Akira Kurosawa

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Movie Name
Country
Release Year
Sanshiro Sugata
Japan
1943
Akira Kurosawa (Director, Writer) Denjirō Ōkōchi Susumu Fujita Yukiko Todoroki Ryūnosuke Tsukigata Takashi Shimura Ranko Hanai Sugisaku Aoyama Tsuneo Tomita (Writer) Akira Mimura (Cinematographer) Seiichi Suzuki (Soundtrack)
Fine, if a little insubstantial (Saturday, January 22, 2022)
Rashomon
Japan
1950
Akira Kurosawa (Director, Writer) Toshiro Mifune Machiko Kyo Masayuki Mori Takashi Shimura Minoru Chiaki Ryûnosuke Akutagawa (Writer)
Kurosawa looks at the blackness of the human heart (Tuesday, November 13, 2012)
Seven Samurai
Japan
1954
Akira Kurosawa (Director, Writer) Toho Co. (Production Company) Takashi Shimura Toshiro Mifune Yoshio Inaba Seiji Miyaguchi Minoru Chiaki Daisuke Katō Isao Kimura Keiko Tsushima Tatsuya Nakadai Shinobu Hashimoto (Writer) Hideo Oguni (Writer) Asakazu Nakai (Cinematographer) Fumio Hayasaka (Soundtrack)
One of the best films ever made (Friday, January 31, 2003)
Throne Of Blood
Japan
1957
Akira Kurosawa (Director) Toshiro Mifune Isuzu Yamada Takashi Shimura Akira Kubo Yoichi Tachikawa Minoru Chiaki Asakazu Nakai (Cinematographer)
Kurosawa's interpretation of Macbeth (Friday, January 4, 2013)
The Hidden Fortress
Japan
1958
Akira Kurosawa (Director, Writer) Toshiro Mifune Minoru Chiaki Kamatari Fujiwara Susumu Fujita Takashi Shimura Misa Uehara Eiko Miyoshi Ryûzô Kikushima (Writer) Hideo Oguni (Writer) Shinobu Hashimoto (Writer) Masaru Satô (Soundtrack) Kazuo Yamazaki (Cinematographer)
Beautifully filmed (Sunday, November 14, 2021)
The Bad Sleep Well
Japan
1960
Akira Kurosawa (Director) Toshiro Mifune Masayuki Mori Takashi Shimura Kyoko Kagawa Tatsuya Mihashi
Ran (Chaos)
Japan
1985
Akira Kurosawa (Director, Writer) Tatsuya Nakadai Akira Terao Jinpachi Nezu Daisuke Ryû Mieko Harada Yoshiko Miyazaki Hisashi Igawa William Shakespeare (Writer) Asakazu Nakai (Cinematographer)
Kurosawa despairs at the human condition (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)
Dreams
Japan
1990
Akira Kurosawa (Director, Writer)

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