Ran (1985)

Director:   Akira Kurosawa
Writers:    Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Masato Ide
Language: Japanese
Set in feudal Japan, an elderly lord abdicates to his three sons, and the two corrupt ones turn against him.

The story is based on legends of the daimyo Mori Motonari and the Shakespearean tragedy 'King Lear'. The word 'Ran' in Japanese mean chaos. It is filmed in a soap operatic way with 'Big Fuck Off' battle sequences that uses none of the CGI shit that we are used to. At the time of making Ran was the most expensively made Japanese film.

Rating: 4.5/5

Dreams (1990)

Director:  Akira Kurosawa
Writer:     Akira Kurosawa
Language:Japanese
Dreams is a visualization of several dreams that Kurosawa had during his lifetime. It serves as a critique to modern way of living which plunders the nature for its resources without any concern to other species and our future generations. Its very good visually and Martin Scorsese does a good cameo role. The second half of the film is better than the first half.Interestingly there is a dream in which there is a nuclear plant explosion because of a natural disaster similar to Fukushima one.

Rating: 3.5/5

Rashômon (1950)

Director:   Akira Kurosawa
Writers:    Akira Kurosawa, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Shinobu Hashimoto
Language: Japanese
Far ahead of its time, its a masterpiece by the master director Akira Kurosawa. A story told by four different people from their perspective with the distortions suiting their egos. In the end we are wondering what is the truth, exactly like the director wants us to be.

Rating: 5/5