Akira Kurosawa's Dreams 1990  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Akira Terao, Martin Scorsese, Chishu Ryu, Mieko Harada, Mitsuko Baisho, Chosuke Ikariya, Toshie Negishi, Mitsunori Isaki, Toshihiko Nakano, Yoshitaka Zushi, Hisashi Igawa, Masayuki Yui
Famed writer-director Akira Kurosawa put together a number of his dreams and presents a sequence of incidents exploring the relationship of human beings to their environments.
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Kagemusha 1980  PG, 179 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Shadow Warrior
The Double
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Daisuke Ryu, Masayuki Yui, Kenichi Hagiwara, Koji Shimizu, Jinpachi Nezu, Hideji Otaki, Kaori Momoi, Mitsuko Baisho, Hideo Murota, Takayuki Shiho
Set in 16th-century Japan, this is the story of a thief, Kagemusha (Tatsuya Nakadai), who resembles the warlord Shingen Takeda (also played by Nakadai). When Shingen is killed during a battle, his death is kept secret, and Kagemusha turns over a new leaf when he transforms himself into the dead clan leader. A visually beautiful movie.
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Madadayo 1993 N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Not Yet
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Tatsuo Matsumura, Kyoko Kagawa, Hisashi Igawa, Joji Tokoro, Masayuki Yui, Akira Terao, Asei Kobayashi, Takeshi Kusaka
This movie, directed by the great filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, is the tale of Professor Hyakken Uehida (Tatsuo Matsumura) who retired after World War II but was so revered by his students that they supported him throughout his long life.
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 Ran 1985  R, 165 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Drama
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Hisashi Igawa, Peter, Masayuki Yui, Kazuo Kato, Norio Matsui, Toshiya Ito, Mansai Nomura, Kanji Kodama, Takashi Watanabe
Based on Shakespeare's "King Lear," this epic film, set in feudal Japan, is about tragedy in family relationships that have gone berserk. The Great Lord Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai) decides to divide his kingdom among his sons (Akira Terao, Jimpachi Nezu, and Daisuke Ryu). Greed and lust for power rise to the fore, and the older sons manage to get their youngest brother banished from the kingdom. After accomplishing that goal, the two remaining brothers battle each other for control of the kingdom. Akira Kurosawa received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director.
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Tokyo Eyes 1998  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Pierre Limosin
Cast: Shinji Takeda, Hinano Yoshikawa, Kaori Mizushima, Tetta Sugimoto, Ren Osugi, Takeshi Kitano, Masayuki Yui, Moro Morooka, Ken Mitsuishi, Fumiya Tanaka, Hidaki Oikawa, Asaidori
"Four Eyes," a young man with thick glasses, terrorizes the neighborhood by shooting at people but not hitting any of them. The daughter of the policeman who is assigned to the case finds the shooter, befriends him, and they eventually fall in love. In the process she finds out the motivation for his actions.
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| 1. Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)
2. Kagemusha (1980)
aka: The Shadow Warrior
aka: The Double
3. Madadayo (1993)
aka: Not Yet
4. Ran (1985)
5. Tokyo Eyes (1998)
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