8º – Drunken Angel (Akira Kurosawa, 1948)
Working under the relationship of an irascible physician and a young man inconclusive with tuberculosis, ‘Drunken Angel’ shows how the human psychic apparatus sometimes needs an instance, often unlikely, to bring about change in an erratic structure. Allocated in the beginning of the race of Akira Kurosawa, this film exemplifies in the best way some of the elements that the Japanese would come to use in the course of his filmography.
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7º – Dodes’ka-den (Akira Kurosawa, 1970)
We have here a film about life in all its scopes. There are 140 minutes of characters disintegrating inserted in an ungrateful social reality, often impossible to live, showing their ways of conducting their daily lives and habits. Undoubtedly, the most touching film in Kurosawa’s filmography.
6º – Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
In medieval Japan, after a tyrant retires and leaves the reign for his three children, we will see how the figure of power corrupts the essence of the individual, making them turn against their own family. Masterfully led by Akira Kurosawa, ‘Ran’ uses his almost three-hour duration to absorb the viewer into the plot, working with constructions of impeccable scenes.
5º – Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
The resolution of the murder investigation of a samurai hangs in the shadows. It is up to the witnesses and accused to count the unevenness of the fateful afternoon of the murder. Short and dynamic, ‘Rashomon’ uses temporal lapses and a game of deceptions that will put the viewer to judge who are the perpetrators and victims present in the plot.
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