I'd have to say
1. Seven Samurai
2. Hidden Fortress
3. Yojimbo
3 is a close tie with Rashomon but Yojimbos just so damn cool!
WATCH "I WAS A TEENAGE ZOMBIE" Excellent B horror/comedy!
1. Ran
2. The Bad Sleep Well
3. Dersu Uzala
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1. Kagemusha
2. Ran
3. Yojimbo
4. Hidden Fortress
5a. Ikuru
5n. Dersu Uzala
Okay, not content with the thread inflating from top3 to top5, I copped-out and snuck-in two at number 5 -- I could put either in as #5. And actually I could imagine seeing #s 1 & 2 easily changing places as well. I also feel badly about not fitting Seven Samurai into the list.
Fortunately it is quite unlikely that I will ever have to make any of these sort of "desert island" choices anyway.
In the interest of full disclosure, the selections may well be influenced by how recently I have viewed the named films -- my list is coincidentally (?) in the order from most recently viewed to the earliest viewing.
1. Ran
2. Throne of Blood
3. Dersu Uzala
4. Hidden Fortress
5. Rashamon
6. Seven Samurai
7. Dreams
8. Sanjuro
9. Yojimbo
Wow..this is really a hard task, narrowing down my favorite directors film to just three...in fact..I just can't do it like...so here my list
1 Seven Samurai
2 tie Ran and Rashomon
3 Yojimbo and Kagemusha
4 Red Beard,Ikiryu, and Stray Dog( and probably Sanjuro..and...aw forget it...
if you are a true fan of cinema, you can start with just about any of his films, especially in this thread and you can't go wrong..IMO
"Never underestimate the power of denial", American Beauty
1. Throne of Blood
2. Hidden Fortress
3. Ikiru
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1. Seven Samurai
2. Yojimbo
3. Rashomon
1. The hidden fortress
2. Throne of blood
3. Rashomon
If we are talking our favorite 3 Kurosawa works, then my answers would be...
1. Yojimbo
2. Sanjuro
3. The Hidden Fortress
Now if we're talking all around which 3 we consider the best (i.e., screenplay, acting, directing)
1. Seven Samurai
2. Yojimbo
3. High and Low
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1. Seven Samurai
2. Rashomon
3. The Hidden Fortress
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I saw it. A thing that was cold and dry. It was me. - La Belle Noiseuse