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1. Seven Samurai (1954)
Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Drama
Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki
Votes: 367,220 | Gross: $0.27M
2. Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection (1986)
59 min | Documentary
Directors: Kôichi Kawakita, Jun Fukuda, Koji Hashimoto, Ishirô Honda, Sakyô Komatsu, Seiji Maruyama, Toshio Masuda, Shûe Matsubayashi, Shirô Moritani | Stars: Koji Hashimoto, Ishirô Honda, Kôichi Kawakita, Seiji Maruyama
Votes: 10
3. High and Low (1963)
Not Rated | 143 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyôko Kagawa
Votes: 53,347
4. Ikiru (1952)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama
A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Shin'ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka
Votes: 87,723 | Gross: $0.06M
5. Red Beard (1965)
Not Rated | 185 min | Drama
In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Reiko Dan
Votes: 21,140
6. Yojimbo (1961)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa
Votes: 131,499
7. The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Not Rated | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara
Votes: 42,312
8. Throne of Blood (1957)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 56,037
9. The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Not Rated | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi
Votes: 14,044
10. Stray Dog (1949)
Not Rated | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
During a sweltering summer, a rookie homicide detective tries to track down his stolen Colt pistol.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi
Votes: 18,956
11. Dreams (1990)
PG | 119 min | Drama, Fantasy
A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.
Directors: Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baishô, Toshie Negishi, Mieko Harada
Votes: 29,220 | Gross: $1.96M
12. Drunken Angel (1948)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Reizaburô Yamamoto, Michiyo Kogure
Votes: 13,374
13. Godzilla (1954)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable dinosaur-like beast.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi
Votes: 39,849 | Gross: $2.42M
14. Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama
Various tales in the lives of Tokyo slum dwellers, including a mentally deficient young man obsessed with driving his own commuter trolley.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, Shinsuke Minami
Votes: 7,629
15. Madadayo (1993)
134 min | Drama
Following World War II, a retired professor approaching his autumn years finds his quality of life drastically reduced in war-torn Tokyo. Denying despair, he pursues writing and celebrates his birthday with his adoring students.
Directors: Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Tatsuo Matsumura, Hisashi Igawa, George Tokoro, Masayuki Yui
Votes: 6,166 | Gross: $0.05M
16. I Live in Fear (1955)
103 min | Drama
An aging Japanese industrialist becomes so fearful of nuclear war that it begins to take a toll on his life and family.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Eiko Miyoshi
Votes: 5,547
17. Rhapsody in August (1991)
PG | 98 min | Drama, War
Three generations' responses to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Sachiko Murase, Richard Gere, Hisashi Igawa, Narumi Kayashima
Votes: 7,562 | Gross: $0.52M
18. The Lower Depths (1957)
Not Rated | 137 min | Drama
In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyôko Kagawa, Ganjirô Nakamura
Votes: 5,953
19. Godzilla (1957)
92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Godzilla's initial 1957 French theatrical debut resulted in an entirely different version of the film altogether, combining Toho's original Gojira with elements of the re-edited US release with Raymond Burr.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Raymond Burr, Toyoaki Suzuki, Frank Iwanaga, Akira Takarada
Votes: 124
20. One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance
During a Sunday trip into war-ravaged Tokyo, despairing Yuzo and optimistic Masako look for work and lodging, as well as affordable entertainments to pass the time.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Isao Numasaki, Chieko Nakakita, Atsushi Watanabe, Zekô Nakamura
Votes: 3,684
21. Snow Trail (1947)
89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Three bank robbers on the run from the police hide out in a remote mountain lodge high up in the snowy Japanese Alps.
Director: Senkichi Taniguchi | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Kosugi, Akitake Kôno
Votes: 745
22. No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
PG | 110 min | Drama
The daughter of a politically disgraced university professor struggles to find a place for herself in love and life, in the uncertain world of Japan leading into WWII.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Setsuko Hara, Susumu Fujita, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Haruko Sugimura
Votes: 3,966
23. Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii (2002– )
45 min | Documentary, Biography
An in depth look at the making of Kurosawa's films.
