Genre: Fantasy, Surreal, Fantasy, Society, Ghosts, Experimental, Love, Post-Apocalypse, Supernatural, Monsters
Plot: Akira Kurosawa's DREAMS consists of eight short films based on actual dreams of the director. The first sequence, "Sunshine Through the Rain," features a young boy sneaking off into the forest on a rainy day to watch a procession of enchanted foxes. In "The Peach Orchard," a slightly older boy witnesses tree spirits performing a delicate dance. Weary travelers in "The Blizzard" face the elemental wrath of a snow enchantress, while "The Tunnel" finds a military officer haunted by the ghosts of his dead regiment. In "Crows," an art aficionado literally walks into the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh (played by Martin Scorsese). "Mount Fuji in Red" and "The Weeping Demon" are both fantastical cautionary tales about the hazards of nuclear power. Finally the gentle "Village of the Watermills" brings the film to a quiet, pastoral end.A highly personal project, DREAMS evinces its labor-of-love atmosphere in every sequence. As with all Kurosawa productions, each short film is meticulously designed and beautifully photographed. While many of the middle sequences are eerie and surreal, the first two films and the finale ("Sunshine Through the Rain," "The Peach Orchard," and "Village of the Watermills") are gorgeously lush and serene.
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 | Ishirô Honda
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, Godzilla vs. the Thing, Kingukongu tai Gojira |
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Audition, Akai hashi no shita no nurui mizu, Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku | Mieko Harada
Chaos, Ame agaru, Inuyasha - Kagami no naka no mugenjou | Mitsunori Isaki
Howl's Moving Castle, Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku, Kamyu nante shiranai | | |
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