Movies starring Minoru Chiaki
The Hidden Fortress is the third-most influential of Akira Kurosawa's films (behind Rashomon and The Seven Samurai). Unlike many of the great Japanese director's best-known efforts, The Hidden Fortress has not been remade in another language, but ...
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MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, ...
Those who know Akira Kurosawa only for his samurai movies (a genre that includes his most famous titles) may be surprised when exposed to the “other side” of his work – less ostentatious films like Red Beard, High and Low, and (most nota...
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MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Drama
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Takashi Shimura, Shin’ichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka, ...
It wouldn't be a stretch to name legendary Japanese film maker Akira Kurosawa as one of the ten greatest motion picture directors of all time. Kurosawa's brilliant work speaks for itself, and, with over five decades of movie making to his credit, ...
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MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, ...
The most popular cinematic export from Japan is inarguably the samurai movie. Whole books have been devoted to the genre, and more than one mail-order video business has made a tidy profit shipping samurai tapes and DVDs around the world. The mos...
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MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Keiko Tsushima, ...
Throughout his legendary career, Akira Kurosawa showed an affinity for the works of William Shakespeare. Three of his films in particular – The Bad Sleep Well, Throne of Blood, and Ran – owe a debt to The Bard even though not a line of Shakesp...
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MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence)
Genre: Thriller/Drama
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, ...