Akira Kurosawa Top 10 Films lists
List order is Google's "Movies frequently mentioned on the web" in response to my query "top 10 akira kurosawa films", retrieved 10.May.2015
Interesting that he has no additional films in IMDb Top 1000 beyond those in Top 250, at least not that he directed.
AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set from Criterion, list price $400, now OOP.
http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/678-ak-100-25-films-by-akira-kurosawa
http://watchmojo.com/video/id/12865/
http://www.top10films.co.uk/archives/23101
http://worldsbestfilms.blogspot.com/2011/08/top-ranked-films-of-akira-kurosawa.html
Interesting that he has no additional films in IMDb Top 1000 beyond those in Top 250, at least not that he directed.
AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set from Criterion, list price $400, now OOP.
http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/678-ak-100-25-films-by-akira-kurosawa
http://watchmojo.com/video/id/12865/
http://www.top10films.co.uk/archives/23101
http://worldsbestfilms.blogspot.com/2011/08/top-ranked-films-of-akira-kurosawa.html
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- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko TsushimaFarmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set
IMDb Top 250 #20
WatchMojo.com #1
top10films.co.uk #1
worldsbestfilms.blogspot.com #1
They Shoot Pictures Don't They #9 (1st) - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMachiko KyôMasayuki MoriThe 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.AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set
IMDb Top 250 #95
WatchMojo.com #2
top10films.co.uk #4
worldsbestfilms.blogspot.com #2
They Shoot Pictures Don't They #20 (2nd) - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiAkira TeraoJinpachi NezuIn Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.based on King Lear
IMDb Top 250 #131
WatchMojo.com #3
top10films.co.uk #3
worldsbestfilms.blogspot.com #3
They Shoot Pictures Don't They #167 (4th) - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneEijirô TônoTatsuya NakadaiA crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set
IMDb Top 250 #105
WatchMojo.com #4
top10films.co.uk #5
worldsbestfilms.blogspot.com #5
They Shoot Pictures Don't They #390 (8th) - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMinoru ChiakiIsuzu YamadaA war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.based on Macbeth
AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set
WatchMojo.com #6
top10films.co.uk #8
worldsbestfilms.blogspot.com #6
They Shoot Pictures Don't They #271 (5th) - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraNobuo KanekoShin'ichi HimoriA bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set
IMDb Top 250 #128
WatchMojo.com #7
top10films.co.uk #2
worldsbestfilms.blogspot.com #4
They Shoot Pictures Don't They #114 (3rd) - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneYutaka SadaTatsuya NakadaiAn executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set
WatchMojo.com #9
top10films.co.uk #6
worldsbestfilms.blogspot.com #7
They Shoot Pictures Don't They #342 (6th) - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMisa UeharaMinoru ChiakiLured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set
WatchMojo.com #5
worldsbestfilms.blogspot.com #10
They Shoot Pictures Don't They #1247 (13th) - DirectorAkira KurosawaIshirô HondaStarsAkira TeraoMitsuko BaishôToshie NegishiA collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTatsuya NakadaiTsutomu YamazakiKen'ichi HagiwaraA petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set
WatchMojo.com #10
worldsbestfilms.blogspot.com #9
They Shoot Pictures Don't They #431 (9th) - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraKeiko AwajiDuring a sweltering summer, a rookie homicide detective tries to track down his stolen Colt pistol.AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set
WatchMojo.com H.M.
top10films.co.uk #9
They Shoot Pictures Don't They #1171 (12th) - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraToshirô MifuneReizaburô YamamotoA drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond.AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set
WatchMojo.com H.M. - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTatsuya NakadaiKeiju KobayashiA crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set
WatchMojo.com #8 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsDenjirô ÔkôchiSusumu FujitaYukiko TodorokiSugata, a young man, struggles to learn the nuance and meaning of judo, and in doing so comes to learn something of the meaning of life.AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsMaksim MunzukYuriy SolominMikhail BychkovThe Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneYûzô KayamaTsutomu YamazakiIn 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set
WatchMojo.com H.M.
top10films.co.uk #10
worldsbestfilms.blogspot.com #11
They Shoot Pictures Don't They #940 (11th) - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsSetsuko HaraMasayuki MoriToshirô MifuneA Japanese veteran, driven partially mad from the war, travels to the snowy island of Hokkaido where he soon enters a love triangle with his best friend and a disgraced woman.[The Idiot]
AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMasayuki MoriKyôko KagawaA vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set
top10films.co.uk #7 - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsYoshitaka ZushiKin SugaiToshiyuki TonomuraVarious tales in the lives of Tokyo slum dwellers, including a mentally deficient young man obsessed with driving his own commuter trolley.AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set
They Shoot Pictures Don't They #846 (10th) - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraMiki SanjôA surgeon gets syphilis from a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. The doctor's life is destroyed, but unlike the patient, he doesn't destroy others along with him.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraSôji KiyokawaIchirô SugaiWorld War II film about female volunteer workers at an optics plant who do their best to meet production targets.[The Most Beautiful]
AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsDenjirô ÔkôchiSusumu FujitaRyûnosuke TsukigataSugata returns to prove his judo mastery in a match against Western opponents.[Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two]
AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set - DirectorAkira KurosawaIshirô HondaStarsTatsuo MatsumuraHisashi IgawaGeorge TokoroFollowing World War II, a retired professor approaching his autumn years finds his quality of life drastically reduced in war-torn Tokyo. Denying despair, he pursues writing and celebrates his birthday with his adoring students.AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set
WatchMojo.com H.M. - DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsSetsuko HaraSusumu FujitaDenjirô ÔkôchiThe daughter of a politically disgraced university professor struggles to find a place for herself in love and life, in the uncertain world of Japan leading into WWII.AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneTakashi ShimuraMinoru ChiakiAn aging Japanese industrialist becomes so fearful of nuclear war that it begins to take a toll on his life and family.AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa 2009 box set