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Directed by Akira KurosawaOrigin JaponGenres Drama,
Action,
HistoricalThemes Films about families,
Seafaring films,
Sports films,
Théâtre,
Transport films,
Martial arts films,
Samurai films,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on works by William Shakespeare,
Films about royaltyActors Tatsuya Nakadai,
Akira Terao,
Jinpachi Nezu,
Mieko Harada,
Hisashi Igawa,
Kenji KodamaRating81%
Hidetora Ichimonji, a powerful warlord, experiences a dream reminding him that he's showing his age and decides to divide his kingdom among his three sons: Taro, Jiro, and Saburo. Taro, the eldest, will receive the prestigious First Castle and become leader of the Ichimonji clan, while Jiro and Saburo will be given the Second and Third Castles. Hidetora will retain the title of Great Lord and Jiro and Saburo are to support Taro. , 59minutes
Directed by Akira KurosawaOrigin JaponGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Seafaring films,
Sports films,
Théâtre,
Transport films,
Martial arts films,
Samurai films,
Films based on playsActors Denjirō Ōkōchi,
Takashi Shimura,
Susumu Fujita,
Ken'ichi Enomoto,
Masayuki Mori,
Akitake KōnoRating66%
In 1185, the Heike family fights against the Minamoto family. After a bloody naval battle in the Pacific Ocean, Yoshitsune Minamoto defeats the enemy and the survivors commit suicide. When the triumphant Yoshitsune arrives in Kyoto, his brother, the Shogun Yoritomo, is uneasy and orders his men to arrest Yoshitsune. However, Yoshitsune escapes with six loyal samurai led by Benkei and they head to the country of his only friend Hidehira Fujiwara. Near the border, after crossing the forest disguised as monks, their porter discovers that they are Yoshitsune and the six samurais and advises that the fearful Kajiwara and his soldiers are waiting for them in the border to arrest them. Yoshitsune disguises as a porter and at the barrier at the border, Benkei has to convince Kajiwara that they are six monks traveling to collect donation to build a large temple in Kyoto., 2h19
Directed by Akira KurosawaOrigin JaponGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Action,
AdventureThemes Seafaring films,
Sports films,
Transport films,
Martial arts films,
Samurai filmsActors Toshiro Mifune,
Minoru Chiaki,
Kamatari Fujiwara,
Misa Uehara,
Takashi Shimura,
Susumu FujitaRating80%
The film begins with two bedraggled peasants, Tahei and Matashichi (Minoru Chiaki and Kamatari Fujiwara). Through conversation, they reveal that they had intended to fight alongside the Yamana clan, but turned up too late, were taken for soldiers of the defeated Akizuki clan, and forced to bury the dead. After quarreling and splitting up, the two are both captured again and forced to dig for gold in the Akizuki castle with other prisoners., 1h
Directed by Kiyoshi KurosawaGenres Drama,
ComedyThemes Seafaring films,
Films about sexuality,
Transport films,
Erotic filmsActors Masayuki SuoRating50%
A young girl, Akiko, in a tenement block in Tokyo's Kandagawa area, uses a telescope to spy on her neighbors in between lovemaking sessions with her boyfriend. When she finds what seems to be an incestuous relationship between a mother and son, she decides, with her boyfriend and her friend Masami, to rescue the son from this predicament and introduce him to a "healthy sex life"., 1h36
Directed by Akira KurosawaOrigin JaponGenres Drama,
Comedy,
ActionThemes Seafaring films,
Sports films,
Transport films,
Martial arts films,
Samurai filmsActors Toshiro Mifune,
Tatsuya Nakadai,
Keiju Kobayashi,
Reiko Dan,
Yūzō Kayama,
Takashi ShimuraRating79%
Nine young samurai, including his nephew, believe that the lord chamberlain, Mutsuta, is corrupt after he tore up their petition against organised crime and said maybe he himself was behind the crimes. One of them tells the superintendent of this and he agrees to intervene. As the nine meet secretly at a shrine and discuss their problem, a ronin (Mifune) emerges from another room where he has been resting. The ronin has overheard their plans, and suggests that the superintendent is in fact the real corrupt official. While at first the samurai are insulted by his claims, they soon find themselves surrounded by the superintendent's men, proving that he was correct. The ronin hits a few of the attackers and bluffs their leader into leaving, taking only a small amount of money in reward to buy food because he is starving; however, after realizing that Mutsuta and his family must now be in danger, he decides to help the samurai bring down the corrupt officials., 1h45
Directed by Akira KurosawaOrigin JaponGenres Drama,
HistoricalThemes Seafaring films,
Sports films,
Théâtre,
Transport films,
Martial arts films,
Samurai films,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on works by William Shakespeare,
