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Postwar Kurosawa (Eclipse/1946-1955)
Akira Kurosawa's early career is exposed on this collection of five film from 1946-1955. NO REGRETS FOR OUR YOUTH is a touching tale about a young girl from a privileged background who is exposed to Japan's peasant farmers; ONE WONDERFUL SUNDAY follows the activities of a couple who are struggling with ... more info >>
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Throne of Blood Criterion Collection
Akira Kurosawa's stunning reconception of Shakespeare's MACBETH is a dark samurai drama, set in feudal Japan. As the film begins, two soldiers--Washizu (Toshirô Mifune) and Miki (Minoru Chiaki)--find themselves lost in a dense forest during a powerful thunderstorm. Seemingly unable to leave the woods ... more info >>
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Dark Tales of Japan (2005)
... collection of short horror films draws on the work of some talented directors. Hideo Nakata (THE RING), Takashi Shimizu (THE GRUDGE), and Kiyoshi Kurosawa (CURE) are among the contributors who bring some shocking tales to life. more info >>
Essential Art House: Vol. 1 - Beauty And The Beast / Grand Illusion / Knife In The Water / Lord Of The Flies
... Cocteau's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Peter Brook's LORD OF THE FLIES, Ingmar Bergman's WILD STRAWBERRIES, Roman Polanski's KNIFE IN THE WATER, and Akira Kurosawa's RASHOMON. Please see individual titles for further information. more info >>
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Rashomon (Special Edition) Criterion Collection
Akira Kurosawa's highly acclaimed film, set in feudal Japan, presents an intriguing tale of violent crime in the woods, told from the perspective of four different characters--a bandit (Toshirô Mifune), a woman (Machiko Kyô), her husband (Masayuki Mori), and a woodcutter (Takashi Shimura). Only two things ... more info >>
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Kagemusha (1980) Criterion Collection
In this dazzling epic from Akira Kurosawa, a petty thief named Kagemusha (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets saved from a death sentence because he resembles the warlord Shingen Takeda (also Nakadai). The warlord has been fighting two other leaders for control of 16th-century Japan and impersonators often take his ... more info >>
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Portrait of Hell (1969)
... beautiful, and instead chooses to portray the terrible societal collapse he sees all around him. Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, who appeared in Akira Kurosawa's RAN, PORTRAIT OF HELL is a harrowing journey into the tortured mind of a very disturbed individual. more info >>
High and Low
... Gondo abandon his plans to pay off the criminal, or does he do the honorable thing and help save his driver's child? This moral dilemma drives Akira Kurosawa's intelligent, detailed thriller that features Mifune in a thoughtful, nuanced performance as a man forced to make a startlingly difficult decision ... more info >>
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Lower Depths Criterion Collection
... two of world cinema's most influential directors trying their hands at cinematic adaptions of the same Maxim Gorky play, THE LOWER DEPTHS. Akira Kurosawa's 1957 version is set during Japan's burgeoning Edo period and stars Toshiru Mifune and Isuzu Yamada, while Jean Renoir's 1936 version was filmed ... more info >>
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Bad Sleep Well (1960) Criterion Collection
Something is rotten in Japan in this engaging drama by acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa. Toshirô Mifune stars as Koichi Nishi, the secretary to the president of a housing corporation, who seeks revenge for his father's murder. At Koichi's marriage to Kieko (Kyôko Kagawa), the president's daughter, memories ... more info >>
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Drunken Angel (1948) Criterion Collection
... standoff that only one man will survive.DRUNKEN ANGEL marks the first major screen role for Mifune, one of Japan's most revered actors. And although Kurosawa had made numerous movies before this production, the director himself recognized it as his first truly distinct and personally satisfying motion ... more info >>
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Ran (1985) Criterion Collection
For his 27th film, the "sensei" of Japanese cinema, Akira Kurosawa, transposes Shakespeare's KING LEAR to feudal Japan. RAN, which translates as "chaos" or "turmoil," is the tragic tale of Lord Hidetora, a warlord who decides to divide his empire among his three sons on ... more info >>
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Yojimbo/Sanjuro (1962) Criterion Collection
This double feature presents two of Akira Kurosawa's samurai masterpieces: the comedic YOJIMBO (1961) and its sequel SANJURO (1962). See individual titles for plot synopses. more info >>
