Yoshirō Muraki Movies

  • 1954
    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai

    8.51954HD

    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
  • 1970
    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    7.21970HD

    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!
  • 1965
    Red Beard

    Red Beard

    Red Beard

    8.0921965HD

    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
  • 1963
    High and Low

    High and Low

    High and Low

    8.31963HD

    In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by...

    High and Low
  • 1949
    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    7.51949HD

    A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes...

    Stray Dog
  • 1961
    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo

    8.0961961HD

    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
  • 1993
    Madadayo

    Madadayo

    Madadayo

    7.31993HD

    Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset...

    Madadayo
  • 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
  • 1985
    Ran

    Ran

    Ran

    8.11985HD

    With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic...

    Ran
  • 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

    7.91962HD

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

    Sanjuro
  • 1990
    Dreams

    Dreams

    Dreams

    7.71990HD

    A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.

    Dreams
  • 2000
    After the Rain

    After the Rain

    After the Rain

    7.12000HD

    A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst...

    After the Rain
  • 1960
    The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well

    7.6731960HD

    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
  • 1958
    The Hidden Fortress

    The Hidden Fortress

    The Hidden Fortress

    7.91958HD

    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
  • 1957
    The Lower Depths

    The Lower Depths

    The Lower Depths

    7.11957HD

    Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that...

    The Lower Depths
  • 1967
    Samurai Rebellion

    Samurai Rebellion

    Samurai Rebellion

    8.21967HD

    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
  • 1955
    I Live in Fear

    I Live in Fear

    I Live in Fear

    7.31955HD

    Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to...

    I Live in Fear
  • 1991
    Rhapsody in August

    Rhapsody in August

    Rhapsody in August

    7.11991HD

    The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her...

    Rhapsody in August
  • 2002
    Letter from the Mountain

    Letter from the Mountain

    Letter from the Mountain

    8.22002HD

    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