Filmography
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Known For
The Hidden Fortress Writer (1958) -
Kagemusha Writer (1980) -
Ran Writer (1985) -
Known For
High and Low Writer (1963) -
Writer
Living (2022) -
Nioh 2 (2020) -
Her Spirit (2018) -
Nioh (2017) -
The Magnificent Seven (2016) -
Stray Dog (2013) -
The Outrage (2011) -
The Last Princess (2008) -
Tsubaki Sanjûrô (2007) -
Tengoku to jigoku (2007) -
![Samurai 7]( "Samurai 7")
Samurai 7 (2004) -
![Seven Samurai 20XX]( "Seven Samurai 20XX")
Seven Samurai 20XX (2004) -
![The Sea Is Watching]( "The Sea Is Watching")
The Sea Is Watching (2002) -
![Kaze No Yojimbo]( "Kaze No Yojimbo")
Kaze No Yojimbo (2001-2002) -
![I Went To]( "I Went To")
I Went To (2000) -
![After the Rain]( "After the Rain")
After the Rain (1999) -
![Last Man Standing]( "Last Man Standing")
Last Man Standing (1996) -
![Madadayo]( "Madadayo")
Madadayo (1993) -
![Rhapsody in August]( "Rhapsody in August")
Rhapsody in August (1991) -
![Dreams]( "Dreams")
Dreams (1990) -
![Fame]( "Fame")
Fame (1986) -
![Runaway Train]( "Runaway Train")
Runaway Train (1985) -
![Ran]( "Ran")
Ran (1985) -
![Kagemusha]( "Kagemusha")
Kagemusha (1980) -
![Dersu Uzala]( "Dersu Uzala")
Dersu Uzala (1975) -
![Stray Dog]( "Stray Dog")
Stray Dog (1973) -
![Dodes'ka-den]( "Dodes'ka-den")
Dodes'ka-den (1970) -
![Tora! Tora! Tora!]( "Tora! Tora! Tora!")
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) -
![The Last Day of Hsianyang]( "The Last Day of Hsianyang")
The Last Day of Hsianyang (1968) -
![Sanshiro Sugata]( "Sanshiro Sugata")
Sanshiro Sugata (1965) -
![Red Beard]( "Red Beard")
Red Beard (1965) -
![The Outrage]( "The Outrage")
The Outrage (1964) -
![A Fistful of Dollars]( "A Fistful of Dollars")
A Fistful of Dollars (1964) -
![Jakoman to Tetsu]( "Jakoman to Tetsu")
Jakoman to Tetsu (1964) -
![High and Low]( "High and Low")
High and Low (1963) -
Fencing Master (1962)
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![Sanjuro]( "Sanjuro")
Sanjuro (1962) -
![Yojimbo]( "Yojimbo")
Yojimbo (1961) -
![Play of the Week]( "Play of the Week")
Play of the Week (1960) -
Rashomon (1960)
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![The Magnificent Seven]( "The Magnificent Seven")
The Magnificent Seven (1960) -
![The Bad Sleep Well]( "The Bad Sleep Well")
The Bad Sleep Well (1960) -
![The Saga of the Vagabonds]( "The Saga of the Vagabonds")
The Saga of the Vagabonds (1959) -
![The Hidden Fortress]( "The Hidden Fortress")
The Hidden Fortress (1958) -
![Nichiro senso shori no hishi: Tekichu odan sanbyaku-ri]( "Nichiro senso shori no hishi: Tekichu odan sanbyaku-ri")
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![The Lower Depths]( "The Lower Depths")
The Lower Depths (1957) -
![Throne of Blood]( "Throne of Blood")
Throne of Blood (1957) -
Sanshiro Sugata (1955)
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![I Live in Fear]( "I Live in Fear")
I Live in Fear (1955) -
![Asunaro monogatari]( "Asunaro monogatari")
Asunaro monogatari (1955) -
![Kieta chutai]( "Kieta chutai")
Kieta chutai (1955) -
![Seven Samurai]( "Seven Samurai")
Seven Samurai (1954) -
![My Wonderful Yellow Car]( "My Wonderful Yellow Car")
My Wonderful Yellow Car (1953) -
![Ikiru]( "Ikiru")
Ikiru (1952) -
![Sword for Hire]( "Sword for Hire")
Sword for Hire (1952) -
![Vendetta of a Samurai]( "Vendetta of a Samurai")
Vendetta of a Samurai (1952) -
Kedamono no yado (1951)
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![The Idiot]( "The Idiot")
The Idiot (1951) -
![Beyond Love and Hate]( "Beyond Love and Hate")
Beyond Love and Hate (1951) -
![Tateshi Danpei]( "Tateshi Danpei")
Tateshi Danpei (1950) -
![Rashomon]( "Rashomon")
Rashomon (1950) -
![Jiruba Tetsu]( "Jiruba Tetsu")
Jiruba Tetsu (1950) -
![Scandal]( "Scandal")
Scandal (1950) -
![Desertion at Dawn]( "Desertion at Dawn")
Desertion at Dawn (1950) -
![Stray Dog]( "Stray Dog")
Stray Dog (1949) -
![Jakoman and Tetsu]( "Jakoman and Tetsu")
Jakoman and Tetsu (1949) -
![Jigoku no kifujin]( "Jigoku no kifujin")
Jigoku no kifujin (1949) -
![The Quiet Duel]( "The Quiet Duel")
The Quiet Duel (1949) -
![The Portrait]( "The Portrait")
The Portrait (1948) -
![Drunken Angel]( "Drunken Angel")
Drunken Angel (1948) -
![Snow Trail]( "Snow Trail")
Snow Trail (1947) -
![One Wonderful Sunday]( "One Wonderful Sunday")
One Wonderful Sunday (1947) -
![Four Love Stories]( "Four Love Stories")
Four Love Stories (1947) -
![No Regrets for Our Youth]( "No Regrets for Our Youth")
No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) -
