Harakiri (1962)
Kobayashi's 1962 anti-samurai film. The most ruthless dismantling of bushido ever committed to film.
Foreign MoviesKobayashi's 1962 anti-samurai film. The most ruthless dismantling of bushido ever committed to film.
Crime
Foreign MoviesKurosawa's 1957 Macbeth set in feudal Japan. The arrow finale is among the most committed practical-effects sequences ever filmed.
EpicKurosawa's 1985 King Lear in feudal Japan. Three-hour battle epic with armies of 1,400 extras.
Foreign MoviesKurosawa's 1961 samurai-noir. Mifune as the masterless ronin who plays two factions against each other.
DramaBondarchuk's 1966-67 Soviet seven-hour Tolstoy adaptation. The most expensive production in Soviet cinema history.
DramaDreyer's 1928 silent French religious drama. Considered by many the greatest performance ever filmed.
DramaEustache's 1973 French three-and-a-half-hour relationship drama. Post-1968 disillusionment captured in continuous long takes.
CrimeKurosawa's 1950 film that gave English the word for unreliable narrative. Four versions of one crime, each true, each false.
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