Live stream preview

Next video will start in 30 seconds

A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies

Produced by Kurosawa Production Inc. in 2000, this is an in-depth look at director Akira Kurosawa’s process, featuring interviews with the director.

Replay Video
Close Open

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Directed by Akira Kurosawa Teaser

1m 54s

Up Next in Directed by Akira Kurosawa

  • A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Be...
    1:21:30
    A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Be...

    A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Be...

    Produced by Kurosawa Production Inc. in 2000, this is an in-depth look at director Akira Kurosawa’s process, featuring interviews with the director.

  • Sanshiro Sugata
    1:19:13
    Sanshiro Sugata

    Sanshiro Sugata

    Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1943 • Japan

    Kurosawa's effortless debut is based on a novel by Tsuneo Tomita about the rivalry between judo and jujitsu. Starring Susumu Fujita as the title character, Sanshiro Sugata is a thrilling martial arts action tale, but it's also a moving story of moral e...

  • The Most Beautiful
    1:25:36
    The Most Beautiful

    The Most Beautiful

    Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1944 • Japan

    This portrait of female volunteer workers at an optics plant during World War II, shot on location at the Nippon Kogaku factory, was created with a patriotic agenda. Yet thanks to Akira Kurosawa's groundbreaking semidocumentary approach, The Most Beautif...

×