Akira Kurosawa

Ran
Ran 1985

In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.

Category: Action, Drama, War

Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu

8.2 IMDB Rating 501 Views
Red Beard 1965

In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.

Category: Drama

Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki

8.3 IMDB Rating 279 Views
The Hidden Fortress 1958

Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.

Category: Action, Adventure, Drama

Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki

8.1 IMDB Rating 274 Views
Throne Of Blood 1957

A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.

Category: Drama

Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada

8.1 IMDB Rating 248 Views
Rashomon 1950

The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.

Category: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori

8.2 IMDB Rating 270 Views
Kagemusha 1980

A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.

Category: Drama, History, War

Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara

7.9 IMDB Rating 319 Views
Yojimbo 1961

A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.

Category: Action, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai

8.2 IMDB Rating 3,797 Views
The Bad Sleep Well 1960

In Kurosawa's HAMLET-like story of corporate scandal in post-war Japan, a young man attempts to use his position at the heart of a corrupt company to expose the men responsible for his father's death.

Category: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Stars: Toshirô Mifune,Masayuki Mori,Kyôko Kagawa,Tatsuya Mihashi

8.1 IMDB Rating 2,543 Views
Sanjuro 1962

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.

Category: Action, Crime, Drama

Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi

8.0 IMDB Rating 3,300 Views
Seven Samurai 1954

A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village.

Category: Adventure, Drama

Stars: Toshirô Mifune,Takashi Shimura,Keiko Tsushima,Yukiko Shimazaki

8.7 IMDB Rating 4,736 Views