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Dreams ()

Yume (original title)
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A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.

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Akira Terao ...
I
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Mother of 'I'
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Mother carrying child
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The Snow Fairy
Mitsunori Isaki ...
'I' as a boy
Toshihiko Nakano ...
'I' as a young child
Yoshitaka Zushi ...
Pvt. Noguchi
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Nuclear Plant Worker
Chôsuke Ikariya ...
The crying demon
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Old Man
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Vincent Van Gogh
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Member of climbing team
Tessho Yamashita ...
Second Lieutenant
Misato Tate ...
Peach Trees' Fairy (segment "The Peach Orchard")
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A woman in the fields (segment "Crows")
Mieko Suzuki ...
'I's sister
Mugita Endo
Ryûjirô Oki
Masaru Sakurai
Masaaki Sasaki
Keiki Takenouchi
Motohiro Toriki ...
(as Kento Toriki)
Shû Nakajima ...
Member of climbing team
Tokuju Masuda
Masuo Amada
Sakae Kimura ...
Member of climbing team
Shogo Tomomori
Ryo Nagasawa
Akisato Yamada
Ken Takemura
Tetsuya Itô
Shôichirô Sakata
Naoto Shigemizu
Hiroshi Miyasaka
Yasuhiro Kajimoto
Makoto Hasegawa
Nagamitsu Satake
Satoshi Hara
Yasushige Turuoka
Shigeru Edaki
Hideharu Takeda
Katsumi Naito
Masaaki Enomoto
Norio Takei
Eiji Iida
Koji Kanda
Hideto Aota
Kazue Nakanishi
Rika Miyasawa
Mika Edaki
Mayumi Kamimura
Sayuri Yoshioka
Teruko Nakayama
Sachiko Nakayama
Toshiya Ito
Takashi Ito
Motoyuki Higashimura
Yasuhito Yamanaka
Haruka Sugata
Noriko Hayami
Ayaka Takahashi
Yûko Ishiwa
Sachiko Oguri
Masayo Mochida
Miki Kado
Mika Ikeya
Sakiko Yamamoto
Mayumi Ono
Yumiko Miyata
Aya Ikaida
Megumi Hata
Asako Hirano
Chika Nishio
Yuko Harada
Tomomi Yoshizawa
Kumiko Ishizuka
Masumi Yoda
Hatsue Nishi
Michiko Kawada
Machiko Ichihashi
Yumi Ezaki
Chika Yamabe
Mayuko Akashi
Fujio Tohita
Michio Hino
Michio Kida
Haruko Tôgô
Reiko Nanao
Shin Tonomura
Junpei Natsuki
Shigeo Katô
Saburô Kadowaki
Goichi Nagatani
Shizuko Azuma
Yoshie Kihira
Yukie Shimura
Setsuko Kawaguchi
Kumeko Otowa
Machiko Terada
Umiko Takahashi
Harumi Fujii
Hiroko Okuno
Mon Ota
Akitoku Inaba
Kou Ishikawa
Tatsunori Tokuhashi
Yoshiko Maki
Hiroko Maki
Ryoko Kawai
Miyako Kawana
Miyuki Egawa
Megumi Sakai
Yôko Hayashi
Yuko Matsumura
Takashi Odashima
Mitsuru Shibuya
Kôichi Imamura
Wasuke Izumi
Sachio Sakai
Torauemon Utazawa
Yukimasa Natori
Tadashi Okumura
Kenzo Shirahama
Masato Goto
Sumimaro Yochimi
Masami Ozeki
Yasuyuki Iwanaga
Akira Tashiro
Koichi Kase
Kenji Fujita
Hiroto Tamura
Osamu Yayama
Yûji Sawayama
Mitsuji Tsuwako
Masatoshi Miya
Maiko Okamoto
Nana Yamakawa
Yuka Kojima
Shizuka Isami
Mai Watanabe
Sayuri Kobayashi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ayako Honua

Directed by

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Akira Kurosawa
Ishirô Honda ... (segments "The Tunnel", "Mount Fuji in Red", prologue and epilogue of "The Weeping Demon") (uncredited)

Written by

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Akira Kurosawa ... (written by)
 
Ishirô Honda ... (written by) (uncredited)

Produced by

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Seikichi Iizumi ... associate producer
Mike Y. Inoue ... producer
Hisao Kurosawa ... producer
Allan H. Liebert ... associate producer
Steven Spielberg ... executive producer: international version

