Filmography from Akira Kurosawa

Director :

Kumonosu-jô, Akira Kurosawa, 1957
A transposition of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' to medieval Japan. After a great military victory, Lords Washizu and Miki are lost in the dense Cobweb Forest, where they meet a mysterious old woman who predicts great things for Washizu and even greater things for Miki's descendants. Once out of the forest, Washizu and Miki are immediately promoted by the Emperor. Washizu, encouraged by his ambitious wife, plots to make even more of the prophecy come...

Writer :

Per un pugno di dollari, Sergio Leone (as Bob Robertson), 1964
A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge....

Kumonosu-jô, Akira Kurosawa, 1957
A transposition of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' to medieval Japan. After a great military victory, Lords Washizu and Miki are lost in the dense Cobweb Forest, where they meet a mysterious old woman who predicts great things for Washizu and even greater things for Miki's descendants. Once out of the forest, Washizu and Miki are immediately promoted by the Emperor. Washizu, encouraged by his ambitious wife, plots to make even more of the prophecy come...