    The Enchantment (1989)

    The Enchantment

    3.51989HD

    A Tokyo psychiatrist is hoping to better his career by marrying the daughter of a prominent doctor. The match is threatened however when an attractive but very troubled tourist guide comes to him for consultation......

    The Enchantment
  • 2005
    Princess Raccoon

    Princess Raccoon (2005)

    Princess Raccoon

    5.52005HD

    Amechiyo (the banished prince) falls in love with Tanukihime (a princess of raccoon dog disguised as human). This is an operetta which includes comedy, singing and dancing, and a love story....

    Princess Raccoon
  • 1985
    A. K.

    A. K. (1985)

    A. K.

    6.21985HD

    An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa....

    A. K.
  • 2005
    Summer of Ubume

    Summer of Ubume (2005)

    Summer of Ubume

    6.32005HD

    Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has been pregnant for twenty months. Sekiguchi investigates further with the help of his friend Enokizu, a ...

    Summer of Ubume
  • 2000
    Whiteout

    Whiteout (2000)

    Whiteout

    5.82000HD

    A group of terrorists has taken hold of the largest dam in Japan. They also capture the workers as hostages, and demanded $5 billion yen from the government with a 24 hour deadline in exchange for the lives of the hostages. To make things more compli...

    Whiteout
  • 1995
    Fly Boys, Fly!

    Fly Boys, Fly! (1995)

    Fly Boys, Fly!

    01995HD

    Six young pilots who all volunteered to be Kami-kaze or suicide pilots....

    Fly Boys, Fly!
  • 1976
    The Last Concert

    The Last Concert (1976)

    The Last Concert

    71976HD

    Love story of a young woman Stella who is dying of leukemia. A man is mistaken for a family member at the hospital and is informed by a doctor the diagnosis of Stella. Stella cheerfully follows the man. He is reluctant at first but after some shaky m...

    The Last Concert
  • 2004
    Locomotive Teacher

    Locomotive Teacher (2004)

    Locomotive Teacher

    02004HD

    Seigo Yoshioka (Kenji Sakaguchi) is a teacher that became mute after a kendo accident. He feels lost after the accident and eventually decides to teach again on a small island where his mother was born. The children there on the island quickly name h...

    Locomotive Teacher
  • 1993
    The Tomb & the Divorce

    The Tomb & the Divorce (1993)

    The Tomb & the Divorce

    01993HD

    Yoshinori sells plots of land in a cemetery, and is involved in a stale ten-year-old marriage with bored housewife Atsuko. When Atsuko makes a male friend at her leather-working class, Yoshinori has a fit. This is on top of the myriad of odd clients ...

    The Tomb & the Divorce
  • 1990
    Uncle Remodelling Course

    Uncle Remodelling Course (1990)

    Uncle Remodelling Course

    01990HD

    An omnibus-style 11-part animation work for the theater, in which the members of the 800 OL Committee, representatives of OLs all over the country, summarize the realities of everyday men. Hundreds of OLs gathered by Chinami Shimizu, who worked at a ...

    Uncle Remodelling Course
  • 1989
    Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape

    Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape (1989)

    Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape

    01989HD

    Karin has lived alone in a secluded mountain village with her consumptive mother since her father died. Her worried grandfather advises her to send her mother to a sanatorium and be adopted by him, although she refuses to accept. On the Buddhist All ...

    Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape