Hi there. I´have been a fan of Kurosawa*s since college and one of my favorite things about him is his interest in Shakespeare. I am really interested to see how Kurosawa, Shakespeares plays and Japanese culture intersect ( Read more... )

i absolutely adore ikiru!!!!! it made me cry even through the commentary by stephen prince (which i found rather annoying at points; some information was really supurfluous, and didn't pertain to the film at all)! ...while i'm on that; for those that have read "the warrior's camera," "kurosawa" by mitsuhiro yoshimoto is an interesting read, if ( Read more... )

i got yojimbo and sanjuro today! wooohhooooo!!!
btw---i'm doing the paper on the lighting of rashomon and dreams; some interesting things are coming out. maybe i'll talk about it later....

i'm supposed to be doing a paper on kurosawa, but i hate papers--it'll prolly be crap doo ( Read more... )

not a lot of posts here recently...oh well ( Read more... )

I have the release; have been watching it and it's glorious. I don't have time to post a review now, maybe later when I'm not so busy.

If anyone else has it, any thoughts?

Well, IIRC, today was to have been the date that Criterion released the DVD for Ran, so we could all finally see a DVD release that does the film justice. But the website now simply displays the nebulous "Coming Soon" message. Now I don't begrudge Criterion spending the extra time and effort to put out a quality release; that's what that company ( Read more... )

The Bad Sleep Well - coming from Criterion in JanuaryA young executive hunts down his father’s killer in director Akira Kurosawa’s scathing The Bad Sleep Well. Continuing his legendary collaboration with actor Toshiro Mifune, Kurosawa combines elements of Hamlet and American film noir to chilling effect in exposing the corrupt boardrooms of postwar ( Read more... )

Hi! I just joined this community and thought I could write a line to greet other members and share my appreciation for Akira Kurosawa. I only watched three of his movies so far, Akahige (Redbeard), Ran and Shichinin no Samurai (The Seven Samurai) but I hope to have a chance to see more. In particular I would like some help in choosing my fourth ( Read more... )

Has anyone heard about a Kurosawa film that's being done by his son called "Oni"?

I understand its about a blonde samurai, but what else is to it?

Any information?