Akira Kurosawa Movies

  • 1957
    Advance Patrol

    Advance Patrol

    Advance Patrol

    5.51957HD

    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
  • 1950
    Escape at Dawn

    Escape at Dawn

    Escape at Dawn

    5.71950HD

    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
  • 1939
    Enoken’s Shrewd Period

    Enoken’s Shrewd Period

    Enoken’s Shrewd Period

    01939HD

    Enoken’s Shrewd Period
  • 1948
    The Portrait

    The Portrait

    The Portrait

    61948HD

    The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artist paints her portrait.

    The Portrait
  • 1964
    Jakoman and Tetsu

    Jakoman and Tetsu

    Jakoman and Tetsu

    61964HD

    In a village subsisting on its herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one...

    Jakoman and Tetsu
  • 2007
    High and Low

    High and Low

    High and Low

    5.52007HD

    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
  • 1973
    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    7.51973HD

    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
  • 1952
    Vendetta of a Samurai

    Vendetta of a Samurai

    Vendetta of a Samurai

    6.81952HD

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

    Vendetta of a Samurai
  • 1942
    Wings of Victory

    Wings of Victory

    Wings of Victory

    6.31942HD

    Wings of Victory
  • 1937
    Japanese Women's Textbook

    Japanese Women's Textbook

    Japanese Women's Textbook

    01937HD

    Japanese Women's Textbook
  • 1955
    Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

    Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

    Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

    01955HD

    Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
  • 1944
    Wrestling-Ring Festival

    Wrestling-Ring Festival

    Wrestling-Ring Festival

    01944HD

    Wrestling-Ring Festival
  • 1941
    Horse

    Horse

    Horse

    5.81941HD

    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
  • 1953
    My Wonderful Yellow Car

    My Wonderful Yellow Car

    My Wonderful Yellow Car

    61953HD

    My Wonderful Yellow Car
  • 2007
    Ikiru

    Ikiru

    Ikiru

    02007HD

    In a Post-War Tokyo, when the bureaucratic chief of department of the City Hall Kanji Watanabe finds that he has a terminal cancer, he decides to...

    Ikiru
  • 1946
    Those Who Make Tomorrow

    Those Who Make Tomorrow

    Those Who Make Tomorrow

    01946HD

    In postwar Japan, two sisters—a film studio script girl and a revue dancer—become swept up in the growing labor movement when workers...

    Those Who Make Tomorrow
  • 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'

    02002HD

    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'
  • 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

    82002HD

    Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Hidden Fortress" (1958).

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
  • 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'

    102002HD

    Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Seven Samurai" (1954).

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
  • 1947
    Snow Trail

    Snow Trail

    Snow Trail

    71947HD

    Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and...

    Snow Trail