Akira Kurosawa Biography

9.7 Ran1985

Genres: Action, Drama, War

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Artists: Mieko Harada, Daisuke Ryû, Jinpachi Nezu, Akira Terao

An elderly lord abdicates to his three sons, and the two corrupt ones turn against him.

8.3 Ran1985

Genres: War, Action, Drama

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Artists: Tatsuya Nakadai, Masayuki Yui, Akira Terao, Yoshiko Miyazaki

An elderly lord abdicates to his three sons, and the two corrupt ones turn against him.

9.7 High And Low1963

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Artists: Isao Kimura, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Nakadai

An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.

9.7 Yojimbo: The Bodyguard1961

Genres: Music

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Artists: Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Yôko Tsukasa, Tatsuya Nakadai

Yojimbois a 1961 jidaigeki (period drama) film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It tells the story of a ronin (masterless samurai), portrayed by Toshirō Mifune, who arrives in a small town where competing crime lords make their money from gambling.

8.2 Ikiru1952

Genres: Drama

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Artists: Miki Odagiri, Shinichi Himori, Minoru Chiaki, Haruo Tanaka

Kanji Watanabe is a longtime bureaucrat in a city office who, along with the rest of the office, spends his entire working life doing nothing...