They should have won an Oscar

[dew042]

Originally Posted by donoghue

Akira Kurosawa received an honorary oscar and was nominated once in his career, "Ran" 1986. Here's a list of my favorites of his films, I think they all could be considered nomination worthy and many oscar worthy, obviously oscars have traditionally been a "local" affair. If you haven't seen any do yourself a favor and check out one of the classics from the fifties like 7 samurai, hidden fortress, throne of blood, ikiru, rashomon, etc. And if you haven't heard of Toshiro Mifune he probably had one of the best acting careers ever, so he would go on the snubbed list as well.

Rashomon 1950 (won best foreign film oscar)
Ikiru 1952
Seven Samurai 1954
Throne of Blood 1957
The Hidden Fortress 1958
Yojimbo 1961
High & Low 1963
Red Beard 1965
Dersu Uzala 1975 (won best foreign film oscar)
Kagemusha 1980
Ran 1986

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, being that Yojimbo = A Fistful of Dollars, Seven Samurai = The Magnificent Seven, Yojimbo = High Plains Drifter = Last Man Standing and many parts of the original Stars Wars themes, characters, scenes, and imagery were lifted The Hidden Fortress & Yojimbo as well as other Kurosawa films. It shows Kurosawa's mastery of imagery and univeral nature of his work.

Mifune is great as well, very fun to watch.

dew.