Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Takashi Shimura

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.

Runtime

2h 19m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa'...

Runtime

1h 48m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura

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 u...

Runtime

3h 5m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Yūzō Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki

Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.

Runtime

2h 40m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu