7 Best Akira Kurosawa Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 16, 2027

Drama intensethought provoking

Akira Kurosawa brought sweeping visual grandeur and profound moral complexity to Japanese cinema, influencing generations of filmmakers around the world.

Ran (1985) 01

Ran (1985)

IMDb ★ 8.2

An aging warlord's decision to divide his kingdom among his sons ignites a devastating civil war.

High and Low (1963) 02

High and Low (1963)

IMDb ★ 8.4

A wealthy executive must decide whether to pay a ransom after his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake.

Yojimbo (1961) 03

Yojimbo (1961)

IMDb ★ 8.2

A wandering samurai plays two rival gangs against each other in a corrupt, lawless town.

Seven Samurai (1954) 04

Seven Samurai (1954)

IMDb ★ 8.6

A poor farming village hires seven ronin to defend them against a band of marauding bandits.

Ikiru (1952) 05

Ikiru (1952)

IMDb ★ 8.3

A terminally ill bureaucrat searches for meaning by pushing through one final, meaningful project.

Rashomon (1950) 06

Rashomon (1950)

IMDb ★ 8.2

Conflicting eyewitness accounts of a crime reveal the unreliable nature of truth itself.

Drunken Angel (1948) 07

Drunken Angel (1948)

IMDb ★ 7.7

An alcoholic doctor tries to save a tubercular gangster from both his illness and his own criminal life.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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