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أكيرا كوروساوا, อะกิระ คุโระซะวะ, 黑澤明, Kurosawa Akira, 아키라 구로사와, 쿠로사와 아키라, 아키라 쿠로사와
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Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明) was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. He displayed a bold, dynamic style, strongly influenced by Western cinema yet distinct from it; he was involved with all aspects of film production. Kurosawa entered the Japanese film industry in 1936, following a brief stint as a painter. After years of working on numerous films as an assistant director and scriptwriter, he made his debut as a director during World War II with the popular action film Sanshiro Sugata (1943). After the war, the critically acclaimed Drunken Angel (1948), in which Kurosawa cast the then little-known actor Toshiro Mifune in a starring role, cemented the director's reputation as one of the most important young filmmakers in Japan. The two men would go on to collaborate on another fifteen films. Rashomon (1950), which premiered in Tokyo, became the surprise winner of the Golden Lion at the 1951 Venice Film Festival. The commercial and critical success of that film opened up Western film markets for the first time to the products of the Japanese film industry, which in turn led to international recognition for other Japanese filmmakers. Kurosawa directed approximately one film per year throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, including a number of highly regarded (and often adapted) films, such as Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai (1954), Throne of Blood (1957), Yojimbo (1961) and High and Low (1963). After the 1960s he became much less prolific; even so, his later work—including two of his final films, Kagemusha (1980) and Ran (1985)—continued to receive great acclaim. In 1990, he accepted the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement. Posthumously, he was named Asian of the Century in the Arts, Literature, and Culture category by AsianWeek magazine and CNN, cited there as being among the five people who most prominently contributed to the improvement of Asia in the 20th century. His career has been honored by many retrospectives, critical studies and biographies in both print and video, and by releases in many consumer media.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1910-03-23
- event Death Date 1998-09-06
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 25
- info Birth Place Shinagawa, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Ran
2002-10-25
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Kurosawa
2000-12-24
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A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies
2000-04-01
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Chris on Chris
2002-01-01
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Dersu Uzala. Russian Dreams of Kurosawa
2020-09-04
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Life Work of Akira Kurosawa
2022-11-25
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Making of Ran
1985-01-01
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A. K.
1985-05-20
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Making of 'Dreams'
1990-11-02
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Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
1993-01-01
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Throne of Blood'
2002-10-25
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002-10-25
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'
2002-10-25
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Lower Depths
2002-10-25
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
2002-10-25
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
2002-10-25
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'
2002-10-25
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002-10-25
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Dodes'ka-den
2002-10-25
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Bad Sleep Well
2002-10-25
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Stray Dog
2002-10-25
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Drunken Angel
2002-10-25
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The World of Kazuo Miyagawa
2012-01-01
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And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
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What Is Cinema?
2013-09-06
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In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki
1993-12-31
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Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020-11-26
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Spécial cinéma
1974-09-25
movie_edit Directing
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Seven Samurai
1954-04-26
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The Hidden Fortress
1958-12-28
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The Hidden Fortress
1958-12-28
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Seven Samurai
1954-04-26
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The Hidden Fortress
1958-12-28
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The Hidden Fortress
1958-12-28
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Rashomon
1950-08-26
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Rashomon
1950-08-26
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Rashomon
1950-08-26
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970-01-26
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Stray Dog
1949-10-17
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Stray Dog
1949-10-17
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I Live in Fear
1955-11-22
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I Live in Fear
1955-11-22
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Throne of Blood
1957-01-15
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Throne of Blood
1957-01-15
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Ikiru
1952-10-09
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Throne of Blood
1957-01-15
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Ikiru
1952-10-09
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Ikiru
1952-10-09
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Red Beard
1965-04-03
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Throne of Blood
1957-01-15
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Rhapsody in August
1991-05-25
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Rhapsody in August
1991-05-25
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Ran
1985-06-01
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Ran
1985-06-01
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Ran
1985-06-01
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Yojimbo
1961-04-25
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Yojimbo
1961-04-25
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Yojimbo
1961-04-25
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Yojimbo
1961-04-25
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Kagemusha
1980-04-26
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Sanjuro
1962-01-01
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Kagemusha
1980-04-26
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Kagemusha
1980-04-26
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Sanjuro
1962-01-01
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Kagemusha
1980-04-26
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Sanjuro
1962-01-01
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The Idiot
1951-05-23
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The Idiot
1951-05-23
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Drunken Angel
1948-04-27
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The Bad Sleep Well
1960-09-15
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Drunken Angel
1948-04-27
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The Bad Sleep Well
1960-09-15
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The Bad Sleep Well
1960-09-15
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The Bad Sleep Well
1960-09-15
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Scandal
1950-04-26
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High and Low
1963-03-01
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High and Low
1963-03-01
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The Lower Depths
1957-10-01
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The Lower Depths
1957-10-01
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The Lower Depths
1957-10-01
