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.

Seven Samurai

Opening Date: Thursday, 3 Oct 2024

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

Oct 3rd, 2024

Rashomon

Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Oct 2024

AKIRA KUROSAWA RESTORED CLASSICS! One of the most influential films of all time, Akira Kurosawa's mystery drama explores the murder ... more

Oct 17th, 2024

High and Low

Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Oct 2024

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

Oct 17th, 2024

Ikiru

Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Oct 2024

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

Oct 17th, 2024

Red Beard

Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Oct 2024

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

Oct 17th, 2024

Sanjuro

Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Oct 2024

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

Oct 18th, 2024

Hidden Fortress, The

Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Oct 2024

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

Oct 19th, 2024

Throne of Blood

Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Oct 2024

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

Oct 18th, 2024

Yojimbo

Opening Date: Thursday, 17 Oct 2024

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

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Oct 18th, 2024
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