Akira Kurosawa Movie Trailers
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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.
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.
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 Last Round Trailer (1976)
30 December 1976
Stelvio Massi's crime thriller centers on a drifter who sets out to help blue-collar workers rise up against the two powerful families who are exploiting them.
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.
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.
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.
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 Outrage Trailer (1964)
07 October 1964
At a disused railway station, three men -- a con artist, a preacher, and a prospector -- discuss the recent trial and sentencing of the outlaw Juan Carrasco for the murder of a man and the rape of his wife.
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.
Seven Warriors Trailer (1989)
24 June 1989
In the early 1920's of China, seven former soldiers band together to defend a helpless village against a group of vicious bandits in this Hong Kong remake of Seven Samurai.
Scandal Trailer (1950)
26 April 1950
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a painter and a famous singer.
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.
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).
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.
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.
The Last Princess Trailer (2008)
10 May 2008
After the Akizuku clan fall in defeat to rival clan Yamana, Princess Yuki and General Rokurota take cover in a hidden fortress, along with their clan and gold treasury.
The Warrior and the Sorceress Trailer (1984)
07 September 1984
The mighty warrior, Kain, crosses the barren wastelands of the planet Ura, where two arch enemies, Zeg and the evil degenerate Balcaz, fight incessantly for control of the village's only well.
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: '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).
High and Low Trailer (2007)
08 September 2007
At a crucial point in his business life, executive Gondo learns that his son has been kidnapped and that the ransom demanded is near the amount Gondo has raised for a critical business deal.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Tsubaki Sanjuro Trailer (2007)
01 December 2007
"Tsubaki Sanjuro" is a remake of Sanjuro (1962) by Akira Kurosawa. Sanjuro returns with sharper, faster, subtler sword, talking and perception.
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: '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).
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).
Snow Trail Trailer (1947)
05 August 1947
Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well as Honda, a mountaineer.
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: '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).
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.
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.
Vendetta of a Samurai Trailer (1952)
03 January 1952
Mataemon Araki, a renowned swordsman, helps a young man find vengeance.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Currents of Youth Trailer (1942)
14 February 1942
It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the latter man's daughter (Setsuko Hara) who is both beautiful and aggressive.
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.
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.
Image: Kurosawa's Continuity: 'Kagemusha' Trailer (1993)
01 January 1993
A 43-minute video piece reconstructing Kagemusha through Akira Kurosawa's paintings and sketches.
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.
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.