Fantasy · Drama

Dreams

Directed byAkira Kurosawa

1990 · 1h 59m · Kijkwijzer 12

Synopsis

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

Cast

  • Akira TeraoI
  • Mitsuko BaishoMother of 'I'
  • Toshie NegishiMother carrying child
  • Mieko HaradaThe Snow Fairy
  • Mitsunori IsakiYoung I
  • Toshihiko NakanoChild I
  • Yoshitaka ZushiPvt. Noguchi
  • Hisashi IgawaNuclear Plant Worker
  • Chosuke IkariyaCrying Demon
  • Chishū RyūOld Man
  • Martin ScorseseVincent Van Gogh
  • Masayuki YuiMember of Climbing Team

Crew