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Release year: 1990

Storyline

A collection of tales based upon eight of director Akira Kurosawa's recurring dreams.

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Cast

Akira Terao — I
Mitsuko Baishō — Mother of 'I'
Toshie Negishi — Mother carrying child
Mieko Harada — The Snow Fairy

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Did you know

• Akira 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.

• The house in the "Sunshine Through the Rain" sequence is a reproduction of Akira Kurosawa's childhood home in Koshikawa, complete with a nameplate that reads KUROSAWA.

• Akira Kurosawa had envisioned the role of Vincent van Gogh being portrayed by Martin Scorsese when he first wrote it, based on his first meeting with him seven years earlier.