Akira Kurosawa Movies

  • 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'

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    Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Dodes'ka-den" (1970).

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den'
  • 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
  • 1970
    Song of the Horse

    Song of the Horse

    Song of the Horse

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    An old man talks about a horse and human relations to his grandchild through the growth of the Derby horse. Akira Kurosawa's visual poem for the...

    Song of the Horse
  • 1993
    Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema

    Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema

    Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema

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

    Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
  • 1996
    Last Man Standing

    Last Man Standing

    Last Man Standing

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    John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances...

    Last Man Standing
  • 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?
  • 2000
    Kurosawa

    Kurosawa

    Kurosawa

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    Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa

    Kurosawa
  • 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
  • 1970
    A Fistful of Dollars Remake

    A Fistful of Dollars Remake

    A Fistful of Dollars Remake

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    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...

    A Fistful of Dollars Remake
  • 1985
    Making of Ran

    Making of Ran

    Making of Ran

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

    Making of Ran
  • 2012
    The World of Kazuo Miyagawa

    The World of Kazuo Miyagawa

    The World of Kazuo Miyagawa

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

    The World of Kazuo Miyagawa
  • 2005
    Image: Kurosawa's Continuity

    Image: Kurosawa's Continuity

    Image: Kurosawa's Continuity

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

    Image: Kurosawa's Continuity
  • 2000
    A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies

    A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies

    A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies

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    A Documentary in 10 parts covering the film making of Kurosawa around the theme of making the perfect movie or as he says: A Beautiful Movie.

    A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies
  • 1993
    In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki

    In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki

    In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki

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    An hour-long conversation between Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki which took place in Kurosawa's home near Mt. Fuji.

    In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki
  • 1960
    Play of the Week: Rashomon

    Play of the Week: Rashomon

    Play of the Week: Rashomon

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

    Play of the Week: Rashomon