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| 1. Dersu Uzala (year: 1975) |
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A few months after his notorious suicide attempt, Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa was regenerated by the notion of helming the first Russian/Japanes ...
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| 2. Drunken Angel (year: 1948) |
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Originally titled Yoidore tenshi, Drunken Angel was director Akira Kurosawa's first "auteur" project. "I finally discovered myself,&quo ...
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| 3. Kagemusha (year: 1980) |
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Just as many American studio-era directors found acclaim abroad that was denied them in their home country, by 1980 Akira Kurosawa's reputation outsid ...
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| 4. Ran (year: 1985) |
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Ran is Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's reinterpretation of William Shakespeare's King Lear. The Lear counterpart is an elderly 16th-century warlor ...
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| 5. Rashomon (year: 1951) |
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This landmark film is a brilliant exploration of truth and human weakness. It opens with a priest, a woodcutter, and a peasant taking refuge from a do ...
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