Akira Terao

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Greatest Gift of Life
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Greatest Gift of Life

Jan. 04, 2021

Greatest Gift of Life

Ryosuke lives in a small house in Toshima, Tokyo. Since his wife died, he has adjusted to living alone. He used to teach at a university and he ...
Into the Sun
4.3

Into the Sun

Nov. 26, 2005

Into the Sun

After the assassination of Tokyo’s Governor by Yakuza members, the CIA bureau chief (William Atherton) for Tokyo puts out a call to an ...
Letter from the Mountain
7.3

Letter from the Mountain

Husband and wife Michiko and Takao move from their urban existence in Tokyo to the isolated, rural farming village where Takao grew up.
Ran
8.2

Ran

Jun. 01, 1985

Ran

With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare’s King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century ...
The Village
7.2

The Village

Apr. 12, 1976

The Village

This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical. They would have to pay the overhead ...
Lost Paradise
6.6

Lost Paradise

May. 10, 1997

Lost Paradise

Kuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and finds escape in an illicit relationship with ...
Madadayo
7.3

Madadayo

Apr. 17, 1993

Madadayo

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 ...
Dreams
7.7

Dreams

May. 11, 1990

Dreams

A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
6.8

Tora-san Takes a Vacation

Mitsuo goes to Nagoya to visit Izumi, whose father left Izumi’s sad, bar hostess mother for another woman, so together they decide to confront ...
Cat’s Eye
4.2

Cat’s Eye

Aug. 30, 1997

Cat’s Eye

Three cat burgling sisters have to go up against the police and a Chinese crime syndicate in order to rescue their kidnapped father.