Stars: Masayuki Yui, Yoshirô Muraki, Teruyo Nogami, Takao Saitô
Votes: 142
24. The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1945)
Not Rated | 59 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A Japanese general and his men disguise themselves as monks in order to pass an enemy border patrol.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Denjirô Ôkôchi, Susumu Fujita, Ken'ichi Enomoto, Masayuki Mori
Votes: 4,375
25. Taiheiyô no arashi (1960)
118 min | Drama, History, War
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his ... See full summary »
Directors: Shûe Matsubayashi, Hugo Grimaldi | Stars: Yôsuke Natsuki, Toshirô Mifune, Kôji Tsuruta, Makoto Satô
Votes: 228
26. The Mysterians (1957)
Approved | 85 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Shortly after a giant robot destroys a village, aliens from outer space arrive offering friendship. Will the people of Earth tie these two events together?
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Momoko Kôchi, Akihiko Hirata
Votes: 1,905 | Gross: $0.98M
27. Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
Approved | 78 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Scout pilots for a fishing fleet are startled to discover a new monster named Anguirus alongside a second Godzilla. The monsters make their way toward Osaka as Japan can only brace for tragedy and relive the horror of Godzilla once more.
Directors: Motoyoshi Oda, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Hiroshi Koizumi, Setsuko Wakayama, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 8,375
28. Jû jin yuki otoko (1955)
94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A yeti terrorizes people on top of Mount Fuji.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Akira Takarada, Akemi Negishi, Momoko Kôchi, Nobuo Nakamura
Votes: 308
29. Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959)
78 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
The heavily re-edited American version of Godzilla Raids Again. A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.
Directors: Hugo Grimaldi, Motoyoshi Oda, Jack Bernhard, Ishirô Honda, Sam Newfield, Hal Roach Jr., Hal Roach | Stars: Minoru Chiaki, Shôichi Hirose, Miyoko Hoshino, Toku Ihara
Votes: 196
30. Half Human (1958)
63 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Japanese villagers worship a monster and its son who live in an island cave. Some circus people hear about them, go to the island to capture the monster, and wind up shooting its son. Then the trouble starts.
Directors: Kenneth G. Crane, Ishirô Honda | Stars: John Carradine, Russell Thorson, Robert Karnes, Morris Ankrum
Votes: 460
31. Meitantei Hiroshi kun (1947)
Short
Director: Hideo Sekigawa | Stars: Naonori Takasaki, Eiko Hisada, Koji Hara, Kiyoshi Komiyama
32. Aa, kono ikkyû (1950)
Short
Director: Fujio Tsuda | Stars: Yutaka Omura, Natsuo Yajima, Michiro Shimoyama, Mitsuhiko Kurose
33. Tsuru to kodomotachi (1949)
Short
Directors: Sugio Fujiwara, Kenji Shimomura | Stars: Yasuji Oyajima, Masaharu Maruyama, Minoru Misaki, Shu Tabei
34.
Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii (2002– )
Episode:
Yojimbo
(2002)
43 min | Documentary, Biography
The making of Yojimbo is discussed with director Akira Kurosawa, actor Tatsuya Nakadai, production designer Yoshiro Muraki, and longtime Kurosawa collaborator Teruyo Nogami.
Director: Yoshinari Okamoto | Stars: Masanobu Deme, Kôichi Hamamura, Daisaku Kimura, Akira Kurosawa
35.
Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii (2002– )
Episode:
Ikiru
(2002)
42 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Ikiru" (1952).
Director: Yoshinari Okamoto | Stars: Shinobu Hashimoto, Yoshiro Kimura, Shinji Kojima, Akira Kurosawa
36.
Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii (2002– )
Episode:
Seven Samurai
(2002)
Documentary, Biography
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Seven Samurai" (1954).
Director: Yoshinari Okamoto | Stars: Kôichi Hamamura, Shinobu Hashimoto, Shinichirô Ikebe, Mitsuo Kaneko
37.
Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii (2002– )
Episode:
Stray Dog
(2002)
33 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Stray Dog" (1949).
Director: Yoshinari Okamoto | Stars: Keiko Awaji, Isao Kimura, Akira Kurosawa, Ichirô Minawa
38.
Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii (2002– )
Episode:
Drunken Angel
(2002)
31 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Drunken Angel" (1948).
Director: Yoshinari Okamoto | Stars: Kôichi Hamamura, Shinichirô Ikebe, Akira Kurosawa, Shirô Mifune
39.
Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii (2002– )
Episode:
Sanjuro
(2002)
35 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Sanjuro" (1962).
Director: Yoshinari Okamoto | Stars: Shôji Jinno, Daisaku Kimura, Keiju Kobayashi, Akira Kurosawa