Yoshirō Muraki Movies

  • 1954
    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai

    8.4511954HD

    A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six...

    Seven Samurai
  • 1985
    Ran

    Ran

    Ran

    8.0461985HD

    Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between...

    Ran
  • 1961
    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    8.0891961HD

    A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the...

    Yojimbo
  • 1985
    A. K.

    A. K.

    A. K.

    6.3061985HD

    An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.

    A. K.
  • 1963
    High and Low

    High and Low

    High and Low

    8.31963HD

    A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.

    High and Low
  • 1970
    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    7.1351970HD

    In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora!...

    Tora! Tora! Tora!
  • 1977
    High Seas Hijack

    High Seas Hijack

    High Seas Hijack

    101977HD

    Terrorists hijack an oil tanker and threaten to blow it up unless Japan meets their demands.

    High Seas Hijack
  • 1990
    Dreams

    Dreams

    Dreams

    7.71990HD

    Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk...

    Dreams
  • 1957
    Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood

    7.91957HD

    Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the...

    Throne of Blood
  • 1962
    Sanjuro

    Sanjuro

    Sanjuro

    7.9611962HD

    Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and...

    Sanjuro
  • 1958
    The Hidden Fortress

    The Hidden Fortress

    The Hidden Fortress

    81958HD

    In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who...

    The Hidden Fortress
  • 1965
    Red Beard

    Red Beard

    Red Beard

    8.11965HD

    Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him...

    Red Beard
  • 1966
    3 Raccoon Dogs

    3 Raccoon Dogs

    3 Raccoon Dogs

    01966HD

    A conman team swindles through jewel scams, marriage fraud, and fake school admissions. Their schemes bring quick riches but collapse before escape,...

    3 Raccoon Dogs
  • 1967
    Samurai Rebellion

    Samurai Rebellion

    Samurai Rebellion

    8.2121967HD

    The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to...

    Samurai Rebellion
  • 1988
    Oración

    Oración

    Oración

    61988HD

    Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given the name Oracion or "prayer". When Oracion is...

    Oración
  • 1980
    Kagemusha

    Kagemusha

    Kagemusha

    7.81980HD

    Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid...

    Kagemusha
  • 1960
    The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well

    7.71960HD

    In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the...

    The Bad Sleep Well
  • 2002
    Letter from the Mountain

    Letter from the Mountain

    Letter from the Mountain

    8.42002HD

    Husband and wife Michiko and Takao move from their urban existence in Tokyo to the isolated, rural farming village where Takao grew up.

    Letter from the Mountain
  • 1993
    Madadayo

    Madadayo

    Madadayo

    7.31993HD

    In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who...

    Madadayo
  • 1973
    Submersion of Japan

    Submersion of Japan

    Submersion of Japan

    6.7751973HD

    A team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands of Japan, after suffering from massive volcanic...

    Submersion of Japan