Kurosawa Akira: Films of Love and Justice

A scene from Rashōmon, with Mifune Toshirō playing the bandit and Kyō Machiko the samurai’s wife. (© Kyōdō)

Shimura Takashi plays the section chief character in Ikiru. (© Kyōdō)

Mifune Toshirō (left) and Shimura Takashi (right) star in Seven Samurai. (© Kyōdō)

Kurosawa Akira in 1985. (© Jiji)