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FILMOGRAPHY
Akira Kurosawa discusses his early films in his book SOMETHING LIKE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, which was published in the United States in 1982. To read an excerpt from this autobiography about any of the first 11 movies he made, click on the film's title.
1943
SANSHIRO SUGATA (SUGATA SANSHIRO)
1944
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL (ICHIBAN UTSUKUSHIKU)
1945
SANSHIRO SUGATA, PART II (ZOKU SUGATA SANSHIRO)
1945
THE MEN WHO TREAD ON THE TIGER'S TAIL (TORA NO O O FUMU OTOKOTACHI)
1946
NO REGRETS FOR OUR YOUTH (WAGA SEISYUN NI KUINASHI)
1947
ONE WONDERFUL SUNDAY (SUBARASHIKI NICHIYOBI)
1948
DRUNKEN ANGEL (YOIDORE TENSHI)
1949
THE QUIET DUEL (SHIZUKANARU KETTO)
1949
STRAY DOG (NORA INU)
1950
SCANDAL (SHUBUN)
1950
RASHOMON
1951
THE IDIOT (HAKUCHI)
1952
IKIRU
1954
SEVEN SAMURAI (SHICHININ NO SAMURAI)
1955
RECORD OF A LIVING BEING (IKIMONO NO KIROKU)
1957
THRONE OF BLOOD (KUMONOSU-JO)
1957
THE LOWER DEPTHS (DONZOKO)
1958
THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (KAKUSHI TORIDE NO SAN-AKUNIN)
1960
THE BAD SLEEP WELL (WARUI YATSU HODO YOKU NEMURU)
1961
YOJIMBO
1962
SANJURO (TSUBAKI SANJURO)
1963
HIGH AND LOW (TENGOKU TO JIGOKU)
1965
RED BEARD (AKAHIGE)
1970
DODES'KA-DEN
1975
DERSU UZALA
1980
KAGEMUSHA
1985
RAN
1990
DREAMS (YUME)
1991
RHAPSODY IN AUGUST (HACHIGATSU NO KYOHSHIKYOKU)
1993
MADADAYO
Top banner photos: A scene from Akira Kurosawa's
RED BEARD (Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, and Terumi Niki), and a production still from DRUNKEN ANGEL (Michiyo Kogure and Toshiro Mifune). Photos courtesy of Photofest. |
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Akira Kurosawa during an interview
with the BBC. |
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Lord Jiro (Jinpachi Nezu) leads his
army in RAN. Photo: Studio Canal Image. |
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This program is available on DVD. |
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