The Guide to Akira Kurosawa

Submitted by lbangs on Fri, 06/03/2005 - 01:08
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  • Sanshiro Sugata (1943) - ****
  • No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) - ****
  • Drunken Angel (1948) - ****
  • Stray Dog (1949) - ****
  • Rashomon (1951) - *****
  • The Idiot (1951) - **** 1/2
  • Ikiru (1952) - *****
  • Seven Samurai (1954) - *****
  • Throne of Blood (1957) - *****
  • The Lower Depths (1957) - ****
  • The Hidden Fortress (1958) - *****
  • The Bad Sleep Well (1960) - ****
  • Yojimbo (1961) - *****
  • Sanjuro (1962) - ****
  • High and Low (1962) - **** 1/2
  • Red Beard (1965) - ****
  • Dodes'ka-Den (1970) - ****
  • Dersu Uzala (1975) - **** 1/2
  • Kagemusha (1980) - *****
  • Ran (1985) - *****
  • Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990) - *** 1/2
  • Rhapsody in August (1991) - ***
Author Comments: 

This appears just like my CC series, but there is one crucial distinction. This list is the combined opinions of me and the critics in the critical consensus series. My vote counted for one point just like the vote of each critic.

Essentially, this is simply an update of the CC series with my little voice tossed in as a drop in the critical pool.

Scale:

***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst films ever