Dreams (1990 film)
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| Directed by |
Akira Kurosawa Ishirō Honda |
| Produced by | Allan H. Liebert Hisao Kurosawa Mike Y. Inoue Seikichi Iizumi Steven Spielberg |
| Written by | Akira Kurosawa |
| Starring |
Akira Terao Martin Scorsese Mitsunori Isaki Chishū Ryū Mieko Harada |
| Music by | Shinichirô Ikebe |
| Cinematography |
Takao Saito Shôji Ueda |
| Edited by | Tome Minami |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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119 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language |
Japanese French English |
| Budget | $12 million |
Dreams ( Yume?, aka Akira Kurosawa's Dreams) is a 1990 magical realism film based on actual dreams that the film's director, Akira Kurosawa, claimed to have had repeatedly. It was his first film in which he was the sole author of the script. It was made five years after Ran, with assistance from George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, and Steven Spielberg, and funded by Warner Bros.
The film was screened out of competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.
The film does not have a single narrative, but is rather episodic in nature, following the adventures of a "surrogate Kurosawa" (often recognizable by his wearing Kurosawa's trademark hat) through eight different segments, or "dreams", each one titled.
There is an old legend in Japan that states that when the sun is shining through the rain, the kitsune (foxes) have their weddings (this is a common theme globally – see sunshower). In this first dream, a boy defies the wish of a woman, possibly his mother, to remain at home during a day with such weather. From behind a large tree in the nearby forest, he witnesses the slow wedding procession of the kitsune. Unfortunately, he is spotted by the foxes and runs. When he tries to return home, the same woman says that a fox had come by the house, leaving behind a tantō knife. The woman gives the knife to the boy, implying that he must commit suicide. The woman asks the boy to go and beg forgiveness from the foxes, although they are known to be unforgiving, refusing to let him in unless he does so. The boy sets off into the mountains, towards the place under the rainbow in search for the kitsune's home.
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