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Akira Kurosawa's Dreams - The Criterion Collection

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Release Date: 21/11/2016

Edition: Restored
Genre: World Cinema
Sub-Genre: World Cinema
Region Code: Region A,B,C
Certificate: PG
Label: Criterion Collection
Actors: Yoshie Negishi, Mitsunori Isaki, Sakae Kimura, Toshihiko Nakano, Mie Suzuki
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Number of Discs: 1
Audio Languages: Japanese
Subtitle Languages: English

Unfolding in a series of eight mythic vignettes, this late work by Akira Kurosawa was inspired by the beloved director's own night time visions, along with stories from Japanese folklore. In a visually sumptuous journey through the master's imagination, tales of childlike wonder give way to apocalyptic apparitions: a young boy stumbles on a fox wedding in a forest; a soldier confronts the ghosts of the war dead; a power-plant meltdown smothers a seaside landscape in radioactive fumes. Interspersed with reflections on the redemptive power of creation, including a richly textured tribute to Vincent van Gogh (who is played by Martin Scorsese), Akira Kurosawa's Dreams is both a showcase for its maker's artistry at its most unbridled and a deeply personal lament for a world at the mercy of human ignorance.