Akira Kurosawa

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Ran (1985)
8.2
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Ran (1985)

01 Jun 1985 

Ran

Set in Japan in the 16th century (or so), an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly ...
Dersu Uzala (1975)
8.2
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Dersu Uzala (1975)

20 Dec 1977 

Dersu Uzala

A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one ...
Drunken Angel (1948)
7.7
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Drunken Angel (1948)

30 Dec 1959 

Drunken Angel

Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he is suffering from tuberculosis. Sanada tries to ...
Rhapsody in August (1991)
7.2
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Rhapsody in August

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 ...
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
8.0
WebRip

The Bad Sleep Well

In this loose adaptation of “Hamlet,” illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and ...
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
7.5
Bluray

Tora! Tora! Tora!

In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. ...
Maadadayo (1993)
7.3
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Maadadayo (1993)

20 Mar 1998 

Maadadayo

This film tells the story of professor Uehida Hyakken-sama (1889-1971), in Gotemba, around the forties. He was a university professor until an ...
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
8.1
Bluray

The Hidden Fortress

Japanese peasants Matashichi and Tahei try and fail to make a profit from a tribal war. They find a man and woman whom they believe are simple ...
Red Beard (1965)
8.3
Bluray

Red Beard (1965)

19 Dec 1968 

Red Beard

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes ...
Sanjuro (1962)
8.0
Bluray

Sanjuro (1962)

07 May 1963 

Sanjuro

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa’s tightly paced, beautifully composed “Sanjuro.” In ...
Yojimbo (1961)
8.2
Bluray

Yojimbo (1961)

13 Sep 1961 

Yojimbo

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 ...
High and Low (1963)
8.4
Bluray

High and Low (1963)

26 Nov 1963 

High and Low

An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Rashomon (1950)
8.2
Bluray

Rashomon (1950)

26 Dec 1951 

Rashomon

Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, “Rashomon” is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the ...
Ikiru (1952)
8.3
Bluray

Ikiru (1952)

25 Mar 1956 

Ikiru

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to ...
Seven Samurai (1954)
8.6
Bluray

Seven Samurai (1954)

19 Nov 1956 

Seven Samurai

A samurai answers a village’s request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai ...
Kagemusha (1980)
7.9
Bluray

Kagemusha (1980)

10 Oct 1980 

Kagemusha

When a warlord dies, a peasant thief is called upon to impersonate him, in order to protect his clan from appearing weak and vulnerable. But he ...
Throne of Blood (1957)
8.1
Bluray

Throne of Blood

Returning to their lord’s castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part ...