Akira Kurosawa

The Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well, the first film made by Kurosawa’s own, newly founded production company, was also the first over which he had complete co

Drunken Angel

Drunken Angel was the film that gave Toshiro Mifune his first major screen role.

Early Kurosawa

Available on DVD for the first time, this 4-disc set contains 6 films from legendary auteur, Akira Kurosawa, made at the start of his career and de

The Hidden Fortress

A story of rival clans, hidden gold and a princess in distress, The Hidden Fortress is a thrilling mix of fairy story and samurai action movie.

High and Low

Based on crime writer Ed McBain’s detective novel King’s Ransom, High and Low is a gripping police thriller starring Kurosawa regular T

I Live in Fear

When a wealthy foundry owner decides to move his entire family from Tokyo to Brazil to escape the nuclear holocaust which he fears is imminent, his

Ikiru

The story of a man diagnosed with stomach cancer, Ikiru (Living) is a serious contemplation of the nature of existence and the question of how we f

Kurosawa Classic Collection

Akira Kurosawa has been hailed as one of the greatest filmmakers by critics all over the world.

Kurosawa Crime Collection

Akira Kurosawa, one of cinema’s greatest auteurs, has wowed audiences and inspired filmmakers as diverse as George Lucas and Sergio Leone.

Sanjuro

In response to the huge critical and commercial success of Yojimbo, Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune teamed up a year later to make this com

Seven Samurai

Seven warriors defend a village from ferocious bandits in Akira Kurosawa’s gripping masterpiece.

Stray Dog

A masterful mix of film noir and police thriller set on the sweltering mean streets of occupied Tokyo.

Throne of Blood

Akira Kurosawa’s transposition of Shakespeare’s Macbeth to sixteenth-century Japan is immensely successful in capturing the spirit of t

Yojimbo

I want three coffins… make that four” – Sanjuro, from Yojimbo.

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