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Hidden Fortress Criterion Collection
... of finding the gold, the two misfits accompany the hardened soldier through dangerous mountain passes.In addition to its status as one of Akira Kurosawa's finest films, THE HIDDEN FORTRESS is especially notable for its influence on director George Lucas's STAR WARS. Lucas admittedly borrowed much from ... more info >>
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Stray Dog Criterion Collection
In Akira Kurosawa's gritty STRAY DOG, a young police detective named Murakami (Toshirô Mifune) gets his pistol stolen on a crowded bus during the oppressive heat of a late 1940s Tokyo summer. Since guns are scarce at the time, the impulsive Murakami decides to track it down rather than risk losing his ... more info >>
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Runaway Train
... of a heart attack, and the convicts face certain death unless they can find some way to stop it. Based on a screenplay by none other than Akira Kurosawa. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Actor--Jon Voight. more info >>
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Throne of Blood Criterion Collection
Akira Kurosawa's stunning reconception of Shakespeare's MACBETH is a dark samurai drama, set in feudal Japan. As the film begins, two soldiers--Washizu (Toshirô Mifune) and Miki (Minoru Chiaki)--find themselves lost in a dense forest during a powerful thunderstorm. Seemingly unable to leave the woods ... more info >>
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Seven Samurai (1954) Criterion Collection
Set in 16th Century Japan, Akira Kurosawa's epic SEVEN SAMURAI follows the plight of a defenseless farming village that lives in constant fear of marauding bandits. The farmers know that when their crops are harvested, the thugs will attack, so four men go to town in hopes of employing samurai to fight ... more info >>
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Sanjuro (1962) Criterion Collection
... , the novice warriors proceed to follow the unlikely hero around like lost puppies in their attempts to defeat the corrupt local officials.Akira Kurosawa's YOJIMBO was such a success that the director decided to make another film in the same comedic-adventure vein. Once again Mifune is in fine form, ... more info >>
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Dora-Heita (2000)
... of a town rife with corruption and crime. The infamous and self-styled "Four Musketeers" of Japanese cinema--consisting of Akira Kurosawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Kon Ichikawa, and Masaki Kobayashi--collaborated on the script for DORA-HEITA after forming their own production company in 1969, although ... more info >>
Rebel Samurai: Sixties Sword Play (1965-1968) Criterion Collection
... excellent Criterion Collection presents these four diverse and intriguing 1960s samurai films. Not as well known as those of, for instance, Akira Kurosawa, these movies nevertheless make important contributions to the genre in their own ways, and they play with its conventions even as they add to its ... more info >>
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Pulse (2006)
Jim Sonzero's remake of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Japanese horror hit KAIRO (2001) is a techno-thriller cowritten by Wes Craven (SCREAM, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET). Kristen Bell (VERONICA MARS) stars as Mattie, a student whose ex-boyfriend, Josh (Jonathan Tucker), goes through a strange transformation, then ... more info >>
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Akira Kurosawa's Samurai 7 - The Complete Series
Based on the Akira Kurosawa classic SEVEN SAMURAI, this anime series updates the action of the film to a bleak future overrun by bandits. These men are former samurais who have abandoned their code of honor and adapted technology to their bodies until they no longer resemble humans. When a small village ... more info >>
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Madadayo
MADADAYO, Akira Kurosawa's 30th and final film, follows the life of an aging Japanese professor whose retirement coincides with the final years of World War II. Beloved by his former students, the professor often received them as guests in his home. That is, until his home is destroyed by an air raid ... more info >>
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Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
Akira Kurosawa's DREAMS consists of eight short films based on actual dreams of the director. The first sequence, "Sunshine Through the Rain," features a young boy sneaking off into the forest on a rainy day to watch a procession of enchanted foxes. In "The Peach Orchard," a slightly ... more info >>
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