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Akira Kurosawa's Dreams Actors: Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baisho Directors: Ishirô Honda, Akira Kurosawa Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Format: Color, Widescreen Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Running Time: 120 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Region Code: 1 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2003-03-18 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 109 Average rating: 4.5 "Contemplation" After reading the video cover I wondered how one man can sum up our dreams, but Akira Kurosawa sums up our worried dreams (if not all dreams are worries). There is a visionary visual glimpse into what might happen with our nuclear situation, with demons feeding off each other and realistical portrail of horrific chemicals. Childish innocence is shown in the opening 'dream', man's strife and wars are visual treats along with Martin Scorsese as Vincent Van Gogh. But Kurosawa does not leave the train of thought unfinished. He shows us an idelic simple living that makes surprising sense but it is something moderns will have difficulty swallowing. As in early Kurosawa films the stories are there leaving us to wonder but his last works are visual contemplations of this hellish world. The lack of conversations may leave some fidgeting but look beyond smallness and understand. "5 star movie, 1 star for the lack of DVD" This review crits the lack of a DVD version of this movie. DVD and digital projectors blow away both TV and HDTV. After using a digital projector w/DVD player, and seeing super high-res picture on a 4x8' screen in my living room, there's no way I can go back to VHS and TV. So where's the DVD for one of my favorite movies? They can transfer everything of Kurosawa's except this masterpiece? Let's get with the program. -- JJ "A dream come true" This movie features some of the most beautiful images I have ever viewed, in a movie or otherwise. Kurasawa is a genius, not only as a storyteller but as an illustrator. The movie is like a book of your favorite short stories collected together for the first time, and you can't take your eyes from the screen. Elusive and emotional, this movie is a masterpiece in every aspect. "Fantastic" An untouchable visual feast. It's a unbelievable that this film is not available on DVD!! "All I Can Say Is" The Most Beautifuly Shot Film and it's not on DVD!! What A Shame! I see all of these horrible B movies put Out on DVD and Films like this, NOTHING....???????????