Akira Kurosawa Films Ranked
by LaundryMatt20 | created - 18 Feb 2021 | updated - 11 Mar 2021 | PublicMy personal opinion of the best-to-worst Kurosawa films
I'm partially through watching them all lol
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1. Seven Samurai (1954)
Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Drama
Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki
Votes: 366,662 | Gross: $0.27M
10, in my top 5 all-time favorite films
2. Ikiru (1952)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama
A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Shin'ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka
Votes: 87,502 | Gross: $0.06M
10, both unconventional and deeply moving in its entirety
3. Yojimbo (1961)
Not Rated | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa
Votes: 131,292
8, a very good, sometimes funny, bodyguard story. I like Mifune exponentially more as I watch him more
4. Rashomon (1950)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 180,325 | Gross: $0.10M
8, Kurosawa was way more deliberate with this than necessary (I mean the source was 20 pages), but it's still an astounding masterwork
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