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2022
Life Work of Akira Kurosawa
Life Work of Akira Kurosawa8 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ran
Ran8.1 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
Sanjuro
Sanjuro7.9 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
Kagemusha
Kagemusha7.8 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
High and Low
High and Low8.346 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
Dreams
Dreams7.719 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
My Brother, My Love
My Brother, My Love0 1968 HD
Genre: Romance
Cast: Yūzō Kayama
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2000
After the Rain
After the Rain7.2 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
The Mad Atlantic
The Mad Atlantic0 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
Morning for Two
Morning for Two0 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
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai8.457 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
The Killing Bottle
The Killing Bottle7 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
Attack Squadron
Attack Squadron6 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
Rhapsody in August
Rhapsody in August7.1 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
Red Beard
Red Beard8.117 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
Secret Agreement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secret Leak Incident
Secret Agreement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secret Leak Incident0 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
Yojimbo
Yojimbo8.096 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
Happy Go-Lucky
Happy Go-Lucky8 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
Madadayo
Madadayo7.3 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
Red Lion
Red Lion6.4 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
Samurai Pirate
Samurai Pirate5.5 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
Kojiro
Kojiro7.5 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
Bullet Wound
Bullet Wound6 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
Shag
Shag7 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
The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well7.692 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
Dodes'ka-den
Dodes'ka-den7.025 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
Legacy of the 500,000
Legacy of the 500,0007.1 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
Oración
Oración6 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
Lake of Illusions
Lake of Illusions1.5 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
Rainbow Bridge
Rainbow Bridge0 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
Nippon Ichi no Goma Suri Otoko
Nippon Ichi no Goma Suri Otoko0 1965 HD
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Hitoshi Ueki
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1963
Legacy of the 500,000
Legacy of the 500,0007.1 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