Akira Kurosawa

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Poster for Rashomon

Rashomon

PG88 mins|98%93%
Akira Kurosawa's landmark and hugely influential crime...
Akira Kurosawa's landmark and hugely influential crime drama, following a crime and its aftermath recalled from differing points of view.
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Poster for Runaway Train

Runaway Train

M110 mins|83%76%
Jon Voigt and Eric Roberts are escaped...
Jon Voigt and Eric Roberts are escaped convicts trapped on a moving train which has no brakes and nobody driving, in this 80s action thriller from director Andrei Konchalovsky (Tango & Cash, Dear Comrades!).
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Poster for Sanjuro

Sanjuro

NR96 mins|100%95%
Toshiro Mifune leads Akira Kurosawa's companion piece...
Toshiro Mifune leads Akira Kurosawa's companion piece and sequel to Yojimbo, following a jaded samurai who helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.
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Poster for Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood

PG110 mins|96%93%
Akira Kurosawa transposes the plot of Shakespeare's...
Akira Kurosawa transposes the plot of Shakespeare's Macbeth from Medieval Scotland to feudal Japan. Stars Toshiro Mifune and Isuzu Yamada.
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Poster for The Hidden Fortress

The Hidden Fortress

PG133 mins|96%92%
Classic Japanese adventure from legendary filmmaker Akira...
Classic Japanese adventure from legendary filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, made four years after the masterful Seven Samurai. The film was a huge influence on George Lucas and the creation of Star Wars.
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Poster for Yojimbo

Yojimbo

PG110 mins|96%96%
Toshiro Mifune stars in this Kurosawa-directed classic...
Toshiro Mifune stars in this Kurosawa-directed classic set in late-Edo era Japan. Mifune's performance as a wandering ronin who commits to ridding a terror-stricken town of corruption garnered him two Best Actor awards at the 1961 Venice Film Festival.
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Poster for Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai

PG207 mins|100%97%
Legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 classic...
Legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 classic about a poor farming community who hire seven unemployed samurai to help defend their village against an incoming horde of ruthless bandits. Ranked number one in Empire Magazine’s The 100 Best Films of World Cinema in 2010, and the highest rated foreign language film in IMDb’s Top 250 Films.
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Poster for Ran

Ran

M162 mins|96%95%
Akira Kurosawa’s epic re-telling of Shakespearean tragedy...
Akira Kurosawa’s epic re-telling of Shakespearean tragedy King Lear.
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Poster for Akira Kurosawa's Dreams

Akira Kurosawa's Dreams

PG119 mins|67%86%
A collection of magical tales based upon...
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa, nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 1991 Golden Globes.
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Poster for Living (1952)

Living (1952)

PG143 mins|98%97%
A middle-aged bureaucrat with terminal cancer determines...
A middle-aged bureaucrat with terminal cancer determines to do something useful with the remainder of his life in this Kurosawa classic.
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Poster for Red Beard

Red Beard

M185 mins|73%95%
A young intern at a clinic learns...
A young intern at a clinic learns life lessons from a man who believes in personal sacrifice for the common good. Kurosawa/Mifune classic.
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