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Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Japanese film maker (1910-1998)
March 23, 1910 (September 6, 1998)
G.-B. 2022. Drama by Oliver Hermanus with Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp. London, 1953. When he learns that he has cancer, a civil servant who has been leading a dull existence until now decides to live before it's too late.
Runtime: 102 min
Runtime: 110 min.
Jap. 1993. Psychological drama by Akira Kurosawa with Tatsuo Matsumura, Kyoko Kagawa, Hisashi Igawa. A professor who retired to devote himself to writing, maintains a special relationship with his former students.
Runtime: 134 min.

Rhapsody in August

V.O.: Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku
Jap. 1991. Psychological drama by Akira Kurosawa with Sachiko Murase, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Mie Suzuki. A survivor of the Nagasaki nuclear bombing tells her four grandchildren about the tragedy.
Runtime: 98 min.
Jap. 1990. Sketches by Akira Kurosawa with Akira Terao, Toshihiko Nakano, Mitsunori Isaki. Eight stories inspired by the author's dreams.
Runtime: 120 min.
U.S. 1985. Thriller by Andreï Kontchalovski with Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, John P. Ryan. In Alaska, two convicts escape on a train which they discover too late is out of control.
Runtime: 107 min.
Jap. 1985. War drama by Akira Kurosawa with Tatsuya Nakadai, Mieko Harada, Akira Terao. In medieval Japan, the decision of an old clan chief to divide his fiefdom between his sons provokes internal wars.
Runtime: 162 min.
Runtime: 160 min.
URSS 1975. Chronicle by Akira Kurosawa with Maxime Mounzouk, Youri Solomine, Sonia Danilchenko. In the early twentiethh century, a Russian officer befriends an old Mongolian hunter.
Runtime: 141 min.
Jap. 1970. Social drama by Akira Kurosawa with Zuchi Yoshitaka, Tomoko Yamazaki, Noboru Mitsutani. A Japanese slum is home to many of life's underprivileged.
Runtime: 139 min.

Red Beard

V.O.: Akahige
Jap. 1965. Social drama by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Miyuki Kuwano. A young, inexperienced doctor has a difficult internship in a hospital run by a tough, taciturn doctor.
Runtime: 179 min.

High and Low

V.O.: Tengoku to Jigoku
Jap. 1963. Crime drama by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki. After paying the ransom demanded by his son's kidnapper, an industrialist discovers that his driver's son was actually kidnapped by mistake.
Runtime: 142 min.

Sanjuro

V.O.: Tsubaki Sanjûrô
Jap. 1962. Adventures by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Reiko Dan. A wandering samurai comes to the aid of nine young men in revolt against the corruption that has taken hold in their clan.
Runtime: 96 min.
Jap. 1961. Adventures by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Kyû Sazanka. In the nineteenth century, a wandering samurai arrives in a village divided into two rival factions.
Runtime: 110 min.

The Bad Sleep Well

V.O.: Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru
Jap. 1960. Thriller by Akira Kurosawa.

The Hidden Fortress

V.O.: Kakushi-toride no san-akunin
Jap. 1958. Dramatic comedy by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki. Two looting peasants agree to help a fugitive couple who are carrying a precious treasure.
Runtime: 126 min.

The Lower Depths

V.O.: Donzoko
Jap. 1957. Mores drama by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Ganjiro Nakamura. A travelling salesman tries to help the wretched people of the slum where he has settled.
Runtime: 125 min.

Throne of Blood

V.O.: Kumonosu-jô
Jap. 1956. Drama by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Minoru Chiaki. A general kills his overlord in order to succeed him.
Runtime: 109 min.

I Live in Fear

V.O.: Ikimono no kiroku
Jap. 1955. Psychological drama by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Eiko Miyoshi, Takashi Shimura. The children of an industrialist who is obsessed with the nuclear threat try to make him appear incompetent.
Runtime: 103 min.

Seven Samurai

V.O.: Shichinin no samurai
Jap. 1954. Adventures by Akira Kurosawa with Takasi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshio Inaba. Seven samurais come to the aid of the inhabitants of a village that is threatened by bandits.
Runtime: 203 min.
Jap. 1952. Drama by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori. Four witnesses give different versions of a deadly assault.
Runtime: 88 min.

To Live

V.O.: Ikiru
Jap. 1952. Psychological drama by Akira Kurosawa with Takashi Shimura, Miki Odagiri, Nobuo Kaneko. A civil servant, suffering from cancer seeks to give meaning to his life.
Runtime: 130 min.

The Idiot

V.O.: Hakuchi
Jap. 1951. Drama by Akira Kurosawa.

Scandal

V.O.: Shûbun
Jap. 1950. Drama by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Takashi Shimura. A painter sues a magazine that published a defamatory article about his relationship with a famous singer.
Runtime: 104 min.

Stray Dog

V.O.: Nora inu
Jap. 1949. Crime drama by Akira Kurosawa with Toshiro Mifune, Keiko Awaji, Takashi Shimura. After being robbed of his service weapon in the streetcar by a woman, a young police officer sets out on the tracks of the criminal who is in possession of his Colt pistol.
Runtime: 112 min.

Drunken Angel

V.O.: Yoidore Tenshi
Jap. 1948. Social drama by Akira Kurosawa with Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Reisaburo Yamamoto. A doctor, who falls from grace due to alcoholism, saves the life of a young criminal and has a positive influence on him.
Runtime: 98 min.

One Wonderful Sunday

V.O.: Subarashiki nichiyôbi
Jap. 1947. Sentimental drama by Akira Kurosawa.

No Regrets for Our Youth

V.O.: Waga seishun ni kuinashi
Jap. 1946. Drama by Akira Kurosawa.

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