Akira Kurosawa: Filmography

Still: Ran.

Ran (1985)

A directorial filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Additional credits on individual titles are in brackets. Notes show new prints being screened in the National Film Theatre's retrospective, and videos/DVDs available from bfi Video publishing.

  • 1943 Sugata Sanshiro (Sanshiro Sugata) script + editor
  • 1944 Ichiban Utsukushiku (The Most Beautiful) script
  • 1945 Tora No O O Fumu Otokotachi (They Who Step on the Tiger's Tail) script, released 1952
  • 1945 Zoku Sugata Sanshiro (Sanshiro Sugata Part II)
  • 1946 Waga Seishun Ni Kuinashi (No Regrets For Our Youth)
  • 1947 Subarashiki Nichiyobi (One Wonderful Sunday)
  • 1948 Yoidore Tenshi (Drunken Angel) script, New Print VHS 
  • 1949 Nora Inu (Stray Dog) script, New Print
  • 1949 Shizukanaru Ketto (The Quiet Duel)
  • 1950 Rashomon script, New Print VHS/DVD
  • 1950 Shubun (Scandal) script
  • 1951 Hakuchi (The Idiot) script
  • 1952 Ikiru (Living) script + editor, VHS
  • 1954 Shichinin No Samurai (Seven Samurai) script, New Print VHS/DVD
  • 1955 Ikimono No Kiroku ( I live in Fear/Record of a Living Being) script + editor, New Print VHS
  • 1957 Kumonosu-Jo (Throne of Blood/Cobweb Castle) script + assoc. producer, New Print VHS/DVD 
  • 1957 Donzoko (The Lower Depths) script + co-producer, VHS
  • 1958 Kakushi Toride No San-Akunin (The Hidden Fortress) script + co-producer, New Print VHS
  • 1960 Warui Yatsu Hodo Yoku Nemuru (The Bad Sleep Well) script + co-producer, New Print VHS
  • 1961 Yojimbo (The Bodyguard) script + exec. producer, New Print VHS/DVD
  • 1962 Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjuro) script + editor, + exec. producer, New Print VHS
  • 1963 Tengoku To Jigoku (High and Low) script + exec. producer, VHS
  • 1965 Akahige (Red Beard) script + exec. producer, New Print
  • 1970 Dodeska-Den script + co-producer,
  • 1975 Dersu Uzala (USSR/JAP) script, VHS
  • 1980 Kagemusha (Shadow Warrior) script + co-producer
  • 1985 Ran (Chaos) (JAP/FR) script + editor
  • 1990 Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (USA) script
  • 1991 Hachigatsu No Kyohshikyoku (Rhapsody in August) script
  • 1993 Madadayo script + editor