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Dreams
1990-05-11
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Dreams
1990-05-11
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Dersu Uzala
1975-08-02
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Dodes'ka-den
1970-10-31
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Dodes'ka-den
1970-10-31
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Sanshiro Sugata
1943-03-25
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Madadayo
1993-04-17
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The Sea Is Watching
2002-07-27
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The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952-04-24
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The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952-04-24
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No Regrets for Our Youth
1946-10-29
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No Regrets for Our Youth
1946-10-29
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No Regrets for Our Youth
1946-10-29
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After the Rain
2000-01-22
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The Quiet Duel
1949-03-19
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The Quiet Duel
1949-03-19
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One Wonderful Sunday
1947-07-01
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Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
1945-05-03
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The Most Beautiful
1944-04-13
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The Last Princess
2008-05-10
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Vendetta of a Samurai
1952-01-03
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Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946-05-02
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Wrestling-Ring Festival
1944-03-30
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Avalanche
1937-07-01
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Saga of the Vagabonds
1959-08-09
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Tsubaki Sanjuro
2007-12-01
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Sanshiro Sugata
1965-05-29
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Horse
1941-03-11
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Composition Class
1938-08-21
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Tojuro's Love
1938-05-01
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Advance Patrol
1957-12-28
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Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955-10-05
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Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
1955-10-05
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Enoken's Surprising Life
1938-12-29
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Enoken’s Shrewd Period
1939-01-11
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Currents of Youth
1942-02-14
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Easy Alley
1939-09-19
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Subterranean Heat
1938-02-01
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Paradise of the Virgin Flowers
1936-06-11
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天晴れ一心太助
1945-01-11
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Japanese Women's Textbook
1937-05-21
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The Beautiful Hawk
1937-10-01
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Runaway Train
1985-11-15
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Dora-heita
2000-05-13
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Song of the Horse
1971-08-31
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Vanished Enlisted Man
1955-01-14
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Seven Samurai
1954-04-26
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Living
2022-11-04
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Snow Trail
1947-08-05
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Fencing Master
1950-08-26
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World of Love
1943-04-14
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The Fencing Master
1962-09-30
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High and Low
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999-10-06
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The Portrait
1948-08-03
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Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1937-02-20
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Jiruba no Tetsu
1950-08-12
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Dreams
1990-05-11
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Kagemusha
1980-04-26
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Ran
1985-06-01
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Madadayo
1993-04-17
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Ikiru
2007-09-09
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The Magnificent Seven
2016-09-14
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Red Beard
1965-04-03
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Wings of Victory
1942-10-15
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Beyond Love and Hate
1951-01-11
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Sanshiro Sugata
1943-03-25
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Sword for Hire
1952-05-22
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Kagemusha
1980-04-26
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Last Man Standing
1996-09-20
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High and Low
2007-09-08
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The Magnificent Seven
1960-10-12
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Stray Dog
1973-09-29
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Jakoman and Tetsu
1964-02-08
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Stray Dog
1949-10-17
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High and Low
1963-03-01
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Madadayo
1993-04-17
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The Last Day of Hsianyang
1968-01-01
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A Fistful of Dollars Remake
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High and Low
1963-03-01
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Red Beard
1965-04-03
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Scandal
1950-04-26
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The Most Beautiful
1944-04-13
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Sanshiro Sugata
1943-03-25
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Play of the Week: Rashomon
1960-12-12
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Rhapsody in August
1991-05-25
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Kemono no yado
1951-06-08
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Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
1945-05-03
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The Outrage
1964-10-07
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Dodes'ka-den
1970-10-31
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A Tale of Thieves in War Time: Part 1 - Tiger and Wolf
1937-02-11
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The Lower Depths
1957-10-01
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One Wonderful Sunday
1947-07-01
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Saga of the Vagabonds
1959-08-09
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Madadayo
1993-04-17
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A Fistful of Dollars
1964-09-12
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Escape at Dawn
1950-01-08
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The Idiot
1951-05-23
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Dersu Uzala
1975-08-02
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Four Love Stories
1947-04-01
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Lady From Hell
1949-03-15
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My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953-01-15
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Enoken's The Millionaire, Part 1
1936-07-21
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Enoken's The Millionaire, Part 2
1936-09-01
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Sanshiro Sugata
1965-05-29
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Jakoman and Tetsu
1949-07-11
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Samurai 7
2004-06-12