Music by

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Shinichirô Ikebe

Cinematography by

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Takao Saitô
Shôji Ueda

Editing by

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Tome Minami

Editorial Department

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Hideto Aga ... assistant editor
Noriko Meharu ... negative cutter
Tome Minami ... negative cutter
Yôsuke Yafune ... assistant editor
Ryûsuke Ôtsubo ... assistant editor

Production Design by

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Yoshirô Muraki
Akira Sakuragi

Art Direction by

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Yoshirô Muraki
Akira Sakuragi

Set Decoration by

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Kôichi Hamamura

Costume Design by

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Emi Wada

Makeup Department

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Tameyuki Aimi ... makeup artist
Yumiko Fujii ... hair stylist
Yamada Katsura ... hair stylist / wigs
Sakai Nakao ... hair stylist
Norio Sano ... makeup artist
Shoshichiro Ueda ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Masahiko Kumada ... unit manager
Kunio Niwa ... unit manager
Teruyo Nogami ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Vittorio Dalle Ore ... assistant director
Kiyoharu Hayano ... assistant director
Ishirô Honda ... assistant director
Takashi Koizumi ... chief assistant director
Naohito Sakai ... assistant director
Tsuyoshi Sugino ... assistant director
Toru Tanaka ... assistant director
Okihiro Yoneda ... assistant director

Art Department

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Kyôko Heya ... art assistant
Nami Ishida ... props
Yoshiaki Kawai ... props
Noriyuki Kondo ... art assistant
Satoshi Ota ... props
Yasuyoshi Ototake ... art assistant
Yuzuru Sakai ... props
Kazuharu Tsuboi ... set constructor
Ichiro Utsuki ... set constructor

Sound Department

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Kenichi Benitani ... sound
Soichi Inoue ... sound assistant
Noriaki Minami ... sound assistant
Ichirô Minawa ... sound effects editor
Masatoshi Saitô ... sound effects editor
Masahito Yano ... sound assistant

Special Effects by

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Mark Sullivan ... special effects supervisor
Peter Takeuchi ... special effects producer
Michael Meier ... pyrotechnician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Barbara Affonso ... model supervisor
Jon Alexander ... optical camera operator: ILM
Jil-Sheree Bergin ... visual effects coordinator: ILM
Barbara Brennan ... rotoscope artist: ILM
Charlie Canfield ... matte camera operator: ILM
Jo Carson ... matte camera operator: ILM
Wade Childress ... matte camera operator: ILM
Terry Chostner ... visual effects camera operator
Susan Adele Colletta ... post-production coordinator: ILM
Michael Cooper ... optical line-up
Jonathan Crowe ... matte assistant: ILM
Jeff Doran ... optical camera operator: ILM
Selwyn Eddy ... visual effects camera operator (as Selwyn Eddy III)
John Gazdik ... visual effects camera operator: ILM
Brian Gernand ... model maker: ILM
Michael Gleason ... visual effects editor: ILM
Reuben Goldberg ... pyro technician: ILM
Caroleen Green ... matte painter: ILM
Mutsuhiro Harada ... photo composite processing
Robert Hill ... visual effects camera operator: ILM
Takabuni Hirata ... optical camera operator: Den Film Special Effects Unit
Peg Hunter ... visual effects optical lineup: ILM
Paul Huston ... matte camera operator: ILM
Mikio Inoue ... photo composite processing
Brad Jerrell ... head electrician: ILM
Randy Jonsson ... visual effects camera operator: ILM (as Randy Johnson)
David Karpman ... visual effects optical lineup: ILM
Takashi Kawabata ... optical photographer: Den-Film Special Effects Unit
Takashi Kobayashi ... optical photographer: Den-Film Special Effects Unit
Marghi McMahon ... model maker: ILM
Taksuhiro Miyaguchi ... matte painter: Den Film Special Effects Unit
Michihisa Miyashige ... visual effects: Den Film Special Effects Unit
Craig Mohagen ... cloud tank: ILM
Tim Morgan ... electrician: ILM
Nancy Morita ... assistant matte camera operator: ILM
Claudia Mullaly ... visual effects art director: ILM
Dave Murphy ... electrician: ILM
Minoru Nakano ... visual effects: Den-Film Special Effects Unit
Makato Negishi ... optical camera operator: Den-Film Special Effects Unit
Lori J. Nelson ... visual effects optical lineup: ILM
Randy Ottenberg ... model maker: ILM
Ken Ralston ... visual effects supervisor
Chuck Ray ... chief pyro technician: ILM (as Charles Ray)
Thomas Rosseter ... visual effects optical lineup: ILM
Wesley Seeds ... model maker: ILM
Eben Stromquist ... model maker: ILM
Mark Sullivan ... visual effects supervisor
Akio Suzuki ... photo composite processing
Yoshiya Takahashi ... photo composite processing
Peter Takeuchi ... visual effects producer
Yusef Useugi ... matte painter: ILM
Bruce Vecchitto ... optical supervisor
Jeffrey Bassetti ... vfx intern (uncredited)
Joanne Bloomfield ... model builder (uncredited)
Richard Brooks Burton ... high speed camera technician (uncredited)
Warren Franklin ... Group VP ILM (uncredited)
Greg Maloney ... optical lineup: ILM (uncredited)
Jim Morris ... senior staff: ILM (uncredited)
Kim Smith ... model maker; miniature unit (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Yukio Choya ... lighting technician
Hisanori Furukawa ... lighting technician
Daizaburo Harada ... still photographer
Hiroshi Hattori ... assistant camera
Yuichi Horita ... grip
Hidehiro Igarashi ... assistant camera
Miyanobu Inori ... lighting technician
Hideko Ioka ... lighting technician
Hiroshi Ishida ... assistant camera
Tadatoshi Kitagawa ... lighting technician
Hiroyuki Kitazawa ... assistant camera
Mitsu Kondo ... assistant camera
Kenzo Masuda ... lighting rigger
Kosuke Matsushima ... assistant camera
Isamu Miwano ... grip
Makoto Sano ... lighting technician
Tetsuo Sawada ... lighting technician
Yoshinori Sekiguchi ... assistant camera
Sadanu Takahara ... grip
Yukio Tanaka ... lighting rigger
Satoshi Tsuyuki ... grip
Kazushi Watanabe ... assistant camera
Toshirô Watanabe ... assistant camera (as Toshio Watanabe)
Isao Yasui ... lighting technician
Hiromasa Yonahara ... lighting technician
Takeji Sano ... gaffer (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Yusunori Suzuki ... casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Akira Fukuda ... wardrobe
Kazuko Kurosawa ... wardrobe
Yoko Nagano ... wardrobe
Mitsuru Otsuka ... wardrobe