![The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail]( "The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail")
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![Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two]( "Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two")
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945) -
The Admirable Ishin Tasuke (1945)
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![The Most Beautiful]( "The Most Beautiful")
The Most Beautiful (1944) -
Dohyo matsuri (1944)
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![Dohyosai]( "Dohyosai")
Dohyosai (1944) -
![Sanshiro Sugata]( "Sanshiro Sugata")
Sanshiro Sugata (1943) -
![Tsubasa no gaika]( "Tsubasa no gaika")
Tsubasa no gaika (1942) -
Currents of Youth (1942)
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Writer
![Uma]( "Uma")
Uma (1941) -
Director
![Madadayo]( "Madadayo")
Madadayo (1993) -
![Rhapsody in August]( "Rhapsody in August")
Rhapsody in August (1991) -
![Dreams]( "Dreams")
Dreams (1990) -
![Ran]( "Ran")
Ran (1985) -
![Kagemusha]( "Kagemusha")
Kagemusha (1980) -
![Dersu Uzala]( "Dersu Uzala")
Dersu Uzala (1975) -
![Dodes'ka-den]( "Dodes'ka-den")
Dodes'ka-den (1970) -
![Tora! Tora! Tora!]( "Tora! Tora! Tora!")
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) -
![Song of the Horse]( "Song of the Horse")
Song of the Horse (1970) -
![Red Beard]( "Red Beard")
Red Beard (1965) -
![High and Low]( "High and Low")
High and Low (1963) -
![Sanjuro]( "Sanjuro")
Sanjuro (1962) -
![Yojimbo]( "Yojimbo")
Yojimbo (1961) -
![The Bad Sleep Well]( "The Bad Sleep Well")
The Bad Sleep Well (1960) -
![The Hidden Fortress]( "The Hidden Fortress")
The Hidden Fortress (1958) -
![The Lower Depths]( "The Lower Depths")
The Lower Depths (1957) -
![Throne of Blood]( "Throne of Blood")
Throne of Blood (1957) -
![I Live in Fear]( "I Live in Fear")
I Live in Fear (1955) -
![Seven Samurai]( "Seven Samurai")
Seven Samurai (1954) -
![Ikiru]( "Ikiru")
Ikiru (1952) -
![The Idiot]( "The Idiot")
The Idiot (1951) -
![Rashomon]( "Rashomon")
Rashomon (1950) -
![Scandal]( "Scandal")
Scandal (1950) -
![Stray Dog]( "Stray Dog")
Stray Dog (1949) -
![The Quiet Duel]( "The Quiet Duel")
The Quiet Duel (1949) -
![Drunken Angel]( "Drunken Angel")
Drunken Angel (1948) -
![One Wonderful Sunday]( "One Wonderful Sunday")
One Wonderful Sunday (1947) -
![No Regrets for Our Youth]( "No Regrets for Our Youth")
No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) -
![Those Who Make Tomorrow]( "Those Who Make Tomorrow")
Those Who Make Tomorrow (1946) -
![The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail]( "The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail")
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![Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two]( "Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two")
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945) -
![The Most Beautiful]( "The Most Beautiful")
The Most Beautiful (1944) -
Director
![Sanshiro Sugata]( "Sanshiro Sugata")
Sanshiro Sugata (1943) -
Producer
![Kagemusha]( "Kagemusha")
Kagemusha (1980) -
![Dodes'ka-den]( "Dodes'ka-den")
Dodes'ka-den (1970) -
![Sanshiro Sugata]( "Sanshiro Sugata")
Sanshiro Sugata (1965) -
![High and Low]( "High and Low")
High and Low (1963) -
![Yojimbo]( "Yojimbo")
Yojimbo (1961) -
![The Bad Sleep Well]( "The Bad Sleep Well")
The Bad Sleep Well (1960) -
![The Hidden Fortress]( "The Hidden Fortress")
The Hidden Fortress (1958) -
![The Lower Depths]( "The Lower Depths")
The Lower Depths (1957) -
![Throne of Blood]( "Throne of Blood")
Throne of Blood (1957) -
![Stray Dog]( "Stray Dog")
Stray Dog (1949) -
Producer
![Haru no tawamure]( "Haru no tawamure")
Haru no tawamure (1949) -
Soundtrack
![The 62nd Annual Academy Awards]( "The 62nd Annual Academy Awards")
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Soundtrack
![Drunken Angel]( "Drunken Angel")
Drunken Angel (1948) -
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
![Uma]( "Uma")
Uma (1941) -
Songoku 1 (1940)
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Enoken no zangiri Kinta (1940)
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Roppa no shinkon ryoko (1940)
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Nonki Yokocho (1939)
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Chushingura (Go) (1939)
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Enoken no gatchiri jidai (1939)
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Enoken no bikkuri jinsei (1938)
