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The following is a list of works, both in film and other media, for which the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa made some documented creative contribution. This includes a complete list of films with which he was involved (including the films on which he worked as assistant director before becoming a full director), as well as his little-known contributions to theater, television and literature.
Filmography
As director
All the following are Japanese productions unless otherwise specified.
| Year | English title | Japanese title | Romanized title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Sanshiro Sugata[a] | 姿三四郎 | Sugata Sanshirō |
| 1944 | The Most Beautiful | 一番美しく | Ichiban utsukushiku |
| 1945 | Sanshiro Sugata Part II[b] | 續姿三四郎 | Zoku Sugata Sanshirō |
| The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail | 虎の尾を踏む男達 | Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi | |
| 1946 | Those Who Make Tomorrow[c] | 明日を創る人々 | Asu o tsukuru hitobito |
| No Regrets for Our Youth | わが青春に悔なし | Waga seishun ni kuinashi | |
| 1947 | One Wonderful Sunday | 素晴らしき日曜日 | Subarashiki nichiyōbi |
| 1948 | Drunken Angel | 酔いどれ天使 | Yoidore tenshi |
| 1949 | The Quiet Duel | 静かなる決闘 | Shizukanaru kettō |
| Stray Dog | 野良犬 | Nora inu | |
| 1950 | Scandal | 醜聞 | Sukyandaru (Shūbun) |
| Rashomon | 羅生門 | Rashōmon | |
| 1951 | The Idiot | 白痴 | Hakuchi |
| 1952 | Ikiru | 生きる[d] | Ikiru |
| 1954 | Seven Samurai | 七人の侍 | Shichinin no samurai |
| 1955 | I Live in Fear | 生きものの記録[e] | Ikimono no kiroku |
| 1957 | Throne of Blood | 蜘蛛巣城[f] | Kumonosu-jō |
| The Lower Depths | どん底 | Donzoko | |
| 1958 | The Hidden Fortress | 隠し砦の三悪人 | Kakushi toride no san akunin |
| 1960 | The Bad Sleep Well | 悪い奴ほどよく眠る[g] | Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru |
| 1961 | Yojimbo | 用心棒[h] | Yōjinbō |
| 1962 | Sanjurō | 椿三十郎 | Tsubaki Sanjūrō |
| 1963 | High and Low | 天国と地獄[i] | Tengoku to jigoku |
| 1965 | Red Beard | 赤ひげ | Akahige |
| 1970 | Dodes'ka-den | どですかでん[j] | Dodesukaden |
| 1975 | Dersu Uzala[k] | デルス・ウザーラ | Derusu Uzāra |
| 1980 | Kagemusha | 影武者[l] | Kagemusha |
| 1985 | Ran[m] | 乱[n] | Ran |
| 1990 | Dreams[o] | 夢 | Yume |
| 1991 | Rhapsody in August | 八月の狂詩曲 | Hachigatsu no rapusodī (Hachigatsu no kyōshikyoku) |
| 1993 | Madadayo | まあだだよ[p] | Mādadayo |
- ^ Alternatively known as Judo Saga.
- ^ Alternatively known as Judo Saga 2.
- ^ Co-directed with Hideo Sekigawa and Kajirō Yamamoto.
- ^ Translated literally as To Live.
- ^ Translated literally as Record of a Living Being.
- ^ Translated literally as Spider Web Castle.
- ^ Translated literally as The Worse a Person is, the Better They Sleep.
- ^ Translated literally as Bodyguard.
- ^ Translated literally as Heaven and Hell.
- ^ Japanese onomatopoeia for "clickety-clack".
- ^ Russian–Japanese co-production between Daiei Film and Mosfilm, with dialogue in the Russian language, the only Kurosawa-directed film in a language other than Japanese.
- ^ Translated literally as Shadow Warrior.
- ^ French–Japanese co-production.
- ^ Translated literally as Chaos.
- ^ Also known as Akira Kurosawa's Dreams.
