Akira Kurosawa Movies

A comedic tale told in four parts, this film follows the antics of the pickpocket Kinta as he is pursued by a low ranking deputy named Kurakichi. The...

Kayo and Kuniko graduated from girls' school together and are as close as sisters. Kuniko's fiancé, Minakami, feels something that attracts...

Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.

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...

A short film on Chris Marker

Several different accounts of the same incident tell quite different stories about what happened.

Kayo and Kuniko graduated from girls' school together and are as close as sisters. Kuniko's fiancé, Minakami, feels something that attracts...

Acclaimed filmmaker Akira Kurosawa has been misunderstood. Despite his public perception an a perfectionist who would clash with anyone in his way,...

A 43-minute video piece reconstructing Kagemusha through Akira Kurosawa's paintings and sketches.

One of three titles released the same year, with the same title based on the same story. This is the P.C.L. (Toho) Version

Nagisa Oshima interviews Akira Kurosawa, leading him to share his thoughts about filmmaking, his life and works, and numerous anecdotes relating to...

A Kajirô Yamamoto directed comedy starring Roppa Furukawa.

Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan.

Behind the scenes of Akira Kurosawa's Ran, produced by Kurosawa Productions.

Remake of the western A Fistful of Dollars - the story of a wandering gunfighter with no name who plays two rival families against each other in a...

Renowned cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa collaborated with a number of great Japanese filmmakers, including Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon...