Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baisho, Mieko Harada

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

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PG, 1 hr. 59 min.

Directed by: Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda

Release Date: May 1, 1990

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DVD Release Date: March 18, 2003

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  • April 24, 2008
    Still on the fence about which Kurosawa-era I enjoy more, his black and white world or the films in color that are some of the most impressive. Made of 8 short tales, each one presumably dreamt by Kurosawa, they are arranged in chronological order from childhood to old age.

    T...( read more)hemes range from childhood fears, sorrow of war, and accepting one's own mortality. Highlights include Village of the Watermills and Scorsese's portrayal of Van Gogh.
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  • March 20, 2008
    Uneven series of dreams of AK, goes downhill quickly after the first section, although old Chishu Ryu makes an appearance for the final segment
  • April 8, 2007
    pretty fulfilling movie. this is actually a series of 8 short films that average around 15 minutes each. they are short films about the actual dreams of kurosawa. george lucas and martin scorcese helped make this film and a variety of actors starred in the various short films....( read more) ultimately 4 of these films were fantastic, 2 were just ok, and 2 werent very good, but overall it is worth a watch for any die hard kurosawa fan so that we can get inside of his head a little. blizzard and watermill village were the most profound of these. if you arent into kurosawa, you might not like this film much at all.
  • February 9, 2007
    some of it was better than others. it was a collection of eight short films. the colors in it were beautiful and i loved the way he used the sounds and music. in this one short one i didnt particularly like they said the best thing. they were talking about how a nuclear plant had...( read more) exploded and all these colored clouds were coming down a mountain and another guy was talking about what kind of radiation each one was and what exactly it did to kill you. then he said, "radiation used to be colorless, so they dyed it. but that only lets you know which one kills you."
  • January 6, 2007
    To quote Agent Cooper, "wonderful and strange..."
  • November 14, 2009
    Fascinating! Definitely one of the best movie I've ever seen.
  • November 12, 2009
    la fotografia mas hermosa que e visto hasta el momento
  • November 1, 2009
    Queria eu poder fazer um filme dos meus próprios sonhos e ganhar dinheiro com isso.
  • October 21, 2009
    Saw this in High School... don't really remember what the movie was all about, but the colors-- I remember the colors and I was fascinated.
  • October 18, 2009
    Kurosawa's most visually striking film. Eight hypnotic and eloquent short segments. Spielberg presented this film in Europe, while Lucas' ILM company did the effects and finally, who wouldn't want to see Scorsese playing Van Gogh? It's the pacing and experiment in time that makes...( read more) one experience this film in a particular fashion. Like staring at a painting for an extended period of time, we are slowly drawn into each dream world. Beautifully captivating.

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