- ^ Translated literally as Not Yet.
A documentary film about the Noh theater, Gendai no No (Modern Noh), which was begun by the director during a break in the shooting of Ran, but was abandoned after about fifty minutes were filmed, is being completed according to Kurosawa's script and notes.[1][2][needs update]
As producer
Note: Data for the remainder of this filmography is derived primarily from the complete filmography created by Kurosawa's biographer, Stuart Galbraith IV,[3] supplemented by IMDb's Kurosawa page.[4]
For the following films that Kurosawa directed, he also received a production credit:
- Stray Dog (associate producer)
- Throne of Blood (co-producer)
- The Lower Depths (producer)
- The Hidden Fortress (co-producer)
- The Bad Sleep Well (co-producer)
- Yojimbo (associate producer)
- Sanjuro (associate producer)
- High and Low (associate producer)
- Red Beard (associate producer)
- Dodesukaden (executive producer and producer)
- Kagemusha (producer).
In addition, Kurosawa received a production credit on one film that he himself did not direct: Haru no tawamure (1949) (Spring Flirtation), written and directed by Kajiro Yamamoto, on which he served as an associate producer.
As screenwriter
Kurosawa wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for all the films he himself directed. However, to supplement his income, he also wrote scripts for other Japanese directors throughout the 1940s, and even through the 1950s and part of the 1960s, long after he had become world-famous. He also worked on the scripts for two Hollywood productions he was slated to direct, but which, for complex reasons, were completed by and credited to other directors (although he did shoot some scenes for Tora tora tora!, the footage from which has apparently not survived). Finally, near the end of his life, he completed scripts he intended to direct but did not live to make, which were then filmed by others. A table of all these screenplays is given below; all titles are Japanese productions unless otherwise noted.
| Year | English title | Japanese title | Romanized title | Director | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Horse | 馬 | Uma | Kajirō Yamamoto | Uncredited, but written alongside his mentor Kajirō Yamamoto.[5]: 22 | [6]: 46 |
| 1942 | Wind Currents of Youth | 青春の気流 | Seishun no kiryu | Shu Fushimizu | Based on "Construction of Love" and "The Life Plan" by Jun Minamikawa. | [6]: 50 |
| The Triumphant Song of the Wings | 翼の凱歌 | Tsubasa no gaika | Satsuo Yamamoto | Credited alongside Bonhei Sotoyama. | [6]: 52 | |
| 1943 | Sanshiro Sugata | 姿三四郎 | Sugata Sanshirō | Akira Kurosawa | Based on the novel Sugata Sanshirō[6]: 54 by judoka Tsuneo Tomita. | [7]: 246 |
| 1944 | Wrestling-ring Festival | 土俵祭 | Dohyōmatsuri | Santaro Marune | — | [8]: 119 |
| The Most Beautiful | 一番美しく | Ichiban utsukushiku | Akira Kurosawa | — | [7]: 246 | |
| 1945 | Bravo! Tasuke Isshin | 天晴れ一心太助 | Appare Isshin Tasuke | Kiyoshi Saeki | — | [6]: 58 |
| Sanshiro Sugata Part II | 續姿三四郎 | Zoku Sugata Sanshirō | Akira Kurosawa | Based on the novel Sugata Sanshirō[6]: 59 by judoka Tsuneo Tomita. | [7]: 246 | |
| The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail | 虎の尾を踏む男達 | Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi | Akira Kurosawa | Based on the kabuki play Kanjinchō. | [7]: 247 | |
