Hisao Kurosawa

Most Popular Hisao Kurosawa Trailers

Total trailers found: 14

Ran Trailer (1985)

01 June 1985

Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.

Dreams Trailer (1990)

11 May 1990

Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a water-mill utopia—meditate on childhood, art, mortality, and humanity’s uneasy bond with nature.

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.

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.

After the Rain Trailer (2000)

22 January 2000

A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the trapped travelers.

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.

Kurosawa Trailer (2000)

24 December 2000

Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa

Mifune: The Last Samurai Trailer (2016)

02 December 2016

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.

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.

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.

Many Beautiful Things Trailer (2015)

17 October 2015

In an age when women were incapable of joining the artistic dialogue, Lilias Trotter managed to win the favour of celebrated critics.

Making of Ran Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

Behind the scenes of Akira Kurosawa's Ran, produced by Kurosawa Productions.

Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director Trailer (2024)

04 October 2024

A documentary film that delves into the life and cinematic career of one of Japan's most prolific directors: Ishiro Honda.

A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies Trailer (2000)

01 April 2000

A Documentary in 10 parts covering the film making of Kurosawa around the theme of making the perfect movie or as he says: A Beautiful Movie.