Dreams
1990 · Movie · PG · 119 min · ★ 7.7 · 71% critics
Dreams (1990) is made of eight vivid vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dream world, moving between whimsical childhood moments, haunting memories, and surreal visions of art and mortality. It also turns to unsettling fears about war, nuclear nightmares, and humanity’s troubled bond with nature.
Also known as Akira Kurosawa's Dreams · 夢 - Dreams
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Details
- Original title
- 夢
- Years
- 1990
- Release date
- 1990-05-11
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (556 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Dreams if you love surreal, artful storytelling with big themes and striking imagery; Not for you if you want a fast, straightforward plot or prefer more conventional, self-explaining fantasy like The Fall.
Pros: stunning dreamlike visuals; thought-provoking themes; beautiful, varied setpieces | Cons: slow, uneven pacing; confusing, nontraditional storytelling
Themes
- life and death
- artist
- volcano
- nuclear power plant
- anthology
- magic realism
- dream world
- catastrophe
- kids
- mount fuji, japan
- ambivalent
- complicated
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Cast & crew
Akira Terao
as I
Mitsuko Baisho
as Mother of 'I'
Toshie Negishi
as Mother carrying child
Mieko Harada
as The Snow Fairy
Mitsunori Isaki
as Young I
- TN
Toshihiko Nakano
as Child I
Yoshitaka Zushi
as Pvt. Noguchi
Hisashi Igawa
as Nuclear Plant Worker
Chosuke Ikariya
as Crying Demon
Chishū Ryū
as Old Man
Directed by Akira Kurosawa