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22 Mar 2010 @ 9:10 PM
By now you have heard that the great Akira Kurosawa would have turned 100 on Tuesday, the 23th. No better way to celebrate the day than by tuning into TCM.
It’s Kurosawa all day. A great way to catch up on some classics. (All times ET.)
Happy 100!
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Sanshiro Sugata (1943)  A young man struggles to learn the ssence of the martial arts. Cast: Sugisaku Aoyama, Susumu Fujita, Denjiro Okochi, Takashi Shimura Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-79 mins, TV-PG |
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Most Beautiful, The (1944)  Japanese women sacrifice everything for the war effort. Cast: Takashi Shimura, Ichiro Sugai, Yoko Yaguchi, Takako Irie Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-85 mins, TV-PG |
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Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail, The (1945) In medieval Japan, a feudal lord undertakes a perilous mission to put his brother’s soul to rest. Cast: Denjiro Okochi, Susumu Fujita, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-59 mins, TV-PG |
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Sanshiro Sugata Part 2 (1945) A judo fighter continues his training to prove his superiority to foreign challengers. Cast: Susumu Fujita, Denjiro Okochi, Akitake Kono, Ryunosuke Tsukigata Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-82 mins, TV-PG |
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No Regrets For Our Youth (1946) A woman flees society after seeing her father and lover destroyed by government oppression. Cast: Denjiro Okochi, Eiko Miyoshi, Setsuko Hara, Susumu Fujita Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-110 mins, TV-PG |
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One Wonderful Sunday (1947) An engaged couple tries to enjoy their Sunday holiday without spending any money. Cast: Midori Ariyama, Chieko Nakakita, Ichiro Sugai, Isao Numasaki Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-109 mins, TV-PG |
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Drunken Angel (1948) An alcoholic doctor builds a shaky friendship with a dying gangster. Cast: Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Michiyo Kogure, Chieko Nakakita Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-98 mins, TV-PG |
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Short Film: One Reel Wonders: Dogs ‘N Ducks (1953) BW-10 mins |
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Stray Dog (1949) When a detective’s gun is stolen, he tears apart the underworld to get it back. Cast: Takashi Shimura, Ko Kimura, Toshiro Mifune, Keiko Awaji Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-122 mins, TV-PG |
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Rashomon (1950) In medieval Japan, four people offer conflicting accounts of a rape and murder. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Takashi Shimura, Masayuki Mori Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-88 mins, TV-PG |
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Seven Samurai (1954)  Japanese villagers hire a team of traveling samurai to defend them against a bandit attack. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Kuninori Kodo, Yoshio Inaba Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-207 mins, TV-14 |
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Yojimbo (1961) A samurai-for-hire sets the warring factions of a Japanese town against each other. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Seizaburo Kawazu, Isuzu Yamada Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-111 mins, TV-14 |
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Sanjuro (1962) A wandering samurai recruits younger fighters to help him battle corruption. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Takashi Shimura, Yuzo Kayama Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-96 mins, TV-14 |
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