Location Management

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Magosaka Osada ... location supervisor
Shizuo Osada ... location supervisor

Music Department

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Ikudo Endo ... musician: piano

Transportation Department

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Toru Ikegaki ... transportation
Masahara Komatsuki ... transportation
Yasuhisa Serizawa ... transportation
Takashi Takei ... transportation
Kimihiko Tsurugaya ... transportation
Keisuke Utsumi ... transportation

Additional Crew

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Kazutami Hara ... photography collaborator
Michiyo Hata ... choreographer
Yasuhiko Higashi ... production publicity
Ishirô Honda ... creative consultant
Shushin Hosoya ... production assistant
Hiroko Idetsu ... production accountant
Tadao Kanzeki ... mountain climbing advisor
Tetsuji Maezawa ... coordinator: HDTV
Shuji Matsumoto ... production accountant
Tokiko Mochizuki ... dance instructor
Tonio Onata ... ebr processing
Donald Richie ... subtitler
Satoshi Shimozawa ... production assistant
Tadashi Shishido ... subtitler
Izuhiko Suehiro ... production coordinator
Takaya Takizawa ... ebr processing
Kazutoshi Wadakura ... production assistant
Crew believed to be complete

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

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 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 Watermills': a sunny portrait of a village whose population is entirely at one with nature. Written by Michael Brooke

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Taglines The past, present, and future. The thoughts and images of one man... for all men. One man's dreams... for every dreamer. See more »
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Also Known As
  • 夢 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Dreams (United States)
  • Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (United States)
  • Dreams (World-wide, English title)
  • Dreams (Canada, English title)
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Runtime
  • 119 min
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Budget $12,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Kurosawa had trouble getting financing from studios in Japan, blaming much on the political nature of his criticism of nuclear power in the film. He sent a copy of his script to Steven Spielberg, who liked it, and helped get a deal for the film through Warner Bros. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità (2022). See more »
Soundtracks In the Village See more »
Quotes Old Man: Some say life is hard, but that is just talk. It is good to be alive, it is exciting!
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