11 Dec 2023
Koji Yakusho’s Closet Picks
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.
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- Choices
- 7
- Single films
- 7
- Box sets
- 0
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Red Beard | Akira Kurosawa | 1965 |
| 2 |  Ikiru | Akira Kurosawa | 1952 |
| 3 |  Harakiri | Masaki Kobayashi | 1962 |
| 4 |  The Funeral | Juzo Itami | 1984 |
| 5 |  Cure | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | 1997 |
| 6 |  City Lights | Charles Chaplin | 1931 |
| 7 |  Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | 1984 |