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Akira Kurosawa Directed Filmography (32)

Madadayo
1993·Director
Rhapsody in August
1991·Director
Dreams
1990·Director
Ran
1985·Director
Kagemusha
1980·Director
Dersu Uzala
1975·Director
Dodes'ka-den
1970·Director
Song of the Horse
1970·Director
Red Beard
1965·Director
High and Low
1963·Director
Sanjuro
1962·Director
Yojimbo
1961·Director
The Bad Sleep Well
1960·Director
The Hidden Fortress
1958·Director
Throne of Blood
1957·Director
The Lower Depths
1957·Director
I Live in Fear
1955·Director
Seven Samurai
1954·Director
Ikiru
1952·Director
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
1952·Director
The Idiot
1951·Director
Rashomon
1950·Director
Scandal
1950·Director
Stray Dog
1949·Director
The Quiet Duel
1949·Director
Drunken Angel
1948·Director
One Wonderful Sunday
1947·Director
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946·Director
Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946·Director
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
1945·Director
The Most Beautiful
1944·Director
Sanshiro Sugata
1943·Director