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  • 2022
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    Life Work of Akira Kurosawa

    Life Work of Akira Kurosawa

    8 2022 HD

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

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Akira Kurosawa

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  • 1985
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    A. K.

    A. K.

    6.3 1985 HD

    An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Chris Marker

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

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

    8 2002 HD

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

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Masayuki Yui

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

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

    7 2002 HD

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

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Masayuki Yui

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  • 2002
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    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'

    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'

    0 2002 HD

    Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "High and Low" (1963).

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Masayuki Yui

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  • 2002
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    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'

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

    0 2002 HD

    Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Sanjuro" (1962).

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Masayuki Yui

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  • 2002
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    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'

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

    0 2002 HD

    Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Yojimbo" (1961).

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Masayuki Yui

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

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

    0 2002 HD

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

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Masayuki Yui

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

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

    0 2002 HD

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

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Masayuki Yui

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  • 1985
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    Ran

    Ran

    8.1 1985 HD

    With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

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  • 1962
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    Sanjuro

    Sanjuro

    7.9 1962 HD

    Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Toshirō Mifune

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  • 1980
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    Kagemusha

    Kagemusha

    7.8 1980 HD

    Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

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  • 1963
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    High and Low

    High and Low

    8.346 1963 HD

    In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Toshirō Mifune

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  • 1990
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    Dreams

    Dreams

    7.719 1990 HD

    A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.

    Genre: Fantasy

    Cast: Akira Terao

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  • 1968
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    My Brother, My Love

    My Brother, My Love

    0 1968 HD

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Yūzō Kayama

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  • 2000
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    After the Rain

    After the Rain

    7.2 2000 HD

    A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Akira Terao

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  • 1966
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    The Mad Atlantic

    The Mad Atlantic

    0 1966 HD

    Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Toshirō Mifune

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  • 1971
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    Morning for Two

    Morning for Two

    0 1971 HD

    While Keisuke and Jiro were brothers, the characters of the two were opposite. My older brother Keisuke was a sophomore college graduate, a honest...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Yusuke Okada

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  • 1954
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    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai

    8.457 1954 HD

    A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Toshirō Mifune

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  • 1967
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    The Killing Bottle

    The Killing Bottle

    7 1967 HD

    In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group bent on assassinating the Prime Minister of...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Tatsuya Mihashi

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  • 1963
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    Attack Squadron

    Attack Squadron

    6 1963 HD

    Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He believes that what is really necessary for Japan to regain...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Toshirō Mifune

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  • 1991
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    Rhapsody in August

    Rhapsody in August

    7.1 1991 HD

    The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Sachiko Murase

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  • 1965
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    Red Beard

    Red Beard

    8.117 1965 HD

    Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Toshirō Mifune

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  • 1988
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    Secret Agreement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secret Leak Incident

    Secret Agreement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secret Leak Incident

    0 1988 HD

    TV film about the "Nishiyama Incident", a scandal surrounding the 1972 return of Okinawa to Japan. Produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of TV...

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Kazuo Kitamura

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  • 1961
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    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    8.096 1961 HD

    A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Toshirō Mifune

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  • 1962
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    Happy Go-Lucky

    Happy Go-Lucky

    8 1962 HD

    An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

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  • 1993
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    Madadayo

    Madadayo

    7.3 1993 HD

    Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Tatsuo Matsumura

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  • 1969
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    Red Lion

    Red Lion

    6.4 1969 HD

    Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Toshirō Mifune

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  • 1963
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    Samurai Pirate

    Samurai Pirate

    5.5 1963 HD

    An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Toshirō Mifune

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  • 1967
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    Kojiro

    Kojiro

    7.5 1967 HD

    Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Yōko Tsukasa

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  • 1969
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    Bullet Wound

    Bullet Wound

    6 1969 HD

    Yuzo Kayama is an American-Japanese operative working for the US to uncover an arms deal between an American seller and Chinese communists, and to...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Yūzō Kayama

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  • 1978
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    Shag

    Shag

    7 1978 HD

    Shiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year-old daughter, with the aid of an Ainu dog summoned by a whistle she gave him.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Bunta Sugawara

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  • 1960
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    The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well

    7.692 1960 HD

    In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Toshirō Mifune

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  • 1970
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    Dodes'ka-den

    Dodes'ka-den

    7.025 1970 HD

    This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Yoshitaka Zushi

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  • 1963
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    Legacy of the 500,000

    Legacy of the 500,000

    7.1 1963 HD

    During World War II, Japan sends gold to the Phillipines. After the war, the gold is lost in the bay of Manille. Former soldier Takeichi Matsuo is...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Toshirō Mifune

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  • 1988
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    Oración

    Oración

    6 1988 HD

    Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given the name Oracion or "prayer". When Oracion is...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Yuki Saito

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  • 1982
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    Lake of Illusions

    Lake of Illusions

    1.5 1982 HD

    A woman works as a prostitute and attendant to make a living at a bathhouse. She is athletic and is an avid runner. She has met and adopted a white...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Reiko Nanjo

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  • 1993
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    Rainbow Bridge

    Rainbow Bridge

    0 1993 HD

    Set in Edo-era Kyoto, this drama depicts the adolescent battles and the love between parents and children who are born and raised in the same...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Emi Wakui

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  • 1965
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    Nippon Ichi no Goma Suri Otoko

    Nippon Ichi no Goma Suri Otoko

    0 1965 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hitoshi Ueki

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  • 1963
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    Legacy of the 500,000

    Legacy of the 500,000

    7.1 1963 HD

    During World War II, Japan sends gold to the Phillipines. After the war, the gold is lost in the bay of Manille. Former soldier Takeichi Matsuo is...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Toshirō Mifune

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