Tag: Akira Kurosawa

Kagemusha Script

Script by:Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Masato Ide (Screenplay)
Directed by:Akira Kurosawa
Year:1980
IMDb:tt0080979

Plot:Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.
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Tora! Tora! Tora! Script

Script by:Ladislas Farago (Novel), Larry Forrester (Screenplay), Ryûzô Kikushima (Screenplay), Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Hideo Oguni (Screenplay), Gordon W. Prange (Novel)
Directed by:Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, Toshio Masuda
Year:1970
IMDb:tt0066473

Plot:In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
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The Magnificent Seven Script

Script by:Nic Pizzolatto (Screenplay), Richard Wenk (Screenplay), Akira Kurosawa (Writer), Shinobu Hashimoto (Writer)
Directed by:Antoine Fuqua
Year:2016
IMDb:tt2404435

Plot:Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find themselves fighting for more than just money once the bullets start to fly.
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Rashomon Script

Script by:Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (Novel), Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Shinobu Hashimoto (Screenplay)
Directed by:Akira Kurosawa
Year:1950
IMDb:tt0042876

Plot:Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
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Throne of Blood Script

Script by:Shinobu Hashimoto (Screenplay), Ryûzô Kikushima (Screenplay), Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Hideo Oguni (Screenplay), William Shakespeare (Theatre Play)
Directed by:Akira Kurosawa
Year:1957
IMDb:tt0050613

Plot:Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
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