Akira Kurosawa's Dreams [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

Director: Akira Kurosawa, Akira Terao, Martin Scorsese, Mieko Harada, Mitsuko Baisho

Overview

The acclaimed, prolific Japanese director's visually stunning film containing eight "dreams." Includes powerful themes about war and nature.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/15/2016
UPC:	0715515188814
Original Release:	1990
Rating:	PG
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:00:00
Sales rank:	14,709

Special Features

New audio commentary featuring film scholar Stephen Prince ; Making of "Dreams" (1990), a 150-minute documentary shot on set and directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi; New interview with production manager Teruyo Nogami; New interview with assistant director Takashi Koizumi; Kurosawa's Way (2011), a fifty-minute documentary by Kurosawa's longtime translator Catherine Cadou, featuring interviews with filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci, Alejandro G. I??rritu, Martin Scorsese, Hayao Miyazaki, and others; Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Martin Scorsese	Vincent Van Gogh [Crows]
Akira Terao	"I"
Mitsuko Baisho	Mother of `I'
Mieko Harada	The Snow Fairy,Actor
Mitsunori Isaki	"I" as a Boy [The Peach Orchard]
Chishu Ryu	103-year-old Man [Village Of The Watermills]
Toshihiko Nakano	`I' as a Young Child
Mie Suzuki	`I's' Sister
Yoshitaka Zushi	Pvt. Noguchi
Toshie Negishi	Child-carrying Mother
Hisashi Igawa	Power Station Worker
Chosuke Ikariya	The Demon
Tessho Yamashita	Actor
Misato Tate	Actor
Catherine Cadou	Actor
Mugita Endo	Actor
Ryujiro Oki	Actor
Masaru Sakurai	Actor
Masaaki Sasaki	Actor
Keiki Takenouchi	Actor
Kento Toriki	Actor
Tokuju Masuda	Actor
Masou Amada	Actor
Shogo Tomomori	Actor
Ryo Nagasawa	Actor
Akisato Yamada	[Village Of The Watermills]
Tetsu Watanabe	[Village Of The Watermills],Actor
Ken Takemura	Actor
Tetsuya Ito	Actor,Actor,Actor
Shoichiro Sakata	[Village Of The Watermills]
Naoto Shigemizu	[Village Of The Watermills]
Hiroshi Miyasaka	Actor
Yasuhiro Kajimoto	Actor
Makoto Hasegawa	Actor
Nagamitsu Satake	Actor
Satoshi Hara	Actor
Yasushige Turuoka	Actor
Shigeru Edaki	Actor,Actor
Hideharu Takeda	Actor
Katsumi Naito	Actor
Masaaki Enomoto	Actor
Nori Takei	Actor
Eiji Iida	Actor
Koji Kanda	Actor
Hideto Aota	Actor
Kazue Nakanishi	Actor
Rika Miyazawa	Actor
Mayumi Kamimura	Actor
Sayuri Yoshioka	Actor
Teruko Nakayama	Actor
Motoyuki Higashimura	Actor
Yasuhito Yamanaka	Actor
Haruka Sugata	Actor
Noriko Hayami	Actor
Ayaka Takahashi	Actor,Actor
Yuko Ishiwa	Actor
Sachiko Oguri	Actor
Masayo Mochida	Actor
Miki Kado	Actor
Mika Ikeya	Actor
Sakiko Yamamoto	Actor
Mayumi Ono	Actor
Yumiko Miyata	Actor
Aya Ikaida	Actor
Megumi Hata	Actor
Asako Hirano	Actor
Chika Nishio	Actor
Tomomi Yoshizawa	Actor
Kumiko Ishizuka	Actor
Masumi Yoda	Actor
Hatsue Nishi	Actor
Michiko Kawada	Actor
Machiko Ichihashi	Actor
Yumi Ezaki	Actor
Chika Yamabe	Actor
Mayuko Akashi	Actor
Fujio Tokita	[Village Of The Watermills]
Michio Kida	Actor
Ayako Honma	Actor
Haruko Togo	[Village Of The Watermills]
Reiko Nanao	[Village Of The Watermills]
Shin Tonomura	Actor
Junpei Natsuki	Actor
Shigeo Kato	Actor
Saburo Kadowaki	Actor
Goichi Nagatani	Actor
Shizuko Azuma	Actor
Yoshle Kihira	Actor
Yukie Shimura	Actor
Setsuko Kawaguchi	Actor
Kumeko Otowa	Actor
Machiko Terada	Actor
Harumi Fujii	Actor
Hiroko Okuno	Actor
Mon Ota	Actor
Akitoku Inaba	Actor
Kou Ishikawa	Actor
Tatsunori Tokuhashi	Actor
Yoshiko Maki	Actor,Actor
Ryoko Kawai	Actor
Miyako Kawana	Actor
Miyuki Egawa	Actor
Megumi Sakai	Actor,[Village Of The Watermills]
Yoko Hayashi	Actor
Yuko Matsumura	Actor
Takashi Odajima	[Village Of The Watermills]
Mitsuru Shibuya	Actor
Koichi Imamura	Actor
Wasuke Izumi	Actor
Torauemon Utazawa	Actor
Yukimasa Natori	Actor
Tadashi Okumura	Actor
Kenzo Shirahama	Actor
Masato Goto	Actor
Sumimaro Yochimi	Actor
Junichi Kubozono	Actor
Masami Ozeki	Actor
Yasuyuki Iwanaga	Actor
Akira Tashiro	Actor
Koichi Kase	Actor
Kenji Fujita	Actor
Hiroto Tamura	Actor
Osamu Yayama	[Village Of The Watermills]
Yuji Sawayama	[Village Of The Watermills]
Mitsuji Tsuwako	Actor
Masatoshi Miya	Actor
Maiko Okamoto	Actor
Nana Yamakawa	Actor
Yuka Kojima	Actor
Shizuka Isami	[Village Of The Watermills]
Sayuri Kobayashi	Actor
Masayuki Yui	Member of climbing team [The Blizzard]
Shu Nakajima	Actor
Sakae Kimura	Actor
Shinichir? Ikebe	Composer

