Akira Kurosawa — Playwright (28)
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Dersu Uzala (1975) [Movie] WikiData NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
Дерсу Узала
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Yuriy Solomin / Maksim Munzuk …
other title: Dersu Uzala - Il piccolo uomo delle grandi pianure / Dersu Uzalá - A Águia da Estepe …
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 civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods.
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Dreams (1990) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB WikiData Douban
夢
8.0 (10 ratings) director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Akira Terao / Mitsuko Baisho …
other title: Sogni / Sonhos de Akira Kurosawa …
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
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Kagemusha (1980) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB Test Bangumi TMDB
影武者
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Tatsuya Nakadai / Tsutomu Yamazaki …
other title: Kagemusha the Shadow Warrior / Kagemusha - L'ombra del guerriero …
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.
黑泽明
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Seven Samurai (1954) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb NeoDB Bangumi YetiWatch NeoDB Test WikiData
七人の侍
9.0 (18 ratings) director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Takashi Shimura …
other title: I sette samurai / De syv samuraier …
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
七武士 武士 黑泽明
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The Hidden Fortress (1958) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
隠し砦の三悪人
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Minoru Chiaki …
other title: La fortezza nascosta / Den skjulte fæstning …
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
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Throne of Blood (1957) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB NeoDB WikiData
蜘蛛巣城
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Isuzu Yamada …
other title: Il trono di sangue / Blodets trone …
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
1950s drama japan jidaigeki kurosawaakira
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Red Beard (1965) [Movie] TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
赤ひげ
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Yūzō Kayama …
other title: Barbarossa / Rødskæg …
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.
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Stray Dog (1949) [Movie] Douban TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData
野良犬
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Takashi Shimura …
other title: Cane randagio / Cão Danado …
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.
黑泽明
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Sanjuro (1962) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
椿三十郎
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Tatsuya Nakadai …
other title: 椿三十郎
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro 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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Yojimbo (1961) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
用心棒
7.4 (8 ratings) director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Tatsuya Nakadai …
other title: La sfida del samurai / Livvagten …
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 local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
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The Bad Sleep Well (1960) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
悪い奴ほどよく眠る
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Masayuki Mori …
other title: I cattivi dormono in pace / O Mal Dorme Bem …
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.
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The Lower Depths (1957) [Movie] TMDB
どん底
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Isuzu Yamada …
other title: I bassifondi / どん底 …
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off his affair with landlady Osugi to romance her younger sister, Okayo, Osugi extracts her revenge by revealing her infidelity to her jealous husband.
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Sanshiro Sugata (1943) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
姿三四郎
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Denjirō Ōkōchi / Susumu Fujita …
other title: Sanshiro sugata / A Saga do Judo …
A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility. As Sanshirō matures, he proves judo’s spirit against old-guard challengers—including a deadly duel—while falling for his vanquished opponent’s daughter. Based on the novel by Tsuneo Tomita, son of Tomita Tsunejirō, the earliest disciple of judo.
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One Wonderful Sunday (1947) [Movie] TMDB Douban
素晴らしき日曜日
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Isao Numasaki / Chieko Nakakita …
other title: Una meravigliosa domenica / 素晴らしき日曜日 …
Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. They manage to have many small adventures, especially because Masako's optimism and belief in dreams is able to lift Yuzo from his realistic despair.
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Scandal (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
醜聞
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Yoshiko Yamaguchi …
other title: Scandalo / Skandalen …
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.
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Rhapsody in August (1991) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban
八月の狂詩曲
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Sachiko Murase / Hidetaka Yoshioka …
other title: Rapsodia in agosto / 八月の狂詩曲 …
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 her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.