Akira Kurosawa Movies

Kumonosu-jo is a movie starring Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, and Isuzu Yamada. 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.

Kakushi-toride no san-akunin is a movie starring Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara, and Minoru Chiaki. Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.

A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.

Tsubaki Sanjuro is a movie starring Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, and Keiju Kobayashi. A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt...

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

In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.

Dersu Uzala is a movie starring Maksim Munzuk, Yuriy Solomin, and Mikhail Bychkov. The Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.

Kagemusha is a movie starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, and Ken'ichi Hagiwara. A 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...

Ran is a movie starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, and Jinpachi Nezu. In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will...

Yume is a movie starring Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baishô, and Toshie Negishi. A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.