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4946 Global Ranking
Wins 39% of its Matchups
198 Total UsersWho've Ranked It
3449 Total Times Ranked
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Directed By Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Starring Setsuko Hara Setsuko Hara • Masayuki Mori Masayuki Mori • Toshirô Mifune Toshirô Mifune • Yoshiko Kuga Yoshiko Kuga • Takashi Shimura Takashi Shimura Genres Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Costume Romance • Drama • Foreign Language Film • Period Film • Psychological Drama • Romance • Romantic Drama Studios &Franchises The Criterion Collection • Masters of Cinema • Criterion Eclipse • Madman Films • Shôchiku Other Titles Hakuchi [Japan] Release Info 1951-05-23T00:00:00Z May 23, 1951 B&W • 166 minutes NR see more films from 1951 ► see more about this film on our blog ►
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havergal said on 8/21/2021
"Hakuchi is simply sublime! Dostoevsky meets Kurosawa!" more ►
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JC13 on 4/2/2015 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Well I finally found a Kurosawa film I didn't like. This one is just too damn long and uninteresting. Not bad though.
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richardblaine on 9/17/2015 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Very interesting Kurosawa film that is too short, since it was cut down from a full version of about 4.5 hours. It suffers some from the cuts, but is a very intense experience.
Andrew784 on 5/30/2020 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
Wow this is the first Kurosawa movie I can say that I didn't care for.
havergal on 8/21/2021 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
i luvd this Kurosawa!!!
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