Akira Kurosawa Movie Trailers
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' Trailer (2002)
25 October 2002
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Hidden Fortress" (1958).
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood' Trailer (2002)
25 October 2002
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Throne of Blood" (1957).
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo' Trailer (2002)
25 October 2002
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Yojimbo" (1961).
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn Trailer (1937)
20 February 1937
Story of a bandit king part 2.
Stray Dog Trailer (1949)
17 October 1949
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus.
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel' Trailer (2002)
25 October 2002
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Drunken Angel" (1948).
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' Trailer (2002)
25 October 2002
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960).
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes & Fall Once Again Trailer (1937)
01 April 1937
Kayo and Kuniko graduated from girls' school together and are as close as sisters. Kuniko's fiancé, Minakami, feels something that attracts him deeply towards Kayo.
Madadayo Trailer (1993)
17 April 1993
In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who honor him each year with a raucous “Not yet!” birthday toast.
Sanshiro Sugata Trailer (1965)
29 May 1965
Remake of Akira Kurosawa's films "Sanshiro Sugata and "Sanshiro Sugata Part II". A young man, Sanshiro Sugata, troubled by personal problems, takes up judo.
Morceaux de Cannes Trailer (2021)
02 July 2021
We thought we'd seen, read, and heard everything there was to see about the Cannes Film Festival, from the glitz and gossip to the scandals and censorship.
Rhapsody in August Trailer (1991)
25 May 1991
An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions.
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru' Trailer (2002)
25 October 2002
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Ikiru" (1952).
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' Trailer (2002)
25 October 2002
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Lower Depths" (1957).
Sanshiro Sugata Trailer (1943)
25 March 1943
A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility.
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail Trailer (1952)
24 April 1952
A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.
I Live in Fear Trailer (1955)
22 November 1955
An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to Brazil.
Saga of the Vagabonds Trailer (1959)
09 August 1959
Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting and befriending Taro, Rokuro decides to return the money to Taro.
Song of the Horse Trailer (1970)
31 August 1970
Akira Kurosawa’s only television work—a lyrical documentary that follows a thoroughbred from birth and training to the Japan Derby—framed by a grandfather’s narration to his grandson about the fading bond between people and horses.
The Sea Is Watching Trailer (2002)
27 July 2002
O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel's owner, O-Shin falls in love with the samurai.
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Dodes'ka-den' Trailer (2002)
25 October 2002
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Dodes'ka-den" (1970).
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha' Trailer (2002)
25 October 2002
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Kagemusha" (1980).
No Regrets for Our Youth Trailer (1946)
29 October 1946
After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan.
A. K. Trailer (1985)
20 May 1985
An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo Trailer (1970)
15 January 1970
Zatoichi treks to a village that has always been a favorite spot of his, only to discover that it’s become a living hell, plagued by feuding father and son yakuza as well as the younger crime boss’s bodyguard, scruffy, smart-mouthed, cash-hungry Yojimbo of legend.
Sword for Hire Trailer (1952)
22 May 1952
Soldiers Hayate and Yaheiji secretly escape from their besieged castle. Hayate has left behind his lover, Kano.
Enoken’s Ten Millions Trailer (1936)
21 July 1936
Enoken plays a cloistered rich kid whose father hires a disreputable tutor to teach him how to really be a millionaire: by drunken debauchery, women, and song.
Dodes'ka-den Trailer (1970)
31 October 1970
On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “drives” an imaginary trolley, a homeless father and son designing a dream house, a young woman brutalized at home, drunks, schemers, and saints of small kindnesses.
The Most Beautiful Trailer (1944)
13 April 1944
Young women at a precision optics factory in wartime Japan push to exceed production quotas, enduring illness, injury, and personal hardship to “serve the country.
One Wonderful Sunday Trailer (1947)
01 July 1947
Two broke sweethearts wander war-scarred Tokyo on a single Sunday, stretching 35 yen as they chase housing, small pleasures, and a little hope.
Flirtation in Spring Trailer (1949)
12 April 1949
Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan.
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die Trailer (2020)
26 November 2020
Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife, for one last wish: to be the protagonist of his own death.
The Bad Sleep Well Trailer (1960)
19 September 1960
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi.
In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki Trailer (1993)
31 December 1993
An hour-long conversation between Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki which took place in Kurosawa's home near Mt.
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog' Trailer (2002)
25 October 2002
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Stray Dog" (1949).
Play of the Week: Rashomon Trailer (1960)
12 December 1960
Set in ancient Japan, Rashomon follows the aftermath of a bandit’s attack on a warrior and his wife, as the bandit, the wife, the husband, and a woodcutter each offer different versions of what happened.
The Portrait Trailer (1948)
03 August 1948
The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artist paints her portrait.
At the Gate of the Ghost Trailer (2011)
08 September 2011
In this worthy adaptation of the Japanese film Rashomon, a young monk is left to determine the truth behind three competing perspectives after a bandit's disturbing murder trial.
Image: Kurosawa's Continuity: 'Kagemusha' Trailer (1993)
01 January 1993
A 43-minute video piece reconstructing Kagemusha through Akira Kurosawa's paintings and sketches.
The Lower Depths Trailer (1957)
01 October 1957
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent.
World of Love Trailer (1943)
14 April 1943
A sixteen-year-old who had been living on her own since her mother died, frequently gets in trouble with the police.
The World of Kazuo Miyagawa Trailer (2012)
01 January 2012
Renowned cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa collaborated with a number of great Japanese filmmakers, including Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa, and Yasujiro Ozu.
Advance Patrol Trailer (1957)
28 December 1957
In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war.
Making of Ran Trailer (1985)
01 January 1985
Behind the scenes of Akira Kurosawa's Ran, produced by Kurosawa Productions.
Avalanche Trailer (1937)
01 July 1937
The study of a one-year marriage that begins to crumble. A married man is torn between the love of his wife, and the attraction to a cousin of his wife.
The Fencing Master Trailer (1962)
30 September 1962
The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant.
Kurosawa: The Last Emperor Trailer (1999)
01 January 1999
A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two Trailer (1945)
03 May 1945
A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his discipline against an American prizefighter and later facing vengeful karate brothers.
Kurosawa's Way Trailer (2011)
13 May 2011
Eleven major film makers from Europe, America and Asia talk about Akira Kurosawa and discover surprising influences on their own work.
A Husband's Chastity: If Spring Comes Trailer (1937)
01 April 1937
Kayo and Kuniko graduated from girls' school together and are as close as sisters. Kuniko's fiancé, Minakami, feels something that attracts him deeply towards Kayo.
Making of 'Dreams' Trailer (1990)
02 November 1990
This 150-minute documentary, directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi on the set of Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, features behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with cast and crew.
Enoken's Chikiri Kinta Part 2 – Returning Is Scary, but the Weather Will Clear If You Wait Trailer (1937)
01 August 1937
1930s Japanese comedy.
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai' Trailer (2002)
25 October 2002
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Seven Samurai" (1954).
Escape at Dawn Trailer (1950)
08 January 1950
Mikami, a Japanese soldier, is captured by Chinese forces. Although able to escape, he is treated with contempt by his peers.
Composition Class Trailer (1938)
21 August 1938
Masako, the daughter of an impoverished itinerant tinsmith, wins a grammar school composition contest with an essay about her neighborhood.
Enoken’s Ten Millions Sequel Trailer (1936)
01 September 1936
The story picks up from Part 1 as Enoken's young scion forsakes his wealth and takes a department store job – in drag and sometimes blackface – to prove to the girl of his dreams that he be a hard-working, serious man.