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Seven Samurai
(七人の侍)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1954
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Katô
• Genre Action, Drama
• Available on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube

Seven samurai answer a village's request for protection after they lose their masters and fall on hard times.

Rashomon
(羅生門)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1950
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Toshirō Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Takashi Shimura, Masayuki Mori, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijirô Ueda
• Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
• Available on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Apple iTunes, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Plex

A singular crime from four different perspectives.

Ran
(乱)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan, France • 1985
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki
• Genre Action, Drama, History
• Available on Amazon Prime Video, Mubi, Mubi Amazon Channel, Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, AMC on Demand, DIRECTV

The Greatest Shakespeare Film

Kagemusha
(影武者)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan, USA • 1980
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Jinpachi Nezu, Takashi Shimura, Kenichi Hagiwara
• Genre Action, Drama, History, War
• Available on Apple iTunes, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, DIRECTV, AMC on Demand

A petty thief must impersonate a powerful warlord in order to lead his troops to battle.

Madadayo
(まあだだよ)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1993
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Tatsuo Matsumura, Kyōko Kagawa, Hisashi Igawa, George Tokoro, Masayuki Yui, Akira Terao
• Genre Drama
• Available on Criterion Channel

The tale of a German professor’s life after he resigns prior to WWII to pursue a career as a writer.

Ikiru
(生きる)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1952
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Takashi Shimura, Haruo Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Bokuzen Hidari, Miki Odagiri, Shinichi Himori
• Genre Drama
• Available on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy

Mr. Watanabe tries to find a meaningful human connection after he is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

High and Low
(天国と地獄)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1963
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Isao Kimura, Kenjirō Ishiyama
• Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
• Available on Criterion Channel, Apple iTunes, Amazon Video

A wealthy executive becomes the victim of an extortion plot after his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped.

Red Beard
(赤ひげ)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1965
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Toshirō Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan, Miyuki Kuwano, Kyōko Kagawa
• Genre Drama
• Available on Criterion Channel

What is the key to life - power, prestige or peace?

Yojimbo
(用心棒)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1961
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Seizaburō Kawazu
• Genre Drama, Thriller
• Available on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Apple iTunes, Amazon Video

A ronin comes to a town divided between two gangs and decides to play them off each other to his advantage.

Dersu Uzala
(Дерсу Узала)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Soviet Union, Japan • 1975
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Yuriy Solomin, Maksim Munzuk, Mikhail Bychkov, B. Khorulev, Vladimir Kremena, Aleksandr Pyatkov
• Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
• Available on Criterion Channel, Amazon Video

Kurosawa's Academy Award Winning Masterpiece

The Hidden Fortress
(隠し砦の三悪人)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1958
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Toshirō Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Misa Uehara, Susumu Fujita, Takashi Shimura
• Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
• Available on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Amazon Video

Two peasants agree to escort a couple across enemy lines in exchange for gold, but the couple is harboring a secret.

Sanjuro
(椿三十郎)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1962
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yûzô Kayama, Reiko Dan, Takashi Shimura
• Genre Drama, Action, Comedy
• Available on Criterion Channel, Apple iTunes, Amazon Video

Akira Kurosawa's Powerful and Newest Japanese Masterpiece

Throne of Blood
(蜘蛛巣城)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1957
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Akira Kubo, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Hiroshi Tachikawa
• Genre Drama, History
• Available on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, Apple iTunes, Amazon Video

Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan ranks among his most acclaimed films.

The Bad Sleep Well
(悪い奴ほどよく眠る)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1960
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Toshirō Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takeshi Katō, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi
• Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Available on Criterion Channel

Dreams
(夢)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan, United States • 1990
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baisho, Toshie Negishi, Mieko Harada, Mitsunori Isaki, Toshihiko Nakano
• Genre Fantasy, Drama
• Available on Hoopla, Apple iTunes, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Google Play Movies, YouTube, DIRECTV

The past, present, and future. The thoughts and images of one man... for all men. One man's dreams... for every dreamer.

Drunken Angel
(酔いどれ天使)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1948
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Takashi Shimura, Toshirō Mifune, Reizaburô Yamamoto, Michiyo Kogure, Chieko Nakakita, Noriko Sengoku
• Genre Drama
• Available on Criterion Channel, Tubi TV, Plex

A doctor and a gangster make the most unlikely of friendships.

