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Dreams

Dreams

The past, present, and future. The thoughts and images of one man... for all men. One man's dreams... for every dreamer.

19907.71h 59m

Overview

Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a water-mill utopia—meditate on childhood, art, mortality, and humanity’s uneasy bond with nature.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Written by Akira Kurosawa
Produced by Mike Y. Inoue, Hisao Kurosawa
Box OfficeBudget: $12.0MRevenue: $3.0M

Top Cast

Akira Terao

Akira Terao

I

Mitsuko Baisho

Mitsuko Baisho

Mother of 'I'

Toshie Negishi

Toshie Negishi

Mother carrying child

Mieko Harada

Mieko Harada

The Snow Fairy

Mitsunori Isaki

Mitsunori Isaki

Young I

T

Toshihiko Nakano

Child I

Yoshitaka Zushi

Yoshitaka Zushi

Pvt. Noguchi

H

Hisashi Igawa

Nuclear Plant Worker

Chosuke Ikariya

Chosuke Ikariya

Crying Demon

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Old Man

Themes & Keywords

life and deathartistvolcanonuclear power plantanthologymagic realismdream worldcatastrophekidsmount fuji, japanambivalentcomplicatedfamiliar

About Dreams

Dreams is a fantasy, drama film released in 1990 exploring themes of life and death, artist, volcano, nuclear power plant, anthology, magic realism. Directed by Akira Kurosawa, it stars Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baisho, Toshie Negishi. Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a water-mill utopia—meditate on childhood, art, mortality, and humanity’s uneasy bond with nature.

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