Akira Kurosawa
- A Movie House Film Review
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Criterion Critics
Rashômon (1950)
Daiei Motion Picture Company released Rashomon to theaters on August 25, 1950. Akira Kurosawa directed the film which starred Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, and Masayuki Mori.
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Movie House Memories
Rashômon (1950)
Daiei Motion Picture Company released Rashomon to theaters on August 25, 1950. Akira Kurosawa directed the film which starred Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, and Masayuki Mori.
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Summaries
Rashômon (1950)
The message of Rashomon is that everyone is the potential hero (or villain) of their own story. Rashomon is the tale of the death of a samurai as told from the different viewpoints of a woodcutter, a bandit, the samurai, and the samurai’s wife.
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Summaries
Yojimbo (1961)
Yojimbo begins with a master less samurai, also known as a ronin, wandering the Japanese countryside.
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Movie House Memories
Yojimbo (1961)
Toho Company released Yojimbo to theaters on September 13, 1961. Akira Kurosawa directs the film which stars Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, and Tatsuya Nakadai.
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Movie House Memories
Seven Samurai (1954)
Columbia Pictures Corporation released Seven Samurai to theaters on November 19,1954. Akira Kurosawa directs the film which stars Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, and Keiko Tsushima.
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