Akira Kurosawa 100th Anniversary

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"Dreams" is indeed really good as is "Rapsody in August". AK made a number of other films that were not period dramas. Most of these are indeed excellent.

These include "Drunken Angel", "The bad sleep well" and "i live in fear", "Dersu Urzala" as well as his final piece "madadayo".

His greatest flop "dodeskaden" is regarded as the one of his films not really worth it, although the very fact makes me really curious to see it. It estranged him from japanese studios and also took a toll on him personally as it resulted in a suicide attempt and several years of depression and inactivity.