BFI

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Akira Kurosawa's classic Japanese drama follows a dying man as he regains his zest for life along with a desire to do some good after 30 years of working for the civil service. Kanji Watanabe (Takashi Shimura), Chief of the Citizen's Section of the Town Hall, learns that he has terminal cancer and has only months left to live. Seeking to make a difference, he rediscovers a passion for life and uses his influence to cut through bureaucratic red tape and facilitate the construction of a children's playground. The cast also includes Shin'ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka and Nobuo Kaneko.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Restored (Limited Edition)</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Toshirô Mifune stars in this Japanese crime drama co-written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. Wealthy business executive Kingo Gondo (Mifune) faces a terrible choice when a kidnapper snatches the son of his chauffeur Aoki (Yutaka Sada) instead of his own son. If he pays the ransom he will be ruined financially but if he does not, he will be unable to face his family or Aoki. Meanwhile, police led by Inspector Tokura (Tatsuya Nakadai) investigate the crime. The cast also includes Kyôko Kagawa, Isao Kimura and Tsutomu Yamazaki.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Comedy from the great Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu. In a suburban community in the 1950s two brothers, Minoru (Koji Shitara) and Isamu (Masahiko Shimazu), are frustrated and disappointed when their parents will not buy them a television. Not understanding the way adults converse, the brothers refuse to speak to all grown-ups from this point on and run away from home. But will their protests convince their parents to get a television?<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / with DVD - Double Play</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Yasujirô Ozu directs this 1950s Japanese drama that explores ageing, mortality and intergenerational tensions. When elderly couple Tomi and Shukichi Hirayama (Chieko Higashiyama and Chishu Ryu) travel from their rural village home to visit their married son and daughter in Tokyo, their reception is disappointing. Met with impatience and selfish indifference by their children and their grandchildren, they are soon packed off to a spa - but when Tomi falls ill, her descendants are forced to re-evaluate their priorities.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Yasujiro Ozu directs this intimate family portrait telling the story of widowed college professor Somiya (Chishu Ryu), who must face the inevitability that his only daughter, 27-year-old Noriko (Setsuko Hara), will soon be married off. Noriko, however, sees no reason to disrupt the harmony of the family home and repeatedly insists that marriage is not for her. Yet the social pressure continues to build, and eventually Somiya tricks his daughter into marrying by informing her that he is planning to remarry himself.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / with DVD - Double Play</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Japanese drama written and directed by Yasujirô Ozu. Married couple Taeko (Michiyo Kogure) and Mokichi (Shin Saburi) live a rather demure existence in Tokyo. One weekend Taeko feigns an illness to her husband in order to enjoy a spa weekend with some friends, including her niece Setsuko (Keiko Tsushima). Following the weekend Setsuko becomes determined to avoid an arranged marriage as she witnesses how miserable it has made those around her.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD / with Blu-ray - Double Play</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Toshirô Mifune stars in this Japanese adventure directed by Akira Kuroswa. Tahei (Minoru Chiaki) and Matashichi (Kamatari Fujiwara) are two peasants hoping to make their fortunes by becoming soldiers but they run into trouble when they are mistaken for members of the Akizuki clan which has just been defeated after a fierce battle. Meanwhile, Rokurota Makabe (Mifune), a renowed Akizuki general, is attempting to escort Princess Yuki (Misa Uehara) to safety. When he encounters the two peasants, he realises they may be useful to him but as the four of them travel together, they face many challenges and Tahei and Matashichi's cowardice and greed could jeopardise Makabe's mission. The cast also includes Takashi Shimura and Susumu Fujita.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Restored</i>