Films about royaltyActors Toshiro Mifune,
Isuzu Yamada,
Takashi Shimura,
Minoru Chiaki,
Akira Kubo,
Kokuten KōdōRating80%
Generals Miki and Washizu are Samurai commanders under a local lord, Lord Tsuzuki, who reigns in the castle of the Spider's Web Forest. After defeating the lord's enemies in battle, they return to Tsuzuki's castle. On their way through the thick forest surrounding the castle, they meet a spirit, who foretells their future. The spirit tells them that today Washizu will be named Lord of the Northern Garrison and Miki will now be commander of the first fortress. She then foretells that Washizu will eventually become Lord of Spiderweb Castle, and finally she tells Miki that his son will also become lord of the castle., 2h31
Directed by Akira KurosawaOrigin JaponGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Noir,
CrimeThemes Films about families,
Seafaring films,
Théâtre,
Transport films,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on works by William Shakespeare,
Films about royaltyActors Toshiro Mifune,
Masayuki Mori,
Kyōko Kagawa,
Takashi Shimura,
Tatsuya Mihashi,
Chishū RyūRating79%
The film begins with a group of news reporters watching, and gossiping, at an elaborate wedding reception for Yoshiko Iwabuchi (Kyoko Kagawa), the daughter of Vice President Iwabuchi (Masayuki Mori, the villain character) of the Unexploited Land Development Corporation, a construction company, and Koichi Nishi, the president's secretary (a bespectacled Toshiro Mifune). The police interrupt the wedding when corporate assistant officer Wada, who is the wedding reception's master of ceremony, is arrested on charges of bribery in a kickback scheme. The reporters comment this incident is similar to an earlier scandal involving Iwabuchi, administrative officer Moriyama, and contract officer Shirai. That earlier case was hushed up after the apparent suicide of Assistant Chief Furuya, by jumping off the corporate office building, creating a dead end in the investigation before any of the company's higher-ups could be implicated., 1h28
Directed by Akira KurosawaOrigin JaponGenres Drama,
CrimeThemes Seafaring films,
Films about sexuality,
Sports films,
Transport films,
Rape in fiction,
Martial arts filmsActors Toshiro Mifune,
Masayuki Mori,
Machiko Kyō,
Takashi Shimura,
Minoru Chiaki,
Noriko HonmaRating81%
The film opens on a woodcutter (木樵り; Kikori, played by Takashi Shimura) and a priest (旅法師; Tabi Hōshi, Minoru Chiaki) sitting beneath the Rajōmon city gate to stay dry in a downpour. A commoner (Kichijiro Ueda) joins them and they tell him that they have witnessed a disturbing story, which they then begin recounting to him. The woodcutter claims he found the body of a murdered samurai three days earlier while looking for wood in the forest; upon discovering the body, he says, he fled in a panic to notify the authorities. The priest says that he saw the samurai with his wife traveling the same day the murder happened. Both men were then summoned to testify in court, where they met the captured bandit Tajōmaru (多襄丸), who claimed responsibility for killing the samurai and raping his wife., 1h50
Directed by Akira KurosawaOrigin JaponGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes Seafaring films,
Sports films,
Transport films,
Martial arts films,
Samurai filmsActors Toshiro Mifune,
Tatsuya Nakadai,
Yōko Tsukasa,
Isuzu Yamada,
Takashi Shimura,
Daisuke KatōRating81%
It is 1860, and the era of the Tokugawa shogunate is coming to a close. A rōnin, or masterless samurai, wanders into a small town divided by a gang war between two gangsters, Seibei and Ushitora. Ushitora used to be Seibei's right-hand man, until Seibei decided that his son Yoichiro would succeed him. Tazaemon, the silk merchant and mayor, backs Seibei, while Tokuemon the sake brewer is allied with Ushitora. Gonji, the owner of an inn, advises the stranger to leave while he can, but after sizing up the situation, the rōnin tells Gonji that the town would be better off with both sides dead, and that he intends to stay., 2h23
Directed by Akira KurosawaOrigin JaponGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Noir,
CrimeThemes Seafaring films,
Transport filmsActors Toshiro Mifune,
Tatsuya Nakadai,
Kyōko Kagawa,
Takashi Shimura,
Tatsuya Mihashi,
Isao KimuraRating83%
A wealthy executive named Kingo Gondo (Toshiro Mifune) is in a struggle to gain control of a company called National Shoes. One faction wants the company to make cheap, low quality shoes for the impulse market as opposed to the sturdy but unfashionable shoes currently being produced. Gondo believes that the long-term future of the company will be best served by well made shoes with modern styling, though this plan is unpopular because it means lower profits in the short term. He has secretly set up a leveraged buyout to gain control of the company, mortgaging all he has.