Akira Kurosawa Films......Rated!

Submitted by Macheath on Thu, 03/18/2004 - 03:07
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  • *****
  • Stray Dog (1949)
  • Rashomon (1950)
  • Ikiru (1952)
  • The Seven Samurai (1954)
  • Throne Of Blood (1957)
  • High And Low (1963)
  • Red Beard (1965)
  • Ran (1985)
  • ****½
  • The Hidden Fortress (1958)
  • The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
  • Yojimbo (1961)
  • Sanjuro (1962)
  • Dersu Uzala (1975)
  • Kagemusha (1980)
  • ****
  • No Regrets For Our Youth (1944)
  • Drunken Angel (1948)
  • Record Of A Living Being/I Live In Fear (1955)
  • Dreams (1990)
  • Madadayo (1993)
  • ***½
  • Sanshiro Sugata (1942)
  • The Men Who Tread On The Tiger's Tail (1945)
  • Scandal (1950)
  • The Lower Depths (1957)
  • Dodes'kaden (1970)
  • Rhapsody In August (1991)
  • ***
  • The Most Beautiful (1943)
  • One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
  • The Idiot (1951)
  • **½
  • none
  • **
  • Sanshiro Sugata II (1945)
  • Still have yet to see:
  • The Quiet Duel (1949)
Author Comments: 

The list, as you can see, is a bit top-heavy, what with AK being one of my 2 or 3 favorite film directors. But hey, I'd recommend those films over something like, say, breathing. On most occasions.

Btw, all the bold titles there....too much? Should I just leave them as plain text? I'm looking at it right now in preview mode and it has this distinct proactive (how I hate that word) look to it.

Edited to add:
***** - Wicked awesome
**** - Damn, that was good
*** - Eh
** - I've seen worse, but probably not by choice
* - I'd rather stick hot sewing needles in my eyes than watch this again

jim03/18/2004

Wow, you've seen all Kurosawa's movies except one?! You rock. Can you tell me what your stars translate to? I assume five is a masterpiece, but what are the two and threes? Still worth seeing?

Macheath03/18/2004

Thanks! I should probably have posted a rating guide along with the list. I shall correct that right off.

celtchic03/19/2004

Madadayo is such a sweet film! I have it on DVD. When I was in a Religions of the East class my last semester of college, we were offered extra credit if we saw one or two foreign films at the Foreign Film Festival. I saw Himalaya and Madadayo and loved both of them. I can never forget the search for Nora, the cat. :)