1993 film by Akira Kurosawa

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

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.

1980 film directed by Akira Kurosawa

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.

Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

日本民间流传着这样一个故事：在深山里，有一种特别的蛤蟆，它和同类相比，不仅外表更丑，而且还多长了几条腿。人们抓到它后，将其放在镜前或玻璃箱内，蛤蟆一看到自己丑陋不堪的外表，不禁吓出一身油。这种油，也是民间用来治疗烧伤烫伤的珍贵药材。晚年回首往事，黑泽明自喻是只站在镜前的蛤蟆，发现自己从前的种种不堪，吓出一身油——这油的结晶就是这部《蛤蟆的油》。 从孩提时代一个孱弱的“夜哭郎”，如何痴迷于绘画和电影，如何幸得启蒙而踏入电影界，最后如何执导《罗生门》等影片而成为世界级的导演黑泽明坦然直面过往的一切，人生的甘苦，艺术的感悟，流露于字里行间。