Dreams movie storyline. This is essentially eight separate short films, though with some overlaps in terms of characters and thematic material – chiefly that of man’s relationship with his environment.
‘Sunshine Through The Rain’: a young boy is told not to go out on the day when both weather conditions occur, because that’s when the foxes hold their wedding procession, which could have fatal consequences for those who witness it. ‘The Peach Orchard’: the same young boy encounters the spirits of the peach trees that have been cut down by heartless humans. ‘The Blizzard’: a team of mountaineers are saved from a blizzard by spiritual intervention.
The past, present, and future. The thoughts and images of one man… for all men. One man’s dreams… for every dreamer.
‘The Tunnel’: a man encounters the ghosts of an army platoon, whose deaths he was responsible for. ‘Crows’: an art student encounters ‘Vincent Van Gogh’ and enters the world of his paintings. ‘Mount Fuji in Red’: nuclear meltdown threatens the devastation of Japan. ‘The Weeping Demon’: a portrait of a post-nuclear world populated by human mutations. ‘Village of the Windmills’: A young man finds himself entering a peaceful, stream-laden village. The traveler meets an old, wise man who is fixing a broken watermill wheel.
Dreams (aka Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams) is a 1990 magical realism film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. It was inspired by actual dreams that Kurosawa claimed to have had repeatedly. It was his first film in 45 years on which he was the sole author of the screenplay. 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.
Dreams (1990)
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baishô, Toshie Negishi, Mieko Harada, Mitsunori Isaki, Toshihiko Nakano, Yoshitaka Zushi, Hisashi Igawa, Chôsuke Ikariya
Screenplay by: Akira Kurosawa
Production Design by: Yoshirô Muraki, Akira Sakuragi
Cinematography by: Takao Saitô, Shôji Ueda
Film Editing by: Tome Minami
Costume Design by: Emi Wada
Set Decoration by: Kôichi Hamamura
Art Direction by: Yoshirô Muraki, Akira Sakuragi
Music by: Shinichirô Ikebe
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: May 11, 1990
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