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Spirited Away (2 discs) (2001)

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In the middle of her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by witches and monsters, where humans are changed into animals.

Starring: Rumi Hiiragi, Mari Natsuki, Miyu Irino, Bunta Sugawara

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

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Howl's Moving Castle (2 discs) (2004)

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When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his ... Read more

Starring: Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Akio Ohtsuka

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

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Seven Samurai (1954)

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Set in 16th Century Japan, Akira Kurosawa's epic SEVEN SAMURAI follows the plight of a defenseless farming village that lives in constant fear of marauding bandits. The farmers know that when their ... Read more

Starring: Keiko Tsushima, Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshio Inaba

Director: Akira Kurosawa

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Princess Mononoke (1997)

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A beautifully realized tale of civilization versus nature, PRINCESS MONONOKE is a true epic by Japan's master animator Hayao Miyazaki. While protecting his village from a rampaging boar-god, the ... Read more

Starring: Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Sumi Shimamoto, Yuko Tanaka

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

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Battle Royale (2 discs) (2000)

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At the dawn of the new millennium, Japan is in a state of near-collapse. Unemployment is at an all-time high, and violence amongst the nation's youth is spiralling out of control. With school ... Read more

Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto, Takeshi Kitano

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

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Nausicaa Valley Of The Wind (1984)

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From one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animation, and the creator of the Oscar-winning Spirited Away comes Hayao Miyazaki's epic ecological masterpiece! A thousand years ... Read more

Starring: Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda, Gorô Naya

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

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Zatoichi (2 discs) (2003)

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Takeshi Kitano, best known for such gangster films as VIOLENT COP, BOILING POINT, and BROTHER, makes his first period drama with ZATOICHI, an updating of the classic Japanese character portrayed by ... Read more

Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano

Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano

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Ponyo (2010)

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Acclaimed anime master Hayao Miyazaki (SPIRITED AWAY) returns for his ninth animated feature with PONYO, which deals with a friendship between a five-year-old boy and a goldfish princess who yearns ... Read more

Starring: Cate Blanchett, Yuria Nara, Noah Cyrus, Hiroki Doi

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

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Ring (1996)

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Exactly one week after staying at a remote cabin, a group of Japanese teenagers all meet sudden inexplicable deaths. A cousin of one of the victims, reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima), begins ... Read more

Starring: Nanako Matsushima, Sato Hitomi, Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada

Director: Hideo Nakata

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Departures (2008)

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When cellist Daigo Kobayashi finds himself unemployed, he returns with his wife to his hometown and answers an ad he believes has been placed by a travel agency. The available position, however, ... Read more

Starring: Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryoko Hirosue, Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Director: Yojiro Takita

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Spirited Away (2 discs) (2001)

Howl's Moving Castle (2 discs) (2004)

Seven Samurai (1954)

Princess Mononoke (1997)

Battle Royale (2 discs) (2000)

Nausicaa Valley Of The Wind (1984)

Zatoichi (2 discs) (2003)

Ponyo (2010)

Ring (1996)

Departures (2008)