Project Kurosawa

The famed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa was born March 23, 1910 and died September 6, 1998. Widely regarded as one of the 20th century’s most influential film makers, Kurosawa directed 30 films over career that lasted six decades. Popularly known for his Samurai action adventure films, Kurosawa’s projects ranged widely from social drama to Shakespearean adaptations. As with many film directors, Kurosawa developed an affinity for working with particular actors, most notably, Toshiro Mifune, who was featured in 16 Kurosawa productions from 1948 to 1965, including Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, and Yojimbo (Klaus Ming February 2015).

My attempt to watch and review in 100 words or less, the Kurosawa Filmography:

Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Ichiban Utsukushiku (1944)
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
The Men Who Tread On The Tiger’s Tail (1945)
No Regrets For Our Youth (1946)
One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
Drunken Angel (1948)
The Quiet Duel (1949)
Stray Dog (1949)
Scandal (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
The Idiot (1951)
Ikiru (1952)
Seven Samurai (1954)
I Live In Fear (1955)
Throne Of Blood (1957)
The Lower Depths (1957)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Yojimbo (1961)
Sanjuro (1962)
High And Low (1963)
Red Beard (1965)
Dodes’ka-Den (1970)
Dersu Uzala (1975)
Kagemusha (1980)
Ran (1985)
Yume (1990)
Rhapsody in August (1991)
Madadayo (1993)