- Films
- 30
- Avg rating
- 7.54
- Peak run
- 1960’65
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes
Akira by the numbers
Average
7.54
30 rated films
Vote weighted
7.63
bigger films count more
Median
7.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.71
rating spread
Career
51y
1943 to 1993
Total votes
1.5M
across every film
Best
8.6
Seven Samurai
Worst
6.7
Sanshiro Sugata
Newest first
Filmography
| 1993 | Madadayo | 7.3 | 6,855 |
| 1991 | Rhapsody in August | 7.2 | 8,385 |
| 1990 |  Dreams | 7.7 | 33,432 |
| 1985 |  Ran | 8.2 | 155K |
| 1980 |  Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior | 7.9 | 41,457 |
| 1975 |  Dersu Uzala | 8.2 | 36,960 |
| 1970 | Dodes'ka-den | 7.3 | 8,494 |
| 1965 |  Red Beard | 8.3 | 23,851 |
| 1963 |  High and Low | 8.4 | 73,906 |
| 1962 |  Sanjuro | 8.0 | 43,885 |
| 1961 |  Yojimbo | 8.2 | 145K |
| 1960 |  The Bad Sleep Well | 7.9 | 15,781 |
| 1958 |  The Hidden Fortress | 8.0 | 46,514 |
| 1957 | The Lower Depths | 7.2 | 6,527 |
| 1957 |  Throne of Blood | 8.0 | 61,103 |
| 1955 | I Live in Fear | 7.3 | 6,260 |
| 1954 |  Seven Samurai | 8.6 | 407K |
| 1952 |  Ikiru | 8.3 | 104K |
| 1951 | The Idiot | 7.1 | 6,336 |
| 1950 |  Rashomon | 8.1 | 199K |
Better together?
Akira Kurosawa's regulars
- Toshirō MifuneDirector and actor · 16 films · 7.81 avg▲+0.32
- Takashi ShimuraDirector and actor · 15 films · 7.48 avg▲+0.10
- Hideo OguniWriter · 12 films · 7.96 avg▲+0.53
- Asakazu NakaiCinematographer · 11 films · 7.95 avg
- Ryûzô KikushimaWriter · 9 films · 7.98 avg▲+0.51
- Takao SaitôCinematographer · 9 films · 7.81 avg
- Masaru SatōComposer · 8 films · 8.00 avg
- Shinobu HashimotoWriter · 7 films · 7.94 avg▲+0.31
- Fumio HayasakaComposer · 7 films · 7.81 avg
- Minoru ChiakiDirector and actor · 6 films · 7.82 avg▲+0.26
- Tatsuya NakadaiDirector and actor · 5 films · 8.14 avg▲+0.61
- Shôji UedaCinematographer · 5 films · 7.66 avg
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Akira Kurosawa
2 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonHonorary Award · Academy Awards 1990Akira Kurosawa
- NominatedBest Director · Academy Awards 1986Akira Kurosawa
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