THRONE OF BLOOD
Throne of Blood, Akira Kurosawa’s stark adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, relocates the tragedy to feudal Japan. General Washizu, spurred by...
SANJURO
Sanjuro is Akira Kurosawa’s brisk 1962 samurai drama and a sequel to Yojimbo. Toshiro Mifune stars as the wily ronin Sanjuro, who drifts into a...
RASHOMON
Rashomon, Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film, presents a single event through four conflicting testimonies, exploring how memory, bias, and social pressure...
RAN
Ran is Akira Kurosawa's operatic tragedy set in feudal Japan, inspired by Shakespeare's King Lear. Through stark landscapes, intense color, and...
SEVEN SAMURAI
Seven Samurai is a Japanese epic samurai drama film set in 1586 during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. The story follows a village of farmers...
YOJIMBO
Yojimbo centers on a wily ronin who enters a corrupt frontier town ruled by two rival gangs. He feigns neutrality and then plays the factions against...
SANJURO
Sanjuro (1962), directed by Akira Kurosawa, brings Toshiro Mifune back as the wily ronin who arrives in a besieged town where young samurai seek to...
RASHOMON
Rashomon is a landmark 1950 Japanese drama directed by Akira Kurosawa that probes the nature of truth through the conflicting testimonies surrounding...
THRONE OF BLOOD
Throne of Blood (1957) is Akira Kurosawa's stark adaptation of Macbeth set in feudal Japan. Warlord Washizu, spurred by ambition and a calculating...