The past, present, and future. The thoughts and images of one man... for all men. One man's dreams... for every dreamer.
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
Akira Terao Mitsuko Baisho Toshie Negishi Mieko Harada Mitsunori Isaki Toshihiko Nakano Yoshitaka Zushi Hisashi Igawa Chosuke Ikariya Chishū Ryū Martin Scorsese Masayuki Yui Tetsuo Yamashita Misato Tate Catherine Cadou Mieko Suzuki Ryûjirô Oki Masaaki Sasaki Motohiro Toriki Shû Nakajima Masuo Amada Sakae Kimura Meikyo Yamada Tetsu Watanabe Tetsuya Ito Hiroshi Miyasaka Toshiya Ito Takashi Itô Yasuhito Yamanaka Haruka Sugata Noriko Hayami Yûko Ishiwa Sachiko Oguri Fujio Tokita Michio Hino Michio Kida Noriko Honma Haruko Tōgō Reiko Nanao Shin Tonomura Junpei Natsuki Shigeo Katô Saburô Kadowaki Goichi Nagatani Shizuko Azuma Yoshie Kihira Yukie Shimura Setsuko Kawaguchi Kumeko Otowa Masahiko Sakata
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