What's your favorite Kurosawa movie

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

Me - I'm a sucker for the classics
seven samurai - though I enjoyed Ran very, very much

[GOPisEvil]

1. Yojimbo is my favorite.

But I have enjoyed just about every Kurosawa movie I've ever seen.

Dreams was quite strange in spots, but overall I enjoyed it. Samurai, Yojimbo, Ran and Rashomon are just freaking classics!

[Fenris]

2. Ran

[TahitiNut]

5. 'Ran' is generally acknowledged to be his masterpiece

Most Americans are far more familiar with "(The Magnificent) Seven Samurai" .... but I personally go with the 'experts' on this one. "Ran" is awesome.

[Az]

9. Ran is one of my top 3 movies in total

He literally paints the screen in his battles. They are explosions of color and currents. The movie never fails to awe.

[Stargleamer]

3. Ikiru and "No Regrets for Our Youth"

Ikiru --"To Live"-- perhaps one of his lesser known films. "No Regrets for Our Youth"--a pacifist, feminist film.

[dweller]

4. DERSU UZULA

Best Foreign Film Oscar in 1975

wonderful film, worth the watch.

dp

[Az]

6. How come Dodesukaden isn't on the list

Oh yeah. No one liked that one. My bad.

[Az]

7. Throne of Blood introduced the phrase

Human Pin Cushion.

[DS1]

8. I'll let you know

Doing an 8 page writeup of Rashoman in a couple days :hi:

[TahitiNut]

10. I'd put "Rashomon" a close second on my list.

I think Seven Samurai would be third if only due to an original plot line and the unusual treatment of the theme of redemption.

[NightTrain]

11. Remember when he directed an episode of "Get Smart?"

Ha! Made you look. :evilgrin:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

12. Anybody see Kwaidan by Masaki Kobayashi?

Next to Ran it's my favorite color Japanese movie (live action, that is)

[BigMcLargehuge]

13. I picked Sanjuro

it's a little more lighthearted than Yojimo and I like the way he angrily mentors the young samurai. I also love the "fountain of blood" ending.

However, I would have chosen "Drunken Angel" if it was offered. That's my favorite Kurosawa film, and the one that introduced Toshiro Mifune to the world.