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Akira Kurosawa

Titles: 145movies4TV shows

Career: Active from 1941 to 2007, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Directed: 32
titles as director

Average score: 76/100

Highest rated: Seven Samurai
94/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Akira Kurosawa Catalog average

Historical
7.4average 2.6
Warfare
3.3average 1.2
Politics
4.3average 2.6
Class & Capitalism
4.9average 3.3
Catharsis
6.6average 5.1
Social Commentary
6.4average 4.9
Melancholy
6.1average 4.7
Pathos
6.6average 5.3

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.7, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.8, average 2.2
Situational Comedy
1.4, average 2.7
Cringe Humor
1.0, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Drama 57
Action 14
History 8
Adventure 7
Crime 5
War 5
Thriller 4
Romance 4

Recurring tags

Japanese Cinema 10
Historical Drama 7
Masterful Direction 7
Social Commentary 6
Post-War Japan 6
Classic Japanese Cinema 4
Character Study 4
Political Intrigue 3
Psychological Depth 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Feudal Japan 3
Judo 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

120

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

Upcoming

1 title

A Fistful of Dollars Remake

Original Film Writer

2020s

3 titles · average score 71

Highest 2 Lowest

65

Original Film Writer

The Draft!

66

Thanks

Living

81

Original Film Writer

2010s

2 titles · average score 61

The Magnificent Seven

63

Original Film Writer

At the Gate of the Ghost

60

Original Story

2000s

7 titles · average score 62

The Last Princess

58

Original Story

Tsubaki Sanjuro

60

Writer

Ikiru

Screenplay

High and Low

Original Film Writer

The Sea Is Watching

53

Screenplay

After the Rain

78

Screenplay, Title Designer

Dora-heita

64

Screenplay

1990s

9 titles · average score 61

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

76

Thanks

Inferno

25

Original Film Writer

Misty

Original Film Writer

Last Man Standing

51

Original Film Writer

Madadayo

78

Director, Editor

Image: Kurosawa's Continuity: 'Kagemusha'

Concept Artist, Original Story

Image: Kurosawa's Continuity: 'Ran'

Original Story, Storyboard

Rhapsody in August

66

Director, Editor

Dreams

73

Storyboard Artist, Writer

1980s

7 titles · average score 60

Seven Warriors

64

Original Film Writer

Ran

91

Director, Editor

Runaway Train

73

Original Film Writer

The Warrior and the Sorceress

38

Original Film Writer

The Seven Magnificent Gladiators

28

Original Film Writer

Kagemusha

84

Screenplay, Storyboard Artist

Battle Beyond the Stars

46

Original Story

1970s

8 titles · average score 66

The South Bank Show

63

TV show

The Last Round

61

Original Film Writer

Dersu Uzala

79

Director, Screenplay

Stray Dog

77

Original Story

The Magnificent Seven Ride!

46

Original Concept

Dodes'ka-den

73

Screenplay, Director

Song of the Horse

59

Writer, Director

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

70

Original Concept

1960s

17 titles · average score 72

Guns of the Magnificent Seven

50

Original Concept

Django

78

Original Film Writer

Red Beard

83

Editor, Screenplay

Sanshiro Sugata

72

Writer, Producer

A Fistful of Dollars

81

Original Story

Jakoman and Tetsu

Screenplay

High and Low

90

Director, Associate Producer

Sanjuro

88

Screenplay, Director

The Fencing Master

Screenplay

Yojimbo

90

Director, Screenplay

The Bad Sleep Well

91

Director, Producer

The Magnificent Seven

80

Original Film Writer

All 17 titles from the 1960s

1950s

22 titles · average score 79

The Hidden Fortress

88

Screenplay, Director

Throne of Blood

90

Screenplay, Producer

The Lower Depths

78

Screenplay, Producer

I Live in Fear

73

Story, Director

Seven Samurai

94

Screenplay, Editor

Ikiru

91

Screenplay, Editor

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail

75

Writer, Screenplay

Vendetta of a Samurai

60

Writer

Sword for Hire

69

Screenplay

The Idiot

65

Screenplay, Editor

Rashomon

91

Screenplay, Editor

Scandal

78

Screenplay, Director

All 22 titles from the 1950s

1940s

24 titles · average score 72

Stray Dog

90

Writer, Associate Producer

The Quiet Duel

73

Writer, Director

Drunken Angel

87

Director, Writer

The Portrait

67

Screenplay

One Wonderful Sunday

80

Director, Screenplay

Snow Trail

71

Screenplay

No Regrets for Our Youth

85

Director, Editor

Those Who Make Tomorrow

83

Director

Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

52

Screenplay, Director

The Most Beautiful

46

Director, Writer

Sanshiro Sugata

72

Director, Editor

Horse

62

Assistant Director, Writer

All 24 titles from the 1940s

1930s

20 titles · average score 68

Composition Class

Assistant Director

Subterranean Heat

Assistant Director

Enoken's Surprising Life

Assistant Director

Tojuro's Love

Assistant Director

Avalanche

68

Second Unit, Assistant Director

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn

Third Assistant Director

Enoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 1 – Momma, the Hat: The Nice Way

Third Assistant Director

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf

Third Assistant Director

A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again

Third Assistant Director

Enoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 2 – Returning Is Scary, but the Weather Will Clear If You Wait

Third Assistant Director

Tokyo Rhapsody

Third Assistant Director

Enoken’s Ten Millions

Third Assistant Director

All 20 titles from the 1930s