FILMS OF AKIRA KUROSAWA

FILMS OF AKIRA KUROSAWA

1943 Sanshiro Sugata (TS, Hist)

1944 The Most Beautiful (TS, Contemp)

1945 Sanshiro Sugata - Part Two (Hist)

They Who Step on the Tiger's Tail (TS, Hist.)

1946 Those Who Make Tomorrow (Contemp; (This was purely an assignment film--Kurosawa does not acknowledge this film as his.)

No Regrets for Our Youth (TS, Contemp)

1947 One Wonderful Sunday (Contemp)

1948 Drunken Angel (TS, TM, Contemp)

1949 The Quiet Duel (TM, TS, Contemp)

Stray Dog (TM, TS, Contemp)

1950 Scandal (TM, TS, Contemp)

Rashomon (TM, TS, Hist)

1951 The Idiot (TM,. TS, Contemp, based on novel by Doestoevsky)

1952 Ikiru (TS, Contemp)

1954 The Seven Samurai (TS, TM, Hist)

1955 Record of a Living Being (TM, Contemp)

1957 The Throne of Blood (TM, TS, Hist., based on Shakespeare's Macbeth)

The Lower Depths (TM, based on Gorky's novel)

1958 The Hidden Fortress (TM, TS, Hist)

1960 The Bad Sleep Well (TM, TS, Contemp)

1961 Yojimbo (TM, TS, Hist)

1962 Sanjuro (TM, TS, Hist)

1963 High and Low (TM, TS, Contemp)

1965 Red Beard (TM, TS, Hist.)

1970 Dodesukaden (Contemp)

1975 Derzu Uzala (Hist.)

1980 Kagamusha, The Shadow Warrior (TS, Hist.)

1985 Ran (Hist., based on Shakespeare's King Lear)

1990 Dreams (Hist. and Contemp)

1991 Rhapsody in August (Contemp)

1993 Madadayo (Contemp)

Abbreviation Key

TM = Cast Includes Toshiro Mifune

TS = Cast Includes Takashi Shimura

Hist = Historical Film

Contemp = Film Set in Contemporary Times