Akira Kurosawa

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Dersu Uzala

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A military explorer meets and befriends a...
A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods.
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Stray Dog

PG122 mins|96%91%
Akira Kurosawa's classic 1949 film noir stars...
Akira Kurosawa's classic 1949 film noir stars frequent collaborator Toshiro Mifune as a detective on a mission to recover his stolen gun.
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Drunken Angel

PG98 mins|94%89%
A doctor and a mobster form an...
A doctor and a mobster form an unlikely friendship in this 1948 drama from master filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.
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The Bad Sleep Well

In this crime mystery, Kōichi Nishi (Toshirō...
In this crime mystery, Kōichi Nishi (Toshirō Mifune, Yojimbo) ascends the ranks of a corrupt company, plotting to avenge his father's death.
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Sanjuro

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Toshiro Mifune leads Akira Kurosawa's companion piece...
Toshiro Mifune leads Akira Kurosawa's companion piece and sequel to Yojimbo, following a jaded samurai who helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.
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Rashomon

Akira Kurosawa's landmark and hugely influential crime...
Akira Kurosawa's landmark and hugely influential crime drama, following a crime and its aftermath recalled from differing points of view.
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Akira Kurosawa's Dreams

PG119 mins|67%86%
A collection of magical tales based upon...
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa, nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 1991 Golden Globes.
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High and Low (1963)

153 mins
Kurosawa transforms an Ed McBain thriller into...
Kurosawa transforms an Ed McBain thriller into an epic moral tale in which a man is faced with a terrible dilemma when his son is kidnapped.
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Kagemusha

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This Cannes Palme d'Or-winning Kurosawa epic unfolds...
This Cannes Palme d'Or-winning Kurosawa epic unfolds during a period of clan warfare and questions the very nature of power.
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Living (1952)

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A middle-aged bureaucrat with terminal cancer determines...
A middle-aged bureaucrat with terminal cancer determines to do something useful with the remainder of his life in this Kurosawa classic.
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Ran

162 mins|96%95%
Akira Kurosawa’s epic re-telling of Shakespearean tragedy...
Akira Kurosawa’s epic re-telling of Shakespearean tragedy King Lear.
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Red Beard

185 mins|75%95%
A young intern at a clinic learns...
A young intern at a clinic learns life lessons from a man who believes in personal sacrifice for the common good. Kurosawa/Mifune classic.
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Seven Samurai

Legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 classic...
Legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 classic about a poor farming community who hire seven unemployed samurai to help defend their village against an incoming horde of ruthless bandits. Ranked number one in Empire Magazine’s The 100 Best Films of World Cinema in 2010, and the highest rated foreign language film in IMDb’s Top 250 Films.
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The Hidden Fortress

133 mins|96%92%
Classic Japanese adventure from legendary filmmaker Akira...
Classic Japanese adventure from legendary filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, made four years after the masterful Seven Samurai. The film was a huge influence on George Lucas and the creation of Star Wars.
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Throne of Blood

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Akira Kurosawa transposes the plot of Shakespeare's...
Akira Kurosawa transposes the plot of Shakespeare's Macbeth from Medieval Scotland to feudal Japan. Stars Toshiro Mifune and Isuzu Yamada.
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Yojimbo

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Toshiro Mifune stars in this Kurosawa-directed classic...
Toshiro Mifune stars in this Kurosawa-directed classic set in late-Edo era Japan. Mifune's performance as a wandering ronin who commits to ridding a terror-stricken town of corruption garnered him two Best Actor awards at the 1961 Venice Film Festival.
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