Kurosawa Restored

Oct. 3–9, 2025

On presenting Kurosawa’s Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1990, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg called him “our greatest living filmmaker” and “one of the few true visionaries ever to work in our medium.”

Akira Kurosawa remains an omnipresent force in the history of cinema, with his influence as visible today as ever. Spike Lee’s Highest to Lowest recently reimagined Kurosawa’s High and Low for a new generation, and here at the JBFC we revisited the original with a special one-week-only run in August.

This fall, we invite you to go even deeper with a five-film retrospective that spans genres and decades, featuring Kurosawa’s two greatest collaborators: Toshiro Mifune, who appears in four of the films, and Takashi Shimura, who appears in all five. Each title reflects a different facet of Kurosawa’s vision, and together they form a rare cinematic event as five restored masterpieces return to the big screen where they belong.

Stray Dog Oct. 3–5, 2025 4K Restoration A bad day gets worse for rookie detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot,…
Rashomon Oct. 3–9, 2025 2K Restoration A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, Rashomon is widely considered one…
Ikiru Oct. 3–8, 2025 4K Restoration One of the greatest achievements by Akira Kurosawa, Ikiru shows the director at his most compassionate—affirming life through an explora­tion of…
The Hidden Fortress Oct. 4–7, 2025 4K Restoration A grand-scale adventure as only Akira Kurosawa could make one, The Hidden Fortress stars the inimitable Toshiro Mifune as a…
Throne of Blood Oct. 4–9, 2025 4K Restoration A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, Throne of Blood, directed by Akira Kurosawa, sets Shakespeare’s definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a ghostly, fog-enshrouded…

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