Akira Kurosawa Movie Trailers
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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.
Legacy of the 500,000 Trailer (1963)
18 April 1963
During World War II, Japan sends gold to the Phillipines. After the war, the gold is lost in the bay of Manille.
Dersu Uzala Trailer (1975)
02 August 1975
A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods.
Those Who Make Tomorrow Trailer (1946)
02 May 1946
In postwar Japan, two sisters—a film studio script girl and a revue dancer—become swept up in the growing labor movement when workers around them strike for better conditions.
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low' Trailer (2002)
25 October 2002
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "High and Low" (1963).
Drunken Angel Trailer (1948)
27 April 1948
In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the gangster’s ruthless former boss returns and drags him back toward the swampy underworld he can’t escape.
What Is Cinema? Trailer (2013)
06 September 2013
Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and others do that can't be expressed in words - but only in cinema.
Vanished Enlisted Man Trailer (1955)
14 January 1955
In June 1941, Captain Kagawa (Ryutaro Tatsumi), who had just graduated from the military academy, was assigned as the captain of a sentry patrol in Beiman, which was located on the opposite side of the Heilongjiang River from the Semidomka region of the Soviet Union.
Horse Trailer (1941)
11 March 1941
Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly.
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' Trailer (2002)
25 October 2002
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Sanjuro" (1962).
Dora-heita Trailer (2000)
13 May 2000
A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran' Trailer (2002)
25 October 2002
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on “Ran” (1985).
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.
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.
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).
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
Flirtation in Spring Trailer (1949)
12 April 1949
Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
The Monkey King Trailer (1940)
06 November 1940
A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a mission to prevent a demonic resurrection.
A Husband's Chastity: Fall Again Trailer (1937)
01 May 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.