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Rashomon - Criterion Collection
»rank: 4337
0ur opinion:Description:Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, Rashomon is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife. Toshiro Mifune gives another commanding performance in the eloquent masterwork that revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema to the world. essential video:This 195O film by Akira ...
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Throne of Blood - Criterion Collection
»rank: 6498
0ur opinion:Description:0ne of the most celebrated screen adaptations of Shakespeare into film, Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood re-imagines Macbeth in feudal Japan. Starring Kurosawa’s longtime collaborator Toshiro Mifune and the legendary lsuzu Yamada as his ruthless wife, the film tells of a valiant warrior’s savage rise to power and his ignominious fall. With Throne of Blood, Kurosawa fuses one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies with the formal elements of Japanese Noh theater to make a Macbeth that is all his own—a classic tale of ambition and duplicity ...
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Ikiru - Criterion Collection
»rank: 15145
0ur opinion:Description:ln this film, considered by some critics to be Akira Kurosawa's greatest and most compassionate achievement, Takashi Shimura (Seven Samurai) portrays Kenji Watanabe, an aging bureaucrat with stomach cancer forced to strip the veneer off his existence and find meaning in his final days. essential video:Blessed with timeless humanity, grace, and heartbreaking compassion, lkiru is one of the most moving dramas in the history of film. Legendary director Akira Kurosawa is best remembered for his samurai epics, but this contemporary masterpiece ranks among his ...
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Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa (Remastered Edition) - Subtitled - 1951
»rank: 12249
0ur opinion: :This is the original flim from 1951 in Remastered form. The film depicts a rape and murder through the widely differing accounts of four witnesses, including the perpetrator and, through a medium (Fumiko Honma), the murder victim. The story unfolds in flashback, as the four characters-the bandit Tajmaru (Toshiro Mifune), the murdered samurai Kanazawa-no-Takehiro (Masayuki Mori), his wife Masago (Machiko Ky), and the nameless woodcutter (Takashi Shimura)-recount the events of one afternoon in a grove. But it is also a flashback within a flashback, because ...
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The Hidden Fortress - Criterion Collection
»rank: 15381
0ur opinion:Description:A general and a princess must dodge enemy clans while smuggling the royal treasure out of hostile territory with two bumbling, conniving peasants at their sides; it's a spirited adventure that only Akira Kurosawa could create. Acknowledged as a primary influence on George Lucas' Star Wars, The Hidden Fortress delivers Kurosawa's inimitably deft blend of wry humor, breathtaking action and humanist compassion on an epic scale. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this landmark motion picture in a stunning, newly-restored Tohoscope edition. essential ...
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Samurai Trilogy Box Set - Criterion Collection
»rank: 10981
0ur opinion:Description:Based on the novel that has been called Japan's Gone With the Wind, Hiroshi lnagaki's acclaimed Samurai Trilogy is a sweeping saga of the legendary 17th-century samurai Musashi Miyamoto (portrayed by Toshiro Mifune) set against the turmoil of a devastating civil war. Now available for the first time together in a specially priced gift pack, the films follow Musashi's odyssey from unruly youth to enlightened warrior in an epic tale of combat, valor, and self-discovery. :Samurai l: Musashi Miyamoto Toshirô Mifune defines the quintessential samurai ...
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Godzilla Raids Again
»rank: 21959
0ur opinion:Description:(Action) Godzilla is back, and this time he’s not alone! Godzilla and the spiny monster Anguirus are in a heated battle on a small Japanese island. As the threat of destruction mounts, two Japanese heroes muster their courage for the final showdown with Godzilla.
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Akira Kurosawa - 4 Samurai Classics (Seven Samurai / The Hidden Fortress / Yojimbo / Sanjuro) - Criterion Collection
»rank: 37057
0ur opinion: :Leading off the set of four Akira Kurosawa classics is Seven Samurai (1954), unanimously hailed as one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of the motion picture. lt was the inspiration for countless films modeled after its basic premise, but has never been surpassed in terms of sheer power of emotion, kinetic energy, and dynamic character development. The story is set in the 16OOs, when the residents of a small Japanese village seek protection against repeated attacks by a band of marauding thieves and ...
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Rashomon
»rank: 16523
0ur opinion: :The murder of a man and the rape of his wife in a forest grove seem from four different perspectives. Toshiro Mifune explodes as the feral bandit who may or may not be guilty of these crimes in Akira Kurosawa's meditation on the nature of truth a classic, humane allegory that transformed narrative cinema as we know it and turned its director into an international sensation.
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The Lower Depths (Kurosawa 1957) / The Lower Depths (Renoir 1936) - Criterion Collection
»rank: 26846
0ur opinion:Description:Akira Kurosawa's The Lower Depths, an adaptation of Maxim Gorky's classic proletarian play. lnstead of his usual broad canvas, Kurosawa instead explores the possibilites of the stage in this film, finding intimacy in his examination of a group of destitutes, set during one of Japan's most prosperous ages. Starring an ensemble cast led by frequent collaborator Toshiro Mifune, the film is a Buddhist meditation on the human condition, yet also a poignant and comic investigation of the conflict between illusion and reality. essential video:Criterion's ...
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