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View Poll Results: Favorite Kurosawa Film?
Ran
14
13.86%
Ikiru
15
14.85%
Yojimbo
20
19.80%
Rashomon
27
26.73%
Throne Of Blood
8
7.92%
The Hidden Fortress
2
1.98%
Kagemusha
3
2.97%
High & Low
8
7.92%
Stray Dog
1
0.99%
Red Beard
3
2.97%
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Favorite Akira Kurosawa Movie that isn't Seven Samurai?

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Old 11-02-04 | 07:31 PM
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Favorite Akira Kurosawa Movie that isn't Seven Samurai?
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I have to admit I've only seen a hand full of these but for those of you who have seen more then the five that I have which is your favorite?
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Old 11-02-04 | 07:48 PM
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My current favorite is Throne of Blood. It changes every month or so.
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Old 11-02-04 | 07:51 PM
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High and Low, even if you included Seven Samurai.
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Old 11-02-04 | 07:59 PM
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It is usually a toss up between Red Beard and Throne of Blood for me. I haven't seen Kagemusha, though. I'll vote Red Beard.

Throne of Blood is totally great but Red Beard just hits me emotionally. He has so many great movies.
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Old 11-02-04 | 08:09 PM
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i haven't seen 3 of them on the poll, but Rashomon has always been a favorite of mine.
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Old 11-02-04 | 08:23 PM
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Ikiru for me. Plus, "Seven Samurai" has never really scored that well with me.
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Old 11-02-04 | 08:39 PM
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Old 11-02-04 | 08:53 PM
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Yojimbo

Haven't seen Kagemusha yet.
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Old 11-02-04 | 09:38 PM
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Haven't seen quite everything on the list yet, but so far, I would go with YOJIMBO.
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Old 11-02-04 | 09:43 PM
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Haven't seen 'em all, but I'm voting for Yojimbo.
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Old 11-02-04 | 09:44 PM
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All of those are really good, but Ikiru is my favorite.
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Old 11-02-04 | 10:19 PM
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It's a tossup between Stray Dog and Ikiru for me. I showed Stray Dog the love.
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Old 11-02-04 | 10:29 PM
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Having only seen 7 Samurai , Rashomon and Yojimbo .. I would say Yojimbo.
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Old 11-03-04 | 05:57 AM
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I have seen all of them. My favorite is the quirky Do-des Ka-den (sp?). Of your choices, I voted for Rashoman
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Old 11-03-04 | 08:10 AM
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Haven't seen them all, but Yojimbo has always been my favorite.
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Old 11-03-04 | 11:58 AM
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Old 11-03-04 | 12:13 PM
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Of your choices I would go with Ran but Sanjuro is my absolute favorite and most underrated.
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Old 11-03-04 | 02:17 PM
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Of what I've seen, Yojimbo.
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Old 11-03-04 | 03:11 PM
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Of the ones on the list (seen all, most at the movies at one time or another) my favourite would be Throne of Blood.
My favourite all in all might be Dersu Uzala.
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Old 11-03-04 | 03:13 PM
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1. Seven Samurai
2. Ran
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Old 11-03-04 | 03:18 PM
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I've seen everyone numerous times. For sheer rewatchablity and fun it's Yojimbo. For amazing story and emotion it's without a doubt Ikiru.
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Old 11-03-04 | 07:20 PM
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I've always found the light-hearted exuberance of The Hidden Fortress to be very enjoyable. I was also incredibly impressed with his first, the judo movie Sanshiro Sugata. Hopefully someone will come out with a much better print of that one, as the Hong Kong release I"ve got is quite poor.
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Old 11-03-04 | 07:54 PM
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The only other one I've seen is Rashomon, but I really want to see more Kurosawa's films. I have Ikiru, Yojimbo, Ran, Stray Dog, and Throne of Blood in my netflix queue.
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Old 11-03-04 | 08:23 PM
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I chose Ikiru because it is my favorite Kurosawa movie about the 20th century. I enjoy all of the period samurai/epic war titles equally
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Old 11-03-04 | 10:57 PM
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