Princess Mononoke (Studio Ghibli)
(1997) [M]

Claire Danes, Minnie Driver and Billy Bob Thornton head a cast of hot Hollywood stars who lend their talents to this exquisitely animated, highly acclaimed epic adventure. Inflicted with a deadly curse, a young warrior named Ashitaka (Billy Crudup) sets out to the forests of the west in search of...  More

Astro Boy (Volume 1)
(2003) [G]

Episode 1: Power Up! Dr. O’Shay activates Astro by drawing all of the city’s power and using it to jolt Astro to life. But the power surge overloads the Metro City Power System, turning Magnamite, the robotic power-controller, into a robotic menace. When Magnamite comes crashing across the...  More

Astro Boy (Volume 3)
(2003) [G]

Episode 9: Franken A mysterious robot terrifies humans as he hunts for scrap parts to rebuild his own malfunctioning system. The police target the robot for destruction, but he may not be the 'evil robot' he appears to be. Episode 10: The Venus Robot Dr. Tenma pretends to be the long-awaited...  More

Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla
(1993) [PG]

Godzilla has returned and Tokyo is once again under attack! A team of crack scientists take DNA from the first Godzilla and design Kiryu, a giant mechanical Godzilla in an attempt to stop the destruction of Tokyo. Yumiko Shaku (star of Princess Blade) is Akane- the pilot of Mechagodzilla, the...  More

The Idiot
(1951) [PG]

Based on Dostoyevky's The Idiot, Akira Kurosawa faithfully translates his favourite author's tale of love and murder to the snowy northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Kameda-a mentally fragile innocent incapable of dishonesty-meets Akama (Toshiro Mifune) on his return home from an asylum. They...  More

Dolls
(2002) [M]

Cult director Takeshi Kitano weaves together three visually stunning and deeply touching stories of undying love inspired by traditional Japanese bunraku puppet theatre. The first concerns a rising young executive who turned his back on his girlfriend in pursuit of his career. After a failed...  More

Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
(1990) [PG]

A Japanese legend... Living dolls in a peach orchard... A deadly snow fairy... A haunted war survivor... Van Gogh painting crows... A terrifying nuclear disaster... Miserly ogres... And the village of the watermills... Eight visions of breathtaking beauty. Eight powerful moments revealing human...  More

Ring (1998)
(1998) [MA]

Within a week of watching a mysterious videotape, a group of teenagers are dead. The bodies are found gruesomely contorted, their eyes frozen as if they had seen something more terrifying than any physical threat. The video then becomes an urban myth. Insidiously, an unseen force is pointing its...  More

Ring 2
(1998) [M]

After losing her boyfriend to the deadly virus which took its grip in the first installment of the Ring series, journalist Mai Takano decides to conduct her own investigation into the powers of the lethal videotape. Along the way she witnesses the gruesome effects wrought up on those who have...  More

Hana-Bi (Fireworks)
(1997) [MA]

Winner of the top prize at the prestigious Venice Film Festival in 1997, Hana-Bi is a lyrical tale of guilt, death and loyalty from acclaimed director Takeshi Kitano. One of Japan's biggest stars, Kitano is best known in the UK for his films Sonatine and Violent Cop. This film confirms his status...  More