Movies: Akira Kurosawa

1964
The Outrage (1964)
The Outrage
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At a disused railway station, three men -- a con artist, a preacher, and a prospector -- discuss the recent trial and sentencing of the outlaw Juan Carrasco for the murder of a man and the rape of his wife. In their recounting, the three explore the...
1993
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema (1993)
Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema
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Nagisa Oshima interviews Akira Kurosawa, leading him to share his thoughts about filmmaking, his life and works, and numerous anecdotes relating to his films and his various film activities....
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' (2002)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
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Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Lower Depths" (1957)....
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru' (2002)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
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Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Ikiru" (1952)....
1985
A. K. (1985)
A. K.
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An intimate chronicle of the shooting of Ran (1985), a film directed by the legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa....
2013
What Is Cinema? (2013)
What Is Cinema?
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Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh, David Lynch, and Jonas Mekas, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman shows what these filmmakers and ot...
2020
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
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Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife, for one last wish: to be the protagonist of his own death....
2000
Kurosawa (2000)
Kurosawa
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Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa...
2012
The World of Kazuo Miyagawa (2012)
The World of Kazuo Miyagawa
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Renowned cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa collaborated with a number of great Japanese filmmakers, including Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa, and Yasujiro Ozu. The following excerpts from the Japanese television documentary THE WORLD OF K...
1985
Making of Ran (1985)
Making of Ran
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Behind the scenes of Akira Kurosawa's Ran, produced by Kurosawa Productions....
1969
A Fistful of Dollars Remake (1969)
A Fistful of Dollars Remake
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Remake of the western A Fistful of Dollars - the story of a wandering gunfighter with no name who plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge....
2005
Image: Kurosawa's Continuity (2005)
Image: Kurosawa's Continuity
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A 43-minute video piece reconstructing Kagemusha through Akira Kurosawa's paintings and sketches....
1993
In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki (1993)
In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki
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An hour-long conversation between Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki which took place in Kurosawa's home near Mt. Fuji....
2000
A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies (2000)
A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies
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A Documentary in 10 parts covering the film making of Kurosawa around the theme of making the perfect movie or as he says: A Beautiful Movie....
1960
Play of the Week: Rashomon (1960)
Play of the Week: Rashomon
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Several different accounts of the same incident tell quite different stories about what happened....