Kurosawa (2001)
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54% want to see it
(1,183 ratings)
Akira Kurosawa was arguably the most important Japanese filmmaker who ever lived; he was certainly among the most revered and most influential. His award-winning feature Rashomon was one of the first major international successes in Japanese filmmaking, convincing many western cineastes for the… More Akira Kurosawa was arguably the most important Japanese filmmaker who ever lived; he was certainly among the most revered and most influential. His award-winning feature Rashomon was one of the first major international successes in Japanese filmmaking, convincing many western cineastes for the first time that Japan had a national cinema worth investigating, and his subsequent body of work -- including Ikiru, The Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Throne of Blood, Yojimbo, and Ran -- is emotionally rich and esthetically compelling in a way few filmmakers can match. Kurosawa is a documentary which explores the personal and professional lives of this giant of world cinema, including interviews with his friends, family, contemporaries, actors, fellow filmmakers, and noted cinema historians -- and in archival clips, Kurosawa himself. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Adam Low
- Written By
- Adam Low
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama, Television, Art House & International, Special Interest
Unrated,
- Studio
- Wellspring Media Inc.
Critic Reviews
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John A. Nesbit, Old School Reviews
Adam Low's documentary isn't the smooth flowing professional film you'd expect about such a consummate artist, but anyone who appreciates Kurosawa will find plenty to enjoy
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Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
A collection of mildly interesting vignettes about legendary filmmaker Akira Kurosawa that lacks cohesion in a way the master's films never did.
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Cast
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Sam Shepard
as Narrator
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Paul Scofield
as Kurosawa
- James Coburn
- Clint Eastwood
- Shinobu Hashimoto
- Hiromichi Horikawa
- Kon Ichikawa
- Shuichi Kato
- Masahiko Kumada
- Hisao Kurosawa
- Kazuko Kurosawa
- Machiko Kyo
- Tatsuya Nakadai
- Teruyo Nogami
- Steven Prince
- Donald Richie
- Tadao Sato
- Isuzu Yamada
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Akira Kurosawa
as Himself
