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Dreams

May 11, 1990
119 min
FantasyDrama
7.7/ 10
519 votes

Overview

Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a water-mill utopia—meditate on childhood, art, mortality, and humanity’s uneasy bond with nature.

Ratings & Reviews

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TMDB
7.7/10
519 votes
IMDB
7.7/10
31,366 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
67%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
Not Available
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Media

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Performance & Recognition

Financial performance and accolades

Box Office & Budget

Budget$12,000,000Production cost
Box Office$2,970,161Worldwide gross
Profit-$9,029,839Loss
ROI
-75.2%Return on investment
US Box Office$1,963,207Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

3 wins & 12 nominations total

Details

Production information

"The past, present, and future. The thoughts and images of one man... for all men. One man's dreams... for every dreamer."

Status

Released

Original Language

ja

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue

$2,970,161

Production Companies

Warner Bros. PicturesAkira Kurosawa USA

Cast & Crew

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