Yes you are missing a lot if you haven't seen Ikiru yet - a great humanist tale that Kurosawa revisited with his last movie (the one about the retiring teacher). Also, though they wouldn't make the top five, Stray Dog, High & Low, and even
Red Beard (!) are key films to me. The latter is a quirky selection, its production was a disaster of indecision that led to Mifune's break with Kurosawa and the latter's subsequent suicide attempt! Oh and what about Dersu Uzala....
Yes you are missing a lot if you haven't seen Ikiru yet - a great humanist tale that Kurosawa revisited with his last movie (the one about the retiring teacher). Also, though they wouldn't make the top five, Stray Dog, High & Low, and even
Red Beard (!) are key films to me. The latter is a quirky selection, its production was a disaster of indecision that led to Mifune's break with Kurosawa and the latter's subsequent suicide attempt! Oh and what about Dersu Uzala....