Dreams

(1990)Directed by Akira Kurosawa119 min · PGFantasy, Drama
The past, present, and future. The thoughts and images of one man... for all men. One man's dreams... for every dreamer.

Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a water-mill utopia—meditate on childhood, art, mortality, and humanity’s uneasy bond with nature.

Mitsuko Baishoas Mother of 'I'
Toshie Negishias Mother carrying child
Mieko Haradaas The Snow Fairy
Mitsunori Isakias Young I
Yoshitaka Zushias Pvt. Noguchi
Hisashi Igawaas Nuclear Plant Worker
Chosuke Ikariyaas Crying Demon
Chishū Ryūas Old Man
Martin Scorseseas Vincent Van Gogh
Masayuki Yuias Member of Climbing Team
TYTetsuo Yamashitaas Second Lieutenant
Misato Tateas Peach Trees' Fairy
Catherine Cadouas Woman in the Fields
MSMieko Suzukias 'I's Sister
Ryûjirô Oki
Masaaki Sasaki
Shû Nakajimaas Member of Climbing Team
Sakae Kimuraas Member of Climbing Team
Meikyo Yamada