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Akira Kurosawa Films

The first Japanese film director to be known worldwide, Akira Kurosawa was an artist and an intellectual. Whereas other well-known Japanese filmmakers such as Ozu and Mizoguchi focus on human relations and nature, Kurosawa's more stylistic approach often encompasses exquisite action and battle scenes as well as capturing humanity. Known as the E... show more >


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Ran

1985, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

 

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Returning to a field explored in Throne of Blood, Kurosawa, at the age of 75, adapted Shakespeare...

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Seven Samurai

1954, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

 

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Superlative adventure film in which seven warriors defend a village from ferocious bandits. With ...

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Yojimbo

1961, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

 

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Yojimbo

The story of a lone Samurai who appears one day in a feuding gamblers' town as a mercenary for sa...

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Seven Samurai
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Seven Samurai

1954, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

Superlative adventure film in which seven warriors defend a village from ferocious bandits. With comedy, pathos, tension and some of the finest action sequences ever filmed, this is simply magnificent cinema. It was of course later remade as 'The ...

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Early Kurosawa
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Early Kurosawa

1943-47, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

A collection of six early films from Akira Kurosawa. Contains Sanshiro Sugata (1943), Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945), The Most Beautiful (1944), They Who Step on the Tiger’s Tail (1945), No Regrets For Our Youth (1946) and One Wonderful Sunday (...

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Ikiru

Ikiru

1952, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

A powerful story of one man's struggle to do something worthwhile in the last six months of his life. A clerical worker with stomach cancer discovers a new zest for life and plans to turn a city waste dump into a children's playground.

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Rashomon

Rashomon

1950, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

A woodcutter witnesses an ambush, rape and murder in a forest. In the telling of the tale however, each of the four participants gives a different view of what happened - is anyone telling the truth? This film was arguably the first to alert Weste...

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The Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well

1960, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

The first feature from Kurosawa's own production company is an adaptation of an Ed McBain novel with distinct overtones of Hamlet. Leisurely paced and bitterly ironic, it's also an exposé of the corruption and politics of greed at the heart of Jap...

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The Hidden Fortress

The Hidden Fortress

1958, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

Set in the clan wars of 16th century Japan, a solitary Samurai escorts a young fugitive princess on the run through enemy territory. Treatment is part traditional (Noh theatre) and part eclectic (John Ford) resulting in a stirring action adventure...

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Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood

1957, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

You will find no poetry in Throne of Blood's sparse dialogue, and little subtlety in its characterisation, but its pace, atmosphere and imagery have a power that is absolutely Shakespearean. The Bard's evocation of tenth-century Scotland is brilli...

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High And Low

High And Low

1963, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

A ruthless kidnapper aiming to snatch a wealthy industrialist's son takes the chauffeur's son by mistake - but still demands the ransom. Inspector Tokuro is ruthless in his pursuit of the kidnapper, and the tension increases as he closes in on his...

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Kurosawa Samurai Collection

Kurosawa Samurai Collection

1962, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

The films of Akira Kurosawa, one of the cinema’s greatest auteurs, have had a profound effect on audiences around the world, and his acclaimed samurai epics – featuring international star Toshiro Mifune – have inspired filmmakers a diverse as Geor...

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Drunken Angel

Drunken Angel

1948, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

Set in a depressed post-war Japan still occupied by the Americans, this is both a character-driven film noir and an allegory of Japan's reconstruction, in which the worlds of a greedy, alcoholic doctor and a shallow young Yakuza gangster collide. ...

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Stray Dog

Stray Dog

1949, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

This long-neglected early work is a masterful mix of film noir and police thriller set in the sweltering mean streets of post-war Tokyo. When young detective Murakami (Mifune) has his pistol stolen, he is overwhelmed by a feeling of dishonour rath...

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Ran

Ran

1985, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

Returning to a field explored in Throne of Blood, Kurosawa, at the age of 75, adapted Shakespeare's King Lear to the story of ageing warlord Hidetora who, in an attempt to restore peace, divides his kingdom between his three sons and retires from ...

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Red Beard

Red Beard

1965, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

The last and most ambitious of Kurosawa's collaborations with Mifune, who plays an authoritarian but humane doctor who has to teach an idle new intern responsibility to oneself and others. A series of vignettes transform the arrogant student into ...

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Kurosawa Classic Collection

Kurosawa Classic Collection

1949-70, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

Akira Kurosawa, one of the cinema’s greatest auteurs, has wowed audiences worldwide and inspired filmmakers as diverse as George Lucas and Sergio Leone. This essential 5-disc box set brings together five of his most profound masterpieces exploring...

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Sanjuro

Sanjuro

1962, Akira Kurosawa, DVD

Shows Kurosawa's lightest touch in dealing with the Samurai genre. With a heady blend of traditional Japanese theatrical conventions and the language of Western film-making, Sanjuro is a masterpiece of comedy-drama, with a final fight scene so swi...

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