Tues 3/9 (ET):
What's On Tonight: TCM SPOTLIGHT: AKIRA KUROSAWA'S 100TH BIRTHDAY
8:00pm Ikiru (1952)
A dying man devotes his last months to building a children's playground.
Cast: Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Kyoko Seki, Makoto Koburi Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-143 mins, TV-14
10:30pm Throne of Blood (1957)
Spurred by his wife and a witch's prediction, a samurai murders his lord to steal the throne.
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-109 mins, TV-14
12:30am Hidden Fortress, The (1958)
In medieval Japan, a samurai fights to sav a feudal lord's daughter from bandits.
Cast: Minoru Chiaki, Susumu Fujita, Kamatari Fujiwara, Toshiko Higuchi Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-139 mins, TV-PG
3:00am Hakuchi (1951)
A former mental patient's romantic involvements lead to tragedy.
Cast: Masayuki Mori, Toshiro Mifune, Setsuko Hara, Takashi Shimura Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-166 mins, TV-PG
3/10 schedule:
3:00am Hakuchi (1951)
A former mental patient's romantic involvements lead to tragedy.
Cast: Masayuki Mori, Toshiro Mifune, Setsuko Hara, Takashi Shimura Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-166 mins, TV-PG
6:00am Lower Depths, The (1957)
An elderly pilgrim tries to help the inhabitants of a Japanese flop house.
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Ganjiro Nakamura, Kyoko Kagawa Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-125 mins, TV-14
Tues 3/16:
What's On Tonight: TCM SPOTLIGHT: AKIRA KUROSAWA'S 100TH BIRTHDAY
8:00pm Bad Sleep Well, The (1960)
A man seeks revenge by marrying the daughter of his father's enemy.
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takeshi Kato, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-151 mins, TV-14
10:45pm High And Low (1963)
Kidnappers mistake a chauffeur's son for the child of a wealthy businessman.
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyoko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-143 mins, TV-14
1:15am Red Beard (1965)
A tough doctor takes a young intern under his wing.
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Terumi Niki Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-185 mins, TV-MA
RED BEARD cost Kurosawa the loss of Mifune, as he required him to keep his beard all throughout the filming, which dragged on for months, & inhibited him from taking other roles.
From the 3/17 schedule:
4:30am I Live In Fear (1955)
An elderly industrialist's fear of nuclear warfare leads his family to accuse him of insanity.
Cast: Kiyomi Mizunoya, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-103 mins, TV-PG
6:15am Scandal (1950)
A tabloid report tries to turn a singing star's friendship with a young artist into an illiciet romance.
Cast: Yoko Katsuragi, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Toshiro Mifune, Noriko Sengoku Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-105 mins, TV-PG
Sunday 3/21 will show two Western adaptations of Kurosawa's films:
The Outrage is an adaptation of Rashamon, which is scheduled for Tues 3/23What's On Tonight: TCM PRIME TIME FEATURE: INSPIRED BY KUROSAWA
8:00pm Outrage, The (1964)
A Mexican bandit's crimes receive wildly different interpretations from four witnesses.
Cast: Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Edward G. Robinson Dir: Martin Ritt BW-96 mins, TV-PG
The Magnificent Seven is an adaptation of The Seven Samurai (for those who did not already know), which is scheduled for Tues 3/23
10:00pm Magnificent Seven, The (1960)
Seven American gunmen hire themselves out to protect a Mexican village from bandits.
Cast: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson Dir: John Sturges C-128 mins, TV-PG
Tues 3/23 (ET):
6:00am Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
A young man struggles to learn the ssence of the martial arts.
Cast: Ryunosuke Tsukigata, Akitake Kono, Shoji Kiyokawa. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-79 mins, TV-PG
7:30am Most Beautiful, The (1944)
Japanese women sacrifice everything for the war effort.
Cast: Takashi Shimura, Ichiro Sugai, Yoko Yaguchi, Takako Irie Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-85 mins, TV-PG
9:00am Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail, The (1945)
In medieval Japan, a feudal lord undertakes a perilous mission to put his brother's soul to rest.
Cast: Denjiro Okochi, Susumu Fujita, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-59 mins, TV-PG
10:00am Sanshiro Sugata Part 2 (1945)
A judo fighter continues his training to prove his superiority to foreign challengers.
Cast: Susumu Fujita, Denjiro Okochi, Akitake Kono, Ryunosuke Tsukigata Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-82 mins, TV-PG
11:30am No Regrets For Our Youth (1946)
A woman flees society after seeing her father and lover destroyed by government oppression.
Cast: Denjiro Okochi, Eiko Miyoshi, Setsuko Hara, Susumu Fujita Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-110 mins, TV-PG
1:30pm One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
An engaged couple tries to enjoy their Sunday holiday without spending any money.
Cast: Midori Ariyama, Chieko Nakakita, Ichiro Sugai, Isao Numasaki Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-110 mins, TV-PG
3:30pm Drunken Angel (1948)
An alcoholic doctor builds a shaky friendship with a dying gangster.
Cast: Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Michiyo Kogure, Chieko Nakakita Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-98 mins, TV-PG
5:30pm Stray Dog (1949)
When a detective's gun is stolen, he tears apart the underworld to get it back.
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi, Shimamura, Keiko Awaji. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-122 mins, TV-PG
What's On Tonight: TCM SPOTLIGHT: AKIRA KUROSAWA'S 100TH BIRTHDAY
8:00pm Rashomon (1950)
In medieval Japan, four people offer conflicting accounts of a rape and murder.
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Takashi Shimura, Masayuki Mori Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-88 mins, TV-PG
9:30pm Seven Samurai (1954)
Japanese villagers hire a team of traveling samurai to defend them against a bandit attack.
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Kuninori Kodo, Yoshio Inaba Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-207 mins, TV-14
See the Western adaptations of Sunday 3/21.
1:00am Yojimbo (1961)
A samurai-for-hire sets the warring factions of a Japanese town against each other.
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Seizaburo Kawazu, Isuzu Yamada Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-111 mins, TV-14
A Fistful Of Dollars is scheduled for April 10th at 4 PM. For those who did not already know, it is based upon Yojimbo.
3:00am Sanjuro (1962)
A wandering samurai recruits younger fighters to help him battle corruption.
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Takashi Shimura, Yuzo Kayama Dir: Akira Kurosawa BW-95 mins, TV-14
Tues 3/30:
What's On Tonight: TCM SPOTLIGHT: AKIRA KUROSAWA'S 100TH BIRTHDAY
8:00pm Dersu Uzala (1975)
A Russian explorer brings the Asiatic hunter who saved his life back to civilization.
Cast: Maksim Munzuk, Yuriy Solomin, M Bichkov, V Khrulev Dir: Akira Kurosawa C-141 mins, TV-PG
10:30pm Kagemusha (1980)
Japanese clansmen force a poor thief to impersonate their dead warlord.
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Kota Yui Dir: Akira Kurosawa C-180 mins, TV-PG
1:45am Ran (1985)
An aging lord's decision to retire brings out the worst in his sons.
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu Dir: Akira Kurosawa C-163 mins
Weds 3/31, the story that inspired Ran:
4:30am King Lear (1971)
An aging king mistakenly exiles the one daughter who loves him and divides his kingdom between the other two.
Cast: Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Cyril Cusack, Susan Engel Dir: Peter Brook BW-138 mins, TV-PG
