Akira Kurosawa: Four Recent Restorations
Akira Kurosawa: Four Recent Restorations
December 10, 2025–February 20, 2026
BAMPFA showcases four classics directed by Japanese master Akira Kurosawa—from his searing portrait of modern society Ikiru, to his highly influential works The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo, and High and Low, with Toshiro Mifune in the lead. These films are shown in recent 4K restorations.
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Akira Kurosawa: Yojimbo, 1961
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Akira Kurosawa: High and Low, 1963
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Akira Kurosawa: Ikiru, 1952
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Akira Kurosawa: The Hidden Fortress, 1958
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Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Past Films
High and Low
Akira Kurosawa
Japan, 19634K Digital Restoration
Wednesday, December 10 7 PMView DetailsA kidnapping becomes a moral dilemma for an executive (Toshiro Mifune) in “one of the best detective thrillers ever filmed” (New York Times).
Ikiru
Akira Kurosawa
Japan, 19524K Digital Restoration
Wednesday, December 17 7 PMView DetailsIn Akira Kurosawa’s humanist masterpiece, an ordinary civil servant discovers what it means to live. This Japanese everyman was perhaps Takashi Shimura’s greatest role.
Yojimbo
Akira Kurosawa
Japan, 19614K Digital Restoration
Friday, December 19 7 PMView DetailsToshiro Mifune is a sly, amoral mercenary in a town ruled by killers in Akira Kurosawa’s tongue-in-cheek anti-epic. “A visually faultless and highly sophisticated satire on violence and human weakness” (Sight and Sound).
The Hidden Fortress
Akira Kurosawa
Japan, 19584K Digital Restoration
Saturday, December 20 3 PMView DetailsToshiro Mifune swashbuckles his way through this supremely entertaining samurai adventure, the plot inspiration for Star Wars.
The Hidden Fortress
Akira Kurosawa
Japan, 19584K Digital Restoration
Sunday, January 11 1:30 PMView DetailsToshiro Mifune swashbuckles his way through this supremely entertaining samurai adventure, the plot inspiration for Star Wars.
Ikiru
Akira Kurosawa
Japan, 19524K Digital Restoration
Friday, January 23 4 PMView DetailsIn Akira Kurosawa’s humanist masterpiece, an ordinary civil servant discovers what it means to live. This Japanese everyman was perhaps Takashi Shimura’s greatest role.
High and Low
Akira Kurosawa
Japan, 19634K Digital Restoration
Friday, February 13 4 PMView DetailsA kidnapping becomes a moral dilemma for an executive (Toshiro Mifune) in “one of the best detective thrillers ever filmed” (New York Times).
Yojimbo
Akira Kurosawa
Japan, 19614K Digital Restoration
Friday, February 20 4:30 PMView DetailsToshiro Mifune is a sly, amoral mercenary in a town ruled by killers in Akira Kurosawa’s tongue-in-cheek anti-epic. “A visually faultless and highly sophisticated satire on violence and human weakness” (Sight and Sound).