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![Composition Class]( "Composition Class")
Composition Class (1938) -
The Loves of a Kabuki Actor (1938)
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Chinetsu (1938)
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Utsukushiki taka (1937)
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![Enoken no chakkiri Kinta 'Go', kaeri wa kowai, mateba hiyori]( "Enoken no chakkiri Kinta 'Go', kaeri wa kowai, mateba hiyori")
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![Nadare]( "Nadare")
Nadare (1937) -
Nihon josei dokuhon (1937)
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Second Unit Director or Assistant DirectorTokyo rapusodei (1936)
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Enoken's Ten Millions 2 (1936)
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Enoken's Ten Millions (1936)
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![Shojo Hanazono]( "Shojo Hanazono")
Shojo Hanazono (1936) -
Archive footageMorceaux de Cannes (2021)
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![Hollywood Insider]( "Hollywood Insider")
Hollywood Insider (2020-2021) -
![Les mille et une vies de Yul Brynner]( "Les mille et une vies de Yul Brynner")
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![Citizen Kitano]( "Citizen Kitano")
Citizen Kitano (2020) -
![Welcome to the Basement]( "Welcome to the Basement")
Welcome to the Basement (2016) -
![Arena]( "Arena")
Arena (2016) -
![And the Oscar Goes to...]( "And the Oscar Goes to...")
And the Oscar Goes to... (2014) -
Hodo Station (2013)
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![What Is Cinema?]( "What Is Cinema?")
What Is Cinema? (2013) -
![Cinema 3]( "Cinema 3")
Cinema 3 (2010) -
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The Emperor and Us (2006)
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![Cinema mil]( "Cinema mil")
Cinema mil (2005) -
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![Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create]( "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create")
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![Histoires de festival]( "Histoires de festival")
Histoires de festival (2002) -
![Great Performances]( "Great Performances")
Great Performances (2000) -
![A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies]( "A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies")
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Archive footage
![The 71st Annual Academy Awards]( "The 71st Annual Academy Awards")
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![Legends of World Cinema]( "Legends of World Cinema")
Legends of World Cinema (2004) -
Editor
![Madadayo]( "Madadayo")
Madadayo (1993) -
![Rhapsody in August]( "Rhapsody in August")
Rhapsody in August (1991) -
![Ran]( "Ran")
Ran (1985) -
![500,000]( "500,000")
500,000 (1963) -
![Yojimbo]( "Yojimbo")
Yojimbo (1961) -
![The Bad Sleep Well]( "The Bad Sleep Well")
The Bad Sleep Well (1960) -
![The Hidden Fortress]( "The Hidden Fortress")
The Hidden Fortress (1958) -
![The Lower Depths]( "The Lower Depths")
The Lower Depths (1957) -
![Asunaro monogatari]( "Asunaro monogatari")
Asunaro monogatari (1955) -
![Seven Samurai]( "Seven Samurai")
Seven Samurai (1954) -
![The Idiot]( "The Idiot")
The Idiot (1951) -
![Rashomon]( "Rashomon")
Rashomon (1950) -
![Snow Trail]( "Snow Trail")
Snow Trail (1947) -
![No Regrets for Our Youth]( "No Regrets for Our Youth")
No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) -
![Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two]( "Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two")
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945) -
![Sanshiro Sugata]( "Sanshiro Sugata")
Sanshiro Sugata (1943) -
Editor
![Uma]( "Uma")
Uma (1941) -
Additional Crew
![Arena]( "Arena")
Arena (1986) -
Sound DepartmentThe Loves of a Kabuki Actor (1938)
All Filmography
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Did You Know
Trivia
His favorite Japanese director was Kenji Mizoguchi.
Quotes
When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this which I take and work with. My films come from my need to say a particular thing at a particular time. The ...
Trademark
The (often demented) elderly or deceased are frequently misrepresented or unfairly maligned by those remembering them.
Nickname
Wind Man
Star Sign
Aries
Personal Details
Born
Tokyo, Japan
Died
(age 88)
Tokyo, Japan
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