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Tag Archives: Akira Kurosawa
Sanjuro (1962) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle Read More »
The Bad Sleep Well / Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru (1960) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa

It is a high-profile wedding: the daughter of Mr Iwabuchi, a wealthy businessman Read More »
The Hidden Fortress / Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki

The story follows two greedy peasants in feudal Japan, Tahei and Matashichi Read More »
Red Beard AKA Akahige (1965) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki

In a charity hospital, a hard-bitten but honorable older doctor, Dr. Niide Read More »
The Most Beautiful AKA Ichiban utsukushiku (1944) Akira Kurosawa, Takashi Shimura, Sôji Kiyokawa, Ichirô Sugai

During World War II, the management of a war industry of optical instruments for weapons requests Read More »
Dodes’ka-den AKA Dodesukaden (1970) Akira Kurosawa, Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura

An anthology of overlapping vignettes exploring the lives of a variety of characters who happen to live Read More »
Judo Saga AKA Sugata Sanshirô (1943) Akira Kurosawa, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki

Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, comes to the city to apprentice at a jujitsu school. Read More »
Drunken Angel (1948) Akira Kurosawa, Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Reizaburô Yamamoto

After a battle with rival criminals, a small-time gangster is treated by an alcoholic doctor in post-war Japan. Read More »
One Wonderful Sunday (1947) Akira Kurosawa, Isao Numasaki, Chieko Nakakita, Atsushi Watanabe

Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. Read More »