Akira Kurosawa Movies

The story picks up from Part 1 as Enoken's young scion forsakes his wealth and takes a department store job – in drag and sometimes...

Enoken plays a cloistered rich kid whose father hires a disreputable tutor to teach him how to really be a millionaire: by drunken debauchery, women,...

An in depth look at the making of Kurosawa's films.

Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Stray Dog" (1949).

A short film on Chris Marker

A Documentary in 10 parts covering the film making of Kurosawa around the theme of making the perfect movie or as he says: A Beautiful Movie.

In June 1941, Captain Kagawa (Ryutaro Tatsumi), who had just graduated from the military academy, was assigned as the captain of a sentry patrol in...

Several different accounts of the same incident tell quite different stories about what happened.

In 1971, the frustrated Akira Kurosawa made an unsuccessful attempt to cut his veins. His life was restored by the opportunity offered by Mosfilm: to...

Story of a bandit king.

An hour-long conversation between Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki which took place in Kurosawa's home near Mt. Fuji.

In search for Araki Genzo, George Kodama finds himself in the small town of Kimujuku. George quickly realizes that he is unwelcome and is warned to...

A Kajirô Yamamoto directed comedy starring Roppa Furukawa.

Behind the scenes of Akira Kurosawa's Ran, produced by Kurosawa Productions.

Story of a bandit king part 2.