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77% Critic Match
Dreams
“The past, present, and future. The thoughts and images of one man... for all men. One man's dreams... for every dreamer.”
7.7 / 10• 1990• 1h 59m•PG• Japanese
FantasyDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Akira Terao
I
Lead
Mitsuko Baisho
Mother of 'I'
Toshie Negishi
Mother carrying child
Mieko Harada
The Snow Fairy
Mitsunori Isaki
Young I
TN
Toshihiko Nakano
Child I
Yoshitaka Zushi
Pvt. Noguchi
Hisashi Igawa
Nuclear Plant Worker
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Akira Kurosawa's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Dreams is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
