Any Kurosawa fans here?

Surprised no one is mentioning Ikiru, which is clearly his best.

Top five, definitely.

I also like Red Beard, good call, Grand Champ.

It's been a long while since I've seen Samurai, I need to watch that one again. That was in the pre-internet age, where you had to wait for this stuff to come on the TV.

The internet's great, isn't it? Maybe not for the estate of Kurosawa, but...

[rorymac]

Surprisingly I've never gotten round to watching much Kurosawa. Wait for talip bin osman, I think he's a fan

[BattlingNelson]

I don't think I've ever watched a Kurosawa movie. I know he is legendary and all that, but can someone enlighten me as to why he is so outstanding?

[squealpiggy]

I like the Hidden Fortress.

[gatagata]

I have only seen Seven Samurai last month, all 3 and a half hours of it. Enjoyed it very much. (Kikuchiyo was ****ing badass as was that short, silent guy) This thread is making me want to watch some more.
Which one should I watch next?

I'd go for the one I embedded on the first page. It's not an action piece, but... well... you'll see.

[TBear]

I imagine Seven Samurai is the one I remember most. Kurosawa was a great film maker. He influenced alot of my favorite westerns and many if the characters in them. Mifune was a top actor as well.

[Sheppirino]

To date the only movies I've seen of his are Seven Samurai and Ran. Both movies are great so I'll assume all the ones I haven't seen are good as well.

I'd say his first five movies are inessential, but from then on it's generally pretty solid, yeah. Though a lot of them aren't in the mould as the two you describe.

[pnksntdead]

i love his older stuff. i'm a sucker for old samurai films and stuff with toshiro mifune, but his non-samurai films are killer too

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