V Londýně 50. let minulého století se úředník bez humoru rozhodne vzít si volno, aby si vyzkoušel život poté, co se dozví chmurnou diagnózu.
Kurosawa tentokrát svůj filmový příběh zasadil do období poválečné ekonomické revoluce v Japonsku. Kingo Gondo, úspěšný manažer v obuvním průmyslu se na vrcholu své kariéry stane obětí vydírání. Když zjistí, že únosci místo jeho syna zajali jiného chlapce, ocitá se v nelehké situaci...Musí se rozhodnout, zda obětuje práci, která je pro něj smyslem života nebo dá všanc svoji čest a dobré jméno.
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.
Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset of WWII. The story is told mostly in vignettes as he is cared for by former students in his old age.
Poslední tvůrčí spolupráce Kurosawy s hercem nezdolné energie Toshiro Mifunem. Rudovous je příběhem dozrávání mladého absolventa medicíny. Přidělen ke službě na schudlé místní klinice, Dr. Yasumoto naráží na neústupnou osobnost vrchního lékaře Dr. Niideho, známého jako "Rudovous". Po počáteční ostré konfrontaci mladý lékař porozumí Rudovousově krédu, že v životě existují důležitější hodnoty než moc a sláva.
Mladý muž Nishi se pokusí využít svou pozici v centru zkorumpované firmy k tomu, aby demaskoval muže zdopovědné za smrt jeho otce.
The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.
Ihei Misawa, samuraj bez pána a výborný šermíř, a jeho žena Tayo uvíznou pro silný déšť v hostinci. Svou štedrostí a dobrou náladou potěší ostatní pocestné. Po dešti se Ihei Misawa dostává do potyčky s místními a padne do oka místnímu feudálovi, který mu nabídne místo učitele šermu svých bojovníků. Závist a intriky zapříčiní, že toto místo musí opustit.
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.
Remake of Kurosawa's films Sanshiro Sugata and Sanshiro Sugata part 2. A young man, Sanshiro Sugata, troubled by personal problems, takes up judo. His teacher, Shogoro Yano, is a devout man who has aroused the enmity of the local practitioners of jujitsu, the older and more accepted of the two sports. Sugata uses his newly learned prowess to gain a measure of respect from others; however, Shogoro insists that the sport has a spiritual side, a lesson Sugata has yet to learn. Eventually, in hand-to-hand combat with the father of a young woman he loves, he comes to understand the true meaning of judo.
From Executive Producer Hisao Kurosawa (Dreams, Ran) comes the untold story of one of the world's greatest women artists and why her name nearly was lost to history. Many Beautiful Things plunges viewers into the complex age of Victorian England to meet Lilias Trotter, a daring young woman who defied all norms by winning the favor of England's top art critic, John Ruskin. In an era when women were thought incapable of producing high art, Ruskin promised that her work could be "immortal." But with her legacy on the line, Lilias made a stunning decision that bids us to question the limits of sacrifice. As Lilias journeys to French Algeria in the late 1800s to pioneer work with women and children, viewers are left to wonder, "Could you abandon a dream to pursue your true calling?" Featuring the voices of Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey) and John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones).