Statistics: Best Film by Akira Kurosawa

In post-war Japan, a couple of young people are trying to have a good Sunday afternoon, even if they don't have enough money to do it.

The director's first collaboration with actor Toshiro Mifune. In this film, he played a Yakuza suffering from tuberculosis who reluctantly agreed to be treated by a local doctor. Subsequently, they change

A Soviet film that shows the friendship of a traveler with a resident of distant Siberia. Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film

An anthology of stories about slum dwellers. Kurosawa's first all-color film, as well as his major commercial failure

A noir film about a detective and his partners who are looking for an armed criminal. However, as the story progresses, the difference between law enforcement and lawlessness becomes thinner.

The film is based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in feudal Japan. Despite this, the film is often recognized as one of the best adaptations of Shakespeare.

The film is the winner of the Cannes Film Festival, in which the events of the murder are shown from the point of view of different characters in different ways. In many ways, this film "opened" Japanese cinema to foreigners.

A university graduate starts working in a hospital with a real master who teaches him about life. The director's last black-and-white film, as well as his last film with Toshiro Mifune

Fearing a future nuclear attack, the industrialist wants to move to Brazil with his family. She, in turn, thinks he's crazy.

A tragic story about a syphilitic doctor who resists the desire to be with the girl he loves.

A psychological thriller about the owner of a company who, on principle, does not want to make low-quality goods for the sake of a short-term nail

The propaganda film was created in honor of the May Day holiday by a group of directors, among whom was Kurosawa. Subsequently, he disowned this film.

A movie based on the Sengoku era. Kurosawa's longtime Hollywood fans, George Lucas and Francis Ford Corolla, participated in the production of the film.

The sequel to the director's debut film, completed shortly before the end of World War II. Unlike the original film, the sequel is more often accused of being propagandistic.

The film is about a grandmother who suffered from the nuclear bombing of Japan, and her interaction with her descendants, who cannot even imagine the horror of that tragedy.

A collection of eight unrelated stories in the style of panic was originally conceived as the last film of the 80-year-old director, but later he released a couple more.

A samurai action movie, slightly less than completely copied by Sergio Leone in the western "for a fistful of dollars" with Clint Eastwood

An acute social drama about a Japanese man who wants to take revenge on the director of a company for the death of his father. Partly based on Shakespeare's Hamlet

An average official learns that he does not have long to live, so he directs his last forces to help people. The movie is based on Leo Tolstoy's novel "The Death of Ivan Ilyich"

A Japanese-American film about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Kurosawa directed some of the Japanese pieces.

A film about the times of the Japanese Empire about two students who support the daughter of a fired man for anti-war statements.

A film adaptation of Maxim Gorky's novel of the same name about the inhabitants of a hovel and their hopes. It differs from the original source in its greater irony and the fact that the events take place in Japan.

An entertaining film about a group of travelers who are trying to save a princess from enemy forces. The plot was inspired by the first Star Wars trilogy by George

The film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. Unlike the book, the action takes place in the director's native Japan.

The director's debut film, which tells about a boy who wants to succeed in the capital by practicing martial arts

The final film of Kurosawa's 50-year career, shot five years before his death. It is dedicated to the Japanese German teacher and his students who helped him after his retirement.

One of the latest classic samurai action movies, the sequel to the film "The bodyguard"

After meeting the singer, a young intellectual suddenly finds details of their personal life in the newspaper.

An epic three-hour movie about the confrontation between bandits and brave samurai. He served as a source of inspiration for a whole galaxy of films (including westerns such as The Magnificent Seven)

Kurosawa's film is based on his own script, starring female factory workers.Researchers of Kurosawa's work mention this film as the first with a psychological focus.

Kurosawa's first historical film. In this case, the basis is the almost legendary wanderings of the military commander Minamoto no Yoshitsune in a monk's costume.

Kurosawa's latest epic film, based on William Shakespeare's play King Lear, was the most expensive Japanese film at the time of its release.