Criterion Celebrates Akira Kurosawa's Birthday By Making 24 of His Films Available Free-of-Charge on Hulu (through March 24)

[MB: Kurosawa fans -- tomorrow is the great filmmaker's birthday and to celebrate Criterion has made all 24 of his films that they have released available on Hulu to non-subscribers for free (ends sunday). For my students, watch one and report back to me with your response -- I'll give you extra credit.]

Celebrate Akira Kurosawa’s March 23 birthday with Hulu and the Criterion Collection. Until midnight on Sunday, all twenty-four of the legendary Japanese director’s films on Hulu are free of charge to nonsubscribers (with commercial interruptions, and only in the U.S.). It’s a great opportunity to watch both the iconic classics, like Rashomon, Seven Samurai, and Yojimbo, and lesser-known but enormously moving gems such as No Regrets for Our Youth, One Wonderful Sunday, and Dodes’ka-den. Also available is Kurosawa’s beautiful final film, Madadayo, not on Criterion Blu-ray or DVD.

Criterion: Kurosawa on Hulu