Stray Dog
(野良犬)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1949
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi, Noriko Sengoku, Noriko Honma
• Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Available on Criterion Channel, Plex

With each step, the cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and this investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.

The Quiet Duel
(静かなる決闘)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1949
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Toshirō Mifune, Miki Sanjo, Takashi Shimura, Kenjiro Uemura, Isamu Yamaguchi, Noriko Sengoku
• Genre Drama
• Available on Plex

I Live in Fear
(生きものの記録)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1955
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Masao Shimizu, Eiko Miyoshi, Kyōko Aoyama
• Genre Drama
• Available on Criterion Channel

One Wonderful Sunday
(素晴らしき日曜日)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1947
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Isao Numasaki, Chieko Nakakita, Atsushi Watanabe, Zeko Nakamura, Toppa Utsumi, Ichiro Namiki
• Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Available on Criterion Channel, Plex

The Idiot
(白痴)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1951
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Toshirō Mifune, Yoshiko Kuga, Takashi Shimura, Chieko Higashiyama
• Genre Drama, Romance
• Available on Criterion Channel, TCM, DIRECTV

The Lower Depths
(どん底)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1957
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyōko Kagawa, Ganjirô Nakamura I, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara
• Genre Drama
• Available on Criterion Channel, IMDB TV Amazon Channel

Rhapsody in August
(八月の狂詩曲)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1991
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Sachiko Murase, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Tomoko Ôtakara, Mieko Suzuki, Mitsunori Isaki, Hisashi Igawa
• Genre Comedy, Drama
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering.

Dodes'ka-den
(どですかでん)

• ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1970
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, Shinsuke Minami, Yûko Kusunoki, Junzaburō Ban
• Genre Drama
• Available on Criterion Channel

Scandal
(醜聞)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1950
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Toshirō Mifune, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Yôko Katsuragi, Noriko Sengoku, Eitarō Ozawa, Takashi Shimura
• Genre Drama
• Available on Criterion Channel, Plex

No Regrets for Our Youth
(わが青春に悔なし)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1946
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Setsuko Hara, Susumu Fujita, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Haruko Sugimura, Eiko Miyoshi, Akitake Kôno
• Genre Drama
• Available on Criterion Channel, TCM, DIRECTV, Plex

Samurai 7
(SAMURAI 7)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan, USA • 2004
• Creator Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Kong Kuwata, Masaki Terasoma, Romi Park, Shin-ichiro Miki, Toru Kusano, Tetsu Inada
• Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Drama
• Available on Apple iTunes, Vudu, Amazon Video, Hulu, Funimation Now

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
(虎の尾を踏む男達)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1945
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Kenichi Enomoto, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Akitake Kôno
• Genre Drama, Comedy, History, Thriller
• Available on Criterion Channel, Plex

Sanshiro Sugata
(姿三四郎)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1943
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Takashi Shimura, Ranko Hanai
• Genre Drama
• Available on Criterion Channel, Plex

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
(續 姿三四郎)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1945
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Akitake Kôno, Yukiko Todoroki, Sōji Kiyokawa
• Genre Action, Drama, Adventure
• Available on Criterion Channel, Plex

Song of the Horse
(馬の歌)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1970
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Hiroyuki Kawase, Noboru Mitani
• Genre Documentary, TV Movie
• Available on No streaming locations found.

The Most Beautiful
(一番美しく)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1944
• Director Akira Kurosawa
• Cast Takashi Shimura, Shôji Kiyokawa, Ichirō Sugai, Takako Irie, Yôko Yaguchi, Sayuri Tanima
• Genre Drama, War
• Available on Criterion Channel, Plex

Horse
(馬)

• ✭ ✭ ✭
• Japan • 1941
• Director Akira Kurosawa, Kajirō Yamamoto
• Cast Kaoru Futaba, Kamatari Fujiwara, Chieko Takehisa, Hideko Takamine, Takeshi Hirata, Toshio Hosoi
• Genre Drama
• Available on No streaming locations found.

Those Who Make Tomorrow
(明日を創る人々)

• Japan • 1946
• Director Akira Kurosawa, Kajirō Yamamoto, Hideo Sekigawa
• Cast Chieko Nakakita, Mitsue Tachibana, Itoko Kôno, Yuriko Hamada, Michiko Kayama
• Genre Drama
• Available on No streaming locations found.