Akira Kurosawa Restored Classics

Considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, the works of Akira Kurosawa have influenced countless directors including Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick, Andrei Tarkovsky and George Lucas, among others. To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Kurosawa’s revered 1954 action epic SEVEN SAMURAI, several Kurosawa classics have been painstakingly restored for a new generation to discover. This is a rare opportunity see these masterpieces on the cinema screen.

AKIRA KUROSAWA RESTORED CLASSICS! One of the most thrilling move epics of all time, SEVEN SAMURAI tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to protect them from invading bandits. This blockbu ... more

Nov 22nd, 2024

AKIRA KUROSAWA RESTORED CLASSICS! Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of ... more

Nov 23rd, 2024

AKIRA KUROSAWA RESTORED CLASSICS! One of the greatest achievements by Akira Kurosawa, IKIRU shows the director at his most compassionate—affirming ... more

Nov 22nd, 2024

AKIRA KUROSAWA RESTORED CLASSICS! A testament to the goodness of humankind, Akira Kurosawa's RED BEARD chronicles the tumultuous relationship between ... more

Nov 26th, 2024

AKIRA KUROSAWA RESTORED CLASSICS! Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Akira Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed ... more

Nov 24th, 2024

AKIRA KUROSAWA RESTORED CLASSICS! A grand-scale adventure, THE HIDDEN FORTRESS stars the inimitable Toshiro Mifune as a general charged with ... more

Nov 27th, 2024

AKIRA KUROSAWA RESTORED CLASSICS! A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, THRONE OF BLOOD, directed by Akira Kurosawa, sets Shakespeare’s definitive tale ... more

Nov 26th, 2024

AKIRA KUROSAWA RESTORED CLASSICS! The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa's visually stunning and darkly comic YOJIMBO.

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Nov 23rd, 2024
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