Akira Kurosawa Movies

  • 1973
    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

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    When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his...

    Stray Dog
  • 1937
    Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf

    Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf

    Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf

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    Story of a bandit king.

    Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf
  • 1951
    Beyond Love and Hate

    Beyond Love and Hate

    Beyond Love and Hate

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    A young man, convicted of a crime and imprisoned in the penitentiary, comes to believe that his wife is being unfaithful to him. He contrives his...

    Beyond Love and Hate
  • 1952
    Vendetta of a Samurai

    Vendetta of a Samurai

    Vendetta of a Samurai

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    Mataemon Araki, a renowned swordsman, helps a young man find vengeance.

    Vendetta of a Samurai
  • 2007
    High and Low

    High and Low

    High and Low

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    At a crucial point in his business life, executive Gondo learns that his son has been kidnapped and that the ransom demanded is near the amount Gondo...

    High and Low
  • 1942
    Wings of Victory

    Wings of Victory

    Wings of Victory

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    Wings of Victory
  • 1950
    Escape at Dawn

    Escape at Dawn

    Escape at Dawn

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    Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers. After falling in love...

    Escape at Dawn
  • 1949
    Lady From Hell

    Lady From Hell

    Lady From Hell

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    Three and a half years after Japan was bombed, the tax authorities organized the T-Men. Nango is in love with a girl called Mibu, and the two are...

    Lady From Hell
  • 2013
    What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

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    Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh,...

    What Is Cinema?
  • 1957
    Advance Patrol

    Advance Patrol

    Advance Patrol

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    In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance...

    Advance Patrol
  • 1941
    Horse

    Horse

    Horse

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    Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the...

    Horse
  • 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'

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    Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Ikiru" (1952).

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
  • 1947
    Four Love Stories

    Four Love Stories

    Four Love Stories

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    Omnibus of love stories from 1947 directed by famous directors, featuring big stars.

    Four Love Stories
  • 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'

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    Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Lower Depths" (1957).

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
  • 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

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    Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960).

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
  • 1940
    The Monkey King

    The Monkey King

    The Monkey King

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    A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a...

    The Monkey King
  • 1937
    Avalanche

    Avalanche

    Avalanche

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    The study of a one-year marriage that begins to crumble. A married man is torn between the love of his wife, and the attraction to a cousin of his...

    Avalanche
  • 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'

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    Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Kagemusha" (1980).

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
  • 1962
    The Fencing Master

    The Fencing Master

    The Fencing Master

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    The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives...

    The Fencing Master
  • 2020
    Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

    Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

    Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

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    Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife,...

    Babenco: Tell Me When I Die