| 1946 | No Regrets for Our Youth | わが青春に悔なし | Waga seishun ni kuinashi | Akira Kurosawa | Credited alongside Eijiro Hisaita. Keiji Matsuzaki has an uncredited writer role.[6]: 61 | [7]: 247 |
| 1947 | Four Love Stories "First Love" |
四つの恋の物語 第一話 初恋 |
Yotsu no koi no monogatari (Dai ichi: Hatsukoi) |
Shiro Toyoda | Omnibus film. Credited for first of four sections. | [8]: 120 |
| One Wonderful Sunday | 素晴らしき日曜日 | Subarashiki nichiyōbi | Akira Kurosawa | Credited alongside Keinosuke Uegusa. | [7]: 248 | |
| Snow Trail | 銀嶺の果て | Ginrei no hate | Senkichi Taniguchi | Received main credit.[9] Senkichi Taniguchi has an uncredited writer role. | [6]: 64 | |
| 1948 | The Portrait | 肖像 | Shōzō | Keisuke Kinoshita | — | [8]: 120 |
| Drunken Angel | 酔いどれ天使 | Yoidore tenshi | Akira Kurosawa | Credited alongside Keinosuke Uegusa. | [7]: 248 | |
| 1949 | Lady from Hell | 地獄の貴婦人 | Jigoku no kifujin | Motoyoshi Oda | Credited alongside Motosada Nishikame. | [6]: 70 |
| The Quiet Duel | 静かなる決闘 | Shizukanaru kettō | Akira Kurosawa | Credited alongside Senkichi Taniguchi. Based on a play by Kazuo Kikuta. | [7]: 248 | |
| Jakoman and Tetsu | ジャコ萬と鉄 | Jakoman to Tetsu | Senkichi Taniguchi | Credited alongside Senkichi Taniguchi. Based on "Herring Fishery" by Keizo Kajino. | [6]: 72 | |
| Stray Dog | 野良犬 | Nora inu | Akira Kurosawa | Credited alongside Ryūzō Kikushima. | [7]: 249 | |
| 1950 | Escape at Dawn | 暁の脱走 | Akatsuki no dassō | Senkichi Taniguchi | Credited alongside Senkichi Taniguchi. Based on a story by Yasujiro Tamura. | [6]: 77 |
| Scandal | 醜聞 | Sukyandaru (Shūbun) | Akira Kurosawa | Credited alongside Ryūzō Kikushima. | [7]: 249 | |
| Tetsu of Jilba | ジルバの鉄 | Jiruba no Tetsu | Isamu Kosugi | — | [8]: 120 | |
| Rashomon | 羅生門 | Rashomon | Akira Kurosawa | Credited alongside Shinobu Hashimoto. Based on the short stories "In a Grove" and "Rashōmon" by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.[10]: 332 | [7]: 249 | |
| Fencing Master | 殺陣師段平 | Tateshi danpei | Masahiro Makino | — | [8]: 120 | |
| 1951 | Beyond Love and Hate | 愛と憎しみの彼方へ | Ai to nikushimi no kanata e | Senkichi Taniguchi | Credited alongside Senkichi Taniguchi.[11] | [8]: 120 |
| The Idiot | 白痴 | Hakuchi | Akira Kurosawa | Credited alongside Eijiro Hisaita. Based on The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. | [7]: 250 | |
| The Den of Beasts | 獣の宿 | Kedamono no yado | Tatsuo Osone | — | [8]: 120 | |
| 1952 | Vendetta for a Samurai | 荒木又右衛門 決闘鍵屋の辻 | Araki Mataemon: Kettô kagiya no tsuji | Kazuo Mori | — | [8]: 121 |
| Sword for Hire | 戦国無頼 | Sengoku burai | Hiroshi Inagaki | Credited alongside Hiroshi Inagaki. Based on a novel by Yasushi Inoue, serialized in Sunday Mainichi. | [6]: 86 | |
| Ikiru | 生きる | Ikiru | Akira Kurosawa | Credited alongside Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Ogumi. | [7]: 250 | |
| 1953 | Blow! Spring Wind | 吹けよ春風 | Fukeyo harukaze | Senkichi Taniguchi | Credited alongside Senkichi Taniguchi. | [6]: 90 |
| 1954 | Seven Samurai | 七人の侍 | Shichinin no samurai | Akira Kurosawa | Credited alongside Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Ogumi. | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=List_of_works_by_Akira_Kurosawa