Movies by Director - Akira Kurosawa (32 [Missing: 1]) 
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| MadadayoFollowing 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. | 1993 | Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda | Drama | 7.3 (5.4K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Rhapsody in AugustThree generations' responses to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. | 1991 | Akira Kurosawa | Drama | 7.2 (6.8K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Akira Kurosawa's Dreams [Yume]A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams. | 1990 | Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda | Drama, Fantasy | 7.8 (25.7K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| RanIn Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him. | 1985 | Akira Kurosawa | Action, Drama, War | 8.2 (121.7K votes) | 162 | 20211228 |
| KagemushaA petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place. | 1980 | Akira Kurosawa | Drama, History, War | 8.0 (34.9K votes) | 162 | 20211228 |
| Dersu Uzala [The Hunter]The Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter. | 1975 | Akira Kurosawa | Adventure, Biography, Drama | 8.3 (27K votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| DodesukadenVarious tales in the lives of Tokyo slum dwellers, including a mentally deficient young man obsessed with driving his own commuter trolley. | 1970 | Akira Kurosawa | Drama | 7.4 (6.7K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Tora! Tora! Tora!The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness. | 1970 | Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda, Akira Kurosawa | Action, Drama, History, War | 7.5 (35.8K votes) | 144 | 20230619 |
| Red BeardIn 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern. | 1965 | Akira Kurosawa | Drama | 8.4 (18.5K votes) | 185 | 20211228 |
| High and Low [Tengoku to jigoku]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. | 1963 | Akira Kurosawa | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (41.4K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| SanjuroA crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent. | 1962 | Akira Kurosawa | Action, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (37.2K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| YojimboA crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town. | 1961 | Akira Kurosawa | Action, Drama, Thriller | 8.2 (119.3K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Bad Sleep Well, TheA vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide. | 1960 | Akira Kurosawa | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.0 (12.3K votes) | 151 | 20211228 |
| Hidden Fortress, TheLured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines. | 1958 | Akira Kurosawa | Action, Adventure, Drama | 8.1 (37.9K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Lower Depths, TheIn 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. | 1957 | Akira Kurosawa | Drama | 7.3 (5.3K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
| Throne of BloodA war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle. | 1957 | Akira Kurosawa | Drama, History | 8.1 (50.7K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| I Live In FearAn aging Japanese industrialist becomes so fearful of nuclear war that it begins to take a toll on his life and family. | 1955 | Akira Kurosawa | Drama | 7.3 (4.7K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Seven SamuraiA poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. | 1954 | Akira Kurosawa | Action, Drama | 8.6 (334.9K votes) | 207 | 20211228 |
| IkiruA bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer. | 1952 | Akira Kurosawa | Drama | 8.3 (75.5K votes) | 143 | 20211228 |
| Hakuchi [The Idiot]A Japanese veteran, driven partially mad from the war, travels to the snowy island of Hokkaido where he soon enters a love triangle with his best friend and a disgraced woman. | 1951 | Akira Kurosawa | Drama, Romance | 7.2 (5.1K votes) | 166 | 20220823 |
| RashomonThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter. | 1950 | Akira Kurosawa | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 8.2 (163.2K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| ScandalA celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer. | 1950 | Akira Kurosawa | Drama | 7.2 (3.9K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Stray DogDuring a sweltering summer, a rookie homicide detective tries to track down his stolen Colt pistol. | 1949 | Akira Kurosawa | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (16.7K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Quiet Duel, TheA surgeon gets syphilis from a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. The doctor's life is destroyed, but unlike the patient, he doesn't destroy others along with him. | 1949 | Akira Kurosawa | Drama | 7.4 (3.3K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Drunken AngelA drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond. | 1948 | Akira Kurosawa | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.7 (11.6K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| One Wonderful SundayDuring 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. | 1947 | Akira Kurosawa | Drama, Romance | 7.2 (3.1K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| No Regrets For Our YouthThe 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. | 1946 | Akira Kurosawa | Drama | 7.1 (3.4K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
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| Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail, TheA Japanese general and his men disguise themselves as monks in order to pass an enemy border patrol. | 1945 | Akira Kurosawa | Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 6.7 (3.8K votes) | 59 | 20211228 |
| Sanshiro Sugata 2Sugata returns to prove his judo mastery in a match against Western opponents. | 1945 | Akira Kurosawa | Action, Adventure, Drama | 6.0 (2.3K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Most Beautiful, TheWorld War II film about female volunteer workers at an optics plant who do their best to meet production targets. | 1944 | Akira Kurosawa | Drama | 5.7 (2K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Sanshiro SugataSugata, a young man, struggles to learn the nuance and meaning of judo, and in doing so comes to learn something of the meaning of life. | 1943 | Akira Kurosawa | Action, Adventure, Drama | 6.8 (4.8K votes) | 79 | 20211228 |