Technical Credits

Hisao Kurosawa

Mike Y. Inoue	Producer
Hisao Kurosawa	Producer,Screenwriter
Industrial Light & Magic	Special Effects

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Akira Kurosawa's Dreams - Criterion Collection
1. "Sunshine Through The Rain" [9:02]
2. Field Of Flowers [3:56]
3. "The Peach Orchard" [3:12]
4. Dance Of The Dolls [9:42]
5. "The Blizzard" [10:17]
6. Snow Fairy [8:42]
7. "The Tunnel" [10:03]
8. The Third Platoon [8:11]
9. "Crows" [3:57]
10. Van Gogh [6:19]
11. "Mount Fuji In Red" [7:39]
12. "The Weeping Demon" [13:32]
13. Valley Of The Damned [3:54]
14. "The Village Of The Water Mills" [10:25]
15. Funeral Procession [10:40]
1. Script/Fox Folklore [9:02]
2. Kurosawa's Childhood/Visual Effects [3:56]
3. Doll Festival/Mysterious Girl [3:12]
4. The Imperial Court/Cinematography [9:42]
5. Akira Terao/Slow Motion [10:17]
6. Sound Design/The Legend Of Yuki-onna [8:42]
7. Dogs Of War/Imperial Japanese Army [10:03]
8. Japan's Contested History [8:11]
9. Kurosawa The Painter/Set Design [3:57]
10. Scorsese And Kurosawa [6:19]
11. Nuclear Anxiety/Ishiro Honda [7:39]
12. Fog/Industrial Pollution/Shooting Style [13:32]
13. The John Ford Shot/Social Hierarchy [3:54]
14. Nostalgia/Chishu Ryu [10:25]
15. A Celebration Of Life And Death [10:40]
1. Chapter 1 [5:37]
2. Chapter 2 [7:02]
3. Chapter 3 [6:40]
4. Chapter 4 [8:14]
5. Chapter 5 [5:13]
6. Chapter 6 [6:08]
7. Chapter 7 [5:43]
8. Chapter 8 [3:05]
9. Chapter 9 [4:22]
Disc #2 -- Akira Kurosawa's Dreams - Criterion Collection
1. "Prologue" [3:01]
2. "A Story Of A Human Being" [3:28]
3. "Memory And Creation" [16:22]
4. "Seeing And Representation" [10:22]
5. Van Gogh [9:20]
6. "Bravery And Temptation" [6:55]
7. "Child And Man" [1:37]
8. "Individual And Mass" [1:42]
9. "Genius And Effort" [12:55]
10. "Discovery And Decision" [12:39]
11. A Sixteen-Minute Take [10:36]
12. "Realization Of A Dream" [6:21]
13. "Image And Communication" [16:30]
14. Controlled Chaos On Mount Fiji [12:23]
15. "Wisdom Of Nature" [8:37]
16. Kurosawa Reflects [10:36]
17. "Many Thanks" [1:55]
18. "Epilogue" [5:05]
1. Chapter 1 [16:56]
2. Chapter 2 [:25]
1. Chapter 1 [15:34]
2. Chapter 2 [:27]

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Disc #1 -- Akira Kurosawa's Dreams - Criterion Collection
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