“I have never seen one of his flicks. Which is a good one to start with?”
Samurai films:
Seven Samurai
Kagemusha
Rashoman (not really samurai, but off the chart beautiful)
Ran
for a look at his modern take:
Ikiru
Stray Dog
Thank you.
Seven Samurai is a superb two hour historical action film. Unfortunately, Kurosawa only edited it down to a bit over three hours. By all means see it. Good movie. But sluggish.