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The Best Movies Directed by Akira Kurosawa

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Ikiru 1952, 143 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Takashi Shimura, Shin'ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka

Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Drama • Foreign Language Film

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High and Low 1963, 142 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyoko Kagawa

Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller

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Seven Samurai 1954, 207 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura

Action • Drama • Ensemble Film

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Yojimbo 1961, 110 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katô

Action • Adventure • Costume Adventure

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Rashômon 1950, 88 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Minoru Chiaki

Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Drama • Crime

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Throne of Blood 1957, 109 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Minoru Chiaki

Action Thriller • Action • Based-on-Shakespeare

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Ran 1985, 162 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu

Action • Based-on-Shakespeare • Drama

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The Hidden Fortress 1958, 139 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara

Adventure • Costume Adventure • Foreign Language Film

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Sanjuro 1962, 96 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi

Action • Adventure • Costume Adventure

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Stray Dog 1949, 122 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji

Drama • Film Noir • Foreign Language Film

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Kagemusha 1980, 162 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ken'ichi Hagiwara

Based-on-a-True-Story • Combat Films • Epic

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Red Beard 1965, 185 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki

Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama

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Dersu Uzala 1975, 144 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Maksim Munzuk, Yuri Solomin, Svetlana Danilchenko

Adventure Drama • Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature

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The Bad Sleep Well 1960, 151 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyoko Kagawa

Based-on-Shakespeare • Drama • Foreign Language Film

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Drunken Angel 1948, 102 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Reisaburô Yamamoto

Drama • Foreign Language Film • Medical Drama

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Akira Kurosawa's Dreams 1990, 119 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Akira Terao, Mitsunori Isaki, Chishu Ryu

Adventure • Anthology Film • Drama

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The Lower Depths 1957, 125 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyoko Kagawa

Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Ensemble Film

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I Live in Fear 1955, 103 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki

Drama • Family Drama • Foreign Language Film

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No Regrets for Our Youth 1946, 110 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Susumu Fujita, Eiko Miyoshi, Setsuko Hara

Based-on-a-True-Story • Drama • Foreign Language Film

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Dodes'ka-den 1970, 140 min.

Akira Kurosawa • Starring: Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura

Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Ensemble Film

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