Auteur

Akira Kurosawa

1910–1998 · Japanese filmmaker

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 30 feature films in a career spanning six decades. With a bold and dynamic style strongly influenced by Western cinema yet distinct from it, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Known as a hands-on filmmaker, he was heavily involved with all aspects of production as a director, writer, producer, and editor.

Akira Kurosawa, in order

  1. 1940 Horse: directed
  2. 1942 Tsubasa no gaika: wrote · directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
  3. 1943 Sanshiro Sugata: directed, wrote, produced · critics 80%, audiences 65% · streaming on Criterion Channel, Plex, Fawesome
  4. 1944 The Most Beautiful: directed, wrote · audiences 28% · streaming on Criterion Channel, Plex
  5. 1944 Wrestling Ring Festival: wrote · directed by Santarō Marune
  6. 1945 Sanshiro Sugata Part II: directed, wrote · audiences 38% · streaming on Plex, Fawesome
  7. 1945 The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail: directed, wrote · critics 86%, audiences 59% · streaming on Philo, Criterion Channel, Plex
  8. 1946 No Regrets for Our Youth: directed, wrote · critics 100%, audiences 72% · streaming on Criterion Channel, Plex, Fawesome
  9. 1946 Those Who Make Tomorrow: directed
  10. 1947 One Wonderful Sunday: directed, wrote · critics 88%, audiences 74% · streaming on Criterion Channel, Plex, Fawesome
  11. 1947 Snow Trail: wrote · directed by Senkichi Taniguchi · streaming on Criterion Channel
  12. 1948 Drunken Angel: directed, wrote · critics 94%, audiences 88% · streaming on Criterion Channel, Plex, Fawesome
  13. 1948 The Portrait: wrote · directed by Keisuke Kinoshita · streaming on Criterion Channel
  14. 1949 Stray Dog: directed, wrote · critics 100%, audiences 91% · streaming on fuboTV, Criterion Channel, Plex
  15. 1949 The Quiet Duel: directed, wrote · audiences 73% · streaming on Plex, Fawesome
  16. 1950 Escape at Dawn: wrote · directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
  17. 1950 Rashomon: directed, wrote, created · critics 98%, audiences 93% · streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Plex
  18. 1950 Scandal: directed, wrote · critics 83%, audiences 72% · streaming on Criterion Channel, Plex
  19. 1951 The Idiot: directed, wrote · critics 60%, audiences 73% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  20. 1952 Ikiru: directed, wrote · critics 98%, audiences 96% · streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Criterion Channel
  21. 1952 Sword for Hire: wrote · directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
  22. 1952 Vendetta for a Samurai: wrote · directed by Kazuo Mori · audiences 50% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  23. 1954 Seven Samurai: directed, wrote · critics 100%, audiences 97% · streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
  24. 1955 I Live in Fear: directed · critics 73%, audiences 75% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  25. 1957 The Lower Depths: directed, wrote, produced · critics 83%, audiences 79% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  26. 1957 Throne of Blood: directed, wrote · critics 95%, audiences 93% · streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
  27. 1958 The Hidden Fortress: directed, wrote, produced · critics 96%, audiences 92% · streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV, Plex
  28. 1960 The Bad Sleep Well: directed, wrote · critics 100%, audiences 91%
  29. 1960 The Magnificent Seven: wrote · directed by John Sturges · critics 93%, audiences 87% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
  30. 1961 Yojimbo: directed, wrote · critics 96%, audiences 96% · streaming on HBO Max
  31. 1962 Sanjuro: directed, wrote · critics 100%, audiences 95% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  32. 1963 High and Low: directed, wrote · critics 97%, audiences 95% · streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV, Plex
  33. 1964 The Outrage: wrote · directed by Martin Ritt · critics 20%, audiences 41%
  34. 1965 Red Beard: directed, wrote · critics 73%, audiences 94% · streaming on Prime Video, HBO Max, Criterion Channel
  35. 1965 Sanshiro Sugata: wrote, produced · directed by Seiichirō Uchikawa
  36. 1970 Dodes'ka-den: directed, wrote, produced · critics 73%, audiences 77% · streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
  37. 1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!: wrote · directed by Kinji Fukasaku and Richard Fleischer · critics 59%, audiences 81% · streaming on Prime Video
  38. 1975 Dersu Uzala: directed, wrote · critics 73%, audiences 94% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  39. 1980 Kagemusha: directed, wrote, produced · critics 89%, audiences 92%
  40. 1985 A.K.: acted · directed by Chris Marker · audiences 83%
  41. 1985 Ran: directed, wrote · critics 96%, audiences 94% · streaming on Kanopy, Plex, Tubi
  42. 1985 Runaway Train: wrote · directed by Andrei Konchalovsky · critics 83%, audiences 76% · streaming on Roku Channel, YouTube (free), Tubi
  43. 1990 Dreams: directed, wrote · critics 66%, audiences 86% · streaming on YouTube (free)
  44. 1991 Rhapsody in August: directed, wrote · critics 64%, audiences 73%
  45. 1993 Madadayo: directed, wrote · critics 88%, audiences 81% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  46. 1996 Last Man Standing: wrote · directed by Walter Hill · critics 44%, audiences 51%
  47. 1999 After the Rain: wrote · directed by Takashi Koizumi · audiences 86%
  48. 2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: acted · directed by Yoshinari Okamoto · audiences 86%
  49. 2002 The Sea Is Watching: wrote · directed by Kei Kumai · critics 62%, audiences 71%
  50. 2004 Samurai 7 (TV series): created · audiences 79%