Akira Kurosawa films

[Cross]

One that is not as popular but well-made is Dreams. Very "artsy" but visually stunning. One of his later works.

 

[Flemmy Stardust]

throne of blood is slow-starting but gets intense at the end.
seven samurai is the same way. the 2nd half is epic.
rashomon, a lot of people love, but i could take it or leave it.
ikiru's narrative is really awesome, but the subject matter isn't as cool as his samurai stuff.
ran is his masterpiece IMO.

i've seen yojimbo, but i think that's all of them for me. I have a bunch saved on my DVR that i havent gotten around to yet.

basically, everything i've seen from him has been well worth watching.

 

[Flemmy Stardust]

I'm not too big of a fan of Kurosawa's samurai movies, but some of his others are incredible. Do yourself a favor and watch Tengoku to Jigoku (High and Low, in my all-time top 10) and The Bad Sleep Well

when i had netlfix, High and Low had the highest score in regards to what they thought i'd like. I never ended up watching it tho. the plot sounded cool.

 

[electricsheep81]

I'm not too big of a fan of Kurosawa's samurai movies, but some of his others are incredible. Do yourself a favor and watch Tengoku to Jigoku (High and Low, in my all-time top 10)

awesome movie! I was really glad when Criterion brought that over to blu-ray.

That would be a good film for someone to start with, who's new to Kurosawa films and want to check out some of his work that doesn't involve samurais

 

[Irenaeus]

I never cared for Ran, but both Seven Samurai and Rashomon are among my favourites. I love Kagemusha as well.

 

[Cafu]

best. director. ever.

most of his films are excellent classics.

His later films, not so much.

I'd recommend Kurosawa to anyone who takes their movies seriously.

 

[Goonerview]

I recently watched Yojimbo in a film studies class and enjoyed it a lot and liked how it was pretty much a western film. Anyone that is familiar with Kurosawas body of work is there any film of his that I should definitely check out?

Rashomon

 

[D3thr0n3d K1ng]

One that is not as popular but well-made is Dreams. Very "artsy" but visually stunning. One of his later works.

Yeah I saw that a long time ago it was really good. I will have to watch it again.

 

[burntbacon]

I recently watched Yojimbo in a film studies class and enjoyed it a lot and liked how it was pretty much a western film. Anyone that is familiar with Kurosawas body of work is there any film of his that I should definitely check out?

Yojimbo
Rashomon
Seven Samurai

These are my favorites of his incredible body of work.

 

[SevenSamurai]

I love them all -even the early detective stuff....

But the Tishiro Mifune ones are my favorites.

Roshoman, Seven Samurai, and Hidden Fortress....

I even love Dreams which was way late in the game for Kurosawa.

I may be a little biased though.....

 

[Shot]

I saw Throne of Blood in college (I was a literature major and we were studying Macbeth), I remember thinking it was badass but not much besides that. I should watch it again because Macbeth is one of my favorites

 

[Err]

If you liked Yojimbo then definitely watch Sanjuro. You can't go wrong with Seven Samurai either. All of his movies are great.

 

[WorldofWarcraft]

I like Akira Kurosawa's Dreams

 

[Sir Galahad]

'Ikiru' is my favorite.

 

[BearAKA**]

Lot of good recommendations. Ill add Ikiru, Throne of Blood, Red Beard, and Drunken Angel.

 

[H33ZY]

Ikiru was fantastic, one of my favorite Kurosawa films.

I'll also add Stray Dogs, which is a solid film noir effort

Also, High and Low, which was the source inspiration for Ransom w/ Mel Gibson and a great film that many seem to forget

 

[Cio]

'Ran' is on Instant Netflix for those interested (would watch myself but I got an early morning tomorrow). Saw 'Dreams' in college, liked it. Need to get more into Kurosawa's films.

 

[The Solid Man]

Ran: GOAT film / GOAT score / GOAT scene: Seige of the Third Castle.

Kyoami says that any other opinion will only get him terribly upset, and he'll either refuse to entertain us with one of his awesome stories ever again, or he'll blaspheme the heavens over mankind's senseless cruelty and poor taste. He hasn't decided which.

Anyway, he also wants me to post that he's the GOAT character, and that if it weren't for Kurosawa's untimely passing, he was to be the action hero and romantic lead of the sequel which was to feature even more blood, fire and death (and some comedy!) and was to be called... KYOAMI: Ran Part 2. Apparently he hasn't given up hope just yet as Michael Bay may be interested in the project.

Oh! Before I forget... Ikiru and Seven Samurai fill out Kurosawa's top three most essential masterworks and are absolutely not to be missed!

 

[Sir Galahad]

Lot of good recommendations. Ill add Ikiru, Throne of Blood, Red Beard, and Drunken Angel.

I saw 'Ikiru' in my college film studies class and was blown away.

 

[Bullitt68]

Also, High and Low, which was the source inspiration for Ransom w/ Mel Gibson and a great film that many seem to forget

Ransom was actually a remake of Ransom!, which came out seven years prior to High and Low.