Tagged Akira Kurosawa

High and Low/Tengoku to jigoku (1963 Japan 143 mins) Source: ACMI Collections Prod Co: Toho Prod: Ryozu Kikushima, Tomayuki Tanaka Dir: Akira Kurosawa Scr: Eijiro Hisaita, Ryozu Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa...

At the outset of this introduction to the films of Akira Kurosawa, I want to raise the issue of cross-cultural viewing or 'reception'. I am not Japanese. And, furthermore, I do not speak or read Japanese. I...

Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai, 1954 Japan 200mins) Source: Heritage Films Prod Co: Toho Prod: Shojiro Motoko Dir: Akira Kurosawa Scr: Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni & Kurosawa Phot: Asakazu Nak...