Akira Kurosawa Movies

  • 1954
    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai

    8.51954HD

    A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...

    Seven Samurai
  • 1960
    The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven

    7.5121960HD

    An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.

    The Magnificent Seven
  • 2016
    The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven

    6.452016HD

    Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy,...

    The Magnificent Seven
  • 1985
    Ran

    Ran

    Ran

    8.11985HD

    With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic...

    Ran
  • 1964
    A Fistful of Dollars

    A Fistful of Dollars

    A Fistful of Dollars

    7.81964HD

    The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter....

    A Fistful of Dollars
  • 1952
    Ikiru

    Ikiru

    Ikiru

    8.3081952HD

    Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to...

    Ikiru
  • 1961
    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    8.0991961HD

    A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the...

    Yojimbo
  • 1962
    Sanjuro

    Sanjuro

    Sanjuro

    7.91962HD

    Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and...

    Sanjuro
  • 2022
    Living

    Living

    Living

    6.9852022HD

    London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of...

    Living
  • 1950
    Rashomon

    Rashomon

    Rashomon

    8.0781950HD

    Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of...

    Rashomon
  • 1996
    Last Man Standing

    Last Man Standing

    Last Man Standing

    6.3541996HD

    John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances...

    Last Man Standing
  • 1985
    Runaway Train

    Runaway Train

    Runaway Train

    6.91985HD

    A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with...

    Runaway Train
  • 1963
    High and Low

    High and Low

    High and Low

    8.31963HD

    In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by...

    High and Low
  • 1980
    Kagemusha

    Kagemusha

    Kagemusha

    7.81980HD

    Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid...

    Kagemusha
  • 1949
    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    7.5051949HD

    A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes...

    Stray Dog
  • 1957
    Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood

    7.91957HD

    Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the...

    Throne of Blood
  • 1958
    The Hidden Fortress

    The Hidden Fortress

    The Hidden Fortress

    81958HD

    In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who...

    The Hidden Fortress
  • 1965
    Red Beard

    Red Beard

    Red Beard

    8.11965HD

    Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him...

    Red Beard
  • 1951
    The Idiot

    The Idiot

    The Idiot

    6.951951HD

    Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love...

    The Idiot
  • 1970
    Dodes'ka-den

    Dodes'ka-den

    Dodes'ka-den

    71970HD

    This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their...

    Dodes'ka-den