Films of Akira Kurosawa

Name: Films of Akira Kurosawa
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ISBN: 9780520220379

ISBN-10: 0520220374

ISBN-13: 9780520220379

Edition: 3rd 1999 (Revised)

Authors: Donald Richie

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In an epilogue provided for his incomparable study of Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), Donald Richie reflects on Kurosawa's life work of thirty feature films and describes his last, unfinished project, a film set in the Edo period to be calledThe Ocean Was Watching. Kurosawa remains unchallenged as one of the century's greatest film directors. Through his long and distinguished career he managed, like very few others in the teeth of a huge and relentless industry, to elevate each of his films to a distinctive level of art. HisRashomon--one of the best-remembered and most talked-of films in any language--was a revelation when it appeared in 1950 and did much to bring Japanese cinema to the…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 1/20/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 274
Size: 9.84" wide x 9.84" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.310
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Akira Kurosawa


Sanshiro Sugata


Sanshiro Sugata - Part II


The Most Beautiful


They Who Step on the Tiger's Tail


No Regrets for Our Youth


One Wonderful Sunday


Drunken Angel


The Quiet Duel


Stray Dog


Scandal


Rashomon


The Idiot


Ikiru


Seven Samurai


Record of a Living Being


The Throne of Blood


The Lower Depths


The Hidden Fortress


The Bad Sleep Well


Yojimbo


Sanjuro


High and Low


Red Beard


Dodesukaden


Dersu Uzala


Kagemusha


Ran


Dreams


Rhapsody in August


Madadayo


Method, Technique and Style


Epilogue


Filmography


A Selective Bibliography


Index


List of Plates