Dreams (1990)

Original title

夢

Directed by

Ishirō Honda, Akira Kurosawa

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, science fiction film

Country

United States, Japan

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 564 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A series of eight short vignettes based on the director's own dreams. They move through childhood memories, encounters with spirits, and visions of human impact on nature.

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What happens

Dreams (Japanese: 夢, Hepburn: Yume), also known as Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, is a 1990 magical realist anthology film of eight vignettes written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. Inspired by actual recurring dreams that Kurosawa had, it stars Akira Terao, Martin Scorsese, Chishū Ryū, Mieko Harada and Mitsuko Baisho. It was the director's 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, and has consistently received positive reviews. Dreams addresses themes such as childhood, spirituality, art, death, and mistakes and transgressions made by humans against nature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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