Koji Yakusho
December 2023
The legendary actor shares his love for the Akira Kurosawa classics Red Beard and Ikiru, recalls how Tatsuya Nakadai was his teacher when he first began acting, admires the visual storytelling of City Lights, and shouts out his latest collaborator, Wim Wenders.
7 picks
Picks (7)
Red Beard
Akira Kurosawa
1965 • Japan • 3h 5m
Ikiru
Akira Kurosawa
1952 • Japan • 2h 23m
Harakiri
Masaki Kobayashi
1962 • Japan • 2h 15m
The Funeral
Juzo Itami
1984 • Japan • 2h 5m
Cure
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
1997 • Japan • 1h 51m
City Lights
Charles Chaplin
1931 • United States • 1h 27m
Paris, Texas
Wim Wenders
1984 • Germany • 2h 25m