Drama

1990

PG

Plot: Following up on his critically acclaimed, blood-splattered epic Ran, master director Akira Kurosawa looks inward with this collection of eight brightly colored dreams. The first se ...

Drama

1957

Plot: Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa transferred the setting of Maxim Gorkys play The Lower Depths from Imperial Russia to his own countrys Edo Period--which, like Gorkys 19th-century settin ...

Culture & Society

2001

NR

Plot: Akira Kurosawa was arguably the most important Japanese filmmaker who ever lived; he was certainly among the most revered and most influential. His award-winning feature Rashomon was one ...

Science Fiction

1987

R

Plot: One of the most influential examples of anime, Akira is based on the manga (comic book) by Katsuhiro Otomo. The story is set in the post-apocalyptic community of Neo-Tokyo. Tetsuo ...