Now we have "Kakushi Toride no San Akunin: The Last Princess," which is based on the 1958 Kurosawa film known internationally as "The Hidden Fortress" that was an inspiration for George Lucas's "Star Wars." Instead of another homage, however, director... ...full story at Japan Times
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| 18 Dec 08 |
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Tokyo Sonata (2009) HD Trailer »
YouTube video Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Cast: Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyoko Koizumi, Yu Koyanagi
Release: March 13, 2009 Upscale Font Tokyo Sonata is a portrait of a seemingly ordinary Japanese family. The... |
| 24 Jan 08 |
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Screen Test » Notes from the Nog The other night, I was asked whether I prefer Ozu or Kurosawa. I'm a big fan of both directors. I've been a Kurosawa fan for over twenty years, since being amazed by "Ran" on the big screen. Not longafter, I saw "Throne of Blood" in one of my f... |
| 25 Sep 08 |
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Terror, but no horror » Japan Times Kiyoshi Kurosawa has long been filed under "horror director," though his take on the genre is anything but standard. The villain of "Cure," his deeply creepy 1997 breakout film, is not a maniac with a sharp-edged weapon but a blank-faced drifter who... |
| 09 Feb 08 |
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Risk-taking 'Cure' for J-Horror » Japan Times Kiyoshi Kurosawa has been an international cult favorite since the release of "Cure," his breakthrough film, in 1997. Telling the strange tale of a blanked-out young man who hypnotizes his victims into killing themselves, "Cure" was utterly unlike... |
| 21 Jul 08 |
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Entertainment / Arts › 'Clone Wars' revives 'Star Wars' fun » Japan Today A tinge of Anakin Skywalker's coming dark side clearly is visible in "Star Wars: The Clone Wars." Yet the animated adventure mostly harks back to… |
| 12 Jan 08 |
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Preferring to show and not to tell » Japan Times Once, when I asked Akira Kurosawa about the meaning of one of his films he answered: "If I could have said it in words, I would have — then I wouldn't have needed to make the picture." Quite true,... Read more . . . |
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