Akira Kurosawa

The IMDB Top 100 Films – #5 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

I started writing a short history for each of the Top 100 films on the American Film Institutes list, and…

2 weeks ago

Reality and Identity in Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams

What is a dream? Some might call it a reflection of one's subconscious. Others might call it a deep seeded…

4 weeks ago

The Great Akira Kurosawa’s Samurai Epics

Akira Kurosawa was born on March 23, 1910 to the descendents of a samurai family, with seven brothers and sisters.…

2 months ago

Akira Kurosawa’s Ran is Given the Criterion Collection Treatment

Ran is Kurosawa's last masterpiece from a man who made many. He made three more films afterwards, but none came…

3 months ago

Akira Kurosawa’s Rashmon: A Comparison Between the Groundbreaking Film and Short Story

Akira Kurosawa's classic Rashamon is loosely based on two short stories by Ryuonsuke Akutagawa. The main story of the film…

4 months ago

Movie Review – Rashomon (1950)

Turner Classic Movies recently presented the classic film Rashomon, a Japanese psychological drama directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film is…

9 months ago

Sean Penn Defends Father on 65th Anniversary of Hollywood Blacklist

On the 65th anniversary of the Hollywood blacklist, Sean Penn wrote an article for The Hollywood Reporter discussing his blacklisted…

3 years ago

‘Hara-Kiri’ and Other Must-See Samurai Films from Past and Present

Takashi Miike, Japanese director of several cult and horror films such as "Ichi the Killer," has taken an old samurai…

3 years ago

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