Akira Kurosawa
1943
Sanshiro Sugata
A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading br…
1944
The Most Beautiful
Young women at a precision optics factory in wartime Japan push to exceed production quota…
1945
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his…
1946
No Regrets for Our Youth
After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repr…
1946
Those Who Make Tomorrow
In postwar Japan, two sisters—a film studio script girl and a revue dancer—become swept up…
1947
One Wonderful Sunday
Two broke sweethearts wander war-scarred Tokyo on a single Sunday, stretching 35 yen as th…
1948
Drunken Angel
In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with…
1949
Stray Dog
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a ho…
1949
The Quiet Duel
A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field…
1950
ראשומון
סרטו הנודע של אקירה קורוסאווה. הסרט זכה בפרס הראשון בפסטיבל ונציה בשנת 1951, זכייה שהובילה…
1950
Scandal
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn o…
1951
The Idiot
A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled…
1952
איקירו
קוראסאווה נוטש לרגע את סיפורי הסמוראים כדי לגולל סיפור פשוט וצ'כובי על אודות פקיד (טקאשי ש…
1952
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way thro…