Dreams (1990 film)

Dreams
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAkira Kurosawa[a]
Written byAkira Kurosawa
Produced by
  • Hisao Kurosawa
  • Mike Y. Inoue
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byTome Minami
Music byShin'ichirō Ikebe
Production
company
Akira Kurosawa USA[3]
Distributed by
Release dates
  • May 11, 1990 (1990-05-11)
(Cannes)
  • August 24, 1990 (1990-08-24)
(US)
Running time
119 minutes[3]
Countries
  • Japan
  • United States[3]
Languages
  • Japanese
  • French
  • English
Budget¥1.5 billion ($12 million)[4]
Box office$2,970,161[5]

Dreams (, Yume)[b] is a 1990 magical realist anthology film of eight vignettes written and directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Akira Terao, Martin Scorsese, Chishū Ryū, Mieko Harada and Mitsuko Baisho. It was inspired by actual recurring dreams that Kurosawa said he had repeatedly.[6] It was his first film in 45 years in which he was the sole author of the screenplay. An international co-production of Japan and the United States, Dreams was made five years after Ran, with assistance from George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, and funded by Warner Bros. The film was screened out of competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival,[7] and has consistently received positive reviews.

Dreams addresses themes such as childhood, spirituality, art, death, and mistakes and transgressions made by humans against nature.

  1. ^ "Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  2. ^ Ryfle, Steve; Godziszewski, Ed (2017). Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 287, 356. ISBN 978-0-81957087-1.
  3. ^ a b c "Akira Kurosawa's Dreams". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  4. ^ Hiatt, Fred (December 28, 1988). "Realization his 'Dreams'". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  5. ^ "Dreams". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  6. ^ Prince, Stephen (1999). The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa. Princeton University Press. p. 303. ISBN 0-691-01046-3.
  7. ^ "Dreams". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 2009-08-08.


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