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    Kurosawa

    2001 · Documentary · 1h 55m

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  1. www.tasteofcinema.com › 2020 › all-30-akira-kurosawaAll 30 Akira Kurosawa Movies Ranked From Worst To Best

    • The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail (1945) Denjiro Okochi steals the show in this highly entertaining period film. Okochi plays the leader of a group of samurai who disguise themselves as monks in order to sneak their lord through enemy lines.
    • The Most Beautiful (1944) By 1944, it was apparent Japan would lose World War II. Despite facing imminent defeat, Japanese filmmakers were encouraged to make “spiritist” films: movies showing ordinary civilians dedicated to the national cause.
    • Sanjuro (1962) A clever and amusing follow-up to Kurosawa’s previous film, Yojimbo (1961). In the original, Toshiro Mifune’s wisecracking samurai pitted two imbecilic gangs against one another to wipe them both out; here, he takes a side, trying to help besieged (rather, naive) people take a stand against their persecutors.
    • Scandal (1950) Even lesser Kurosawa films tend to have fascinating components and scenes of tremendous power. Scandal, a critique of yellow journalism in postwar Japan, isn’t quite as searing as its director intended, yet it still has much to offer through its plethora of intriguing characters — most notably a weak-willed lawyer played by that wonderful actor Takashi Shimura.

  2. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › great-movie-ran-1985Ran movie review & film summary (1985) | Roger Ebert

    Oct 1, 2000 · Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" is inspired by " King Lear ," but may be as much about Kurosawa's life as Shakespeare's play. Seeing it again in a fine new 35mm print, I realized the action doesn't center on the old man, but has a fearful energy of its own, through which he wanders.

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  4. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › great-movie-the-sevenThe Seven Samurai movie review (1954) | Roger Ebert

    Aug 19, 2001 · The Seven Samurai. Roger Ebert August 19, 2001. Tweet. Kurosawa's samurai. Count 'em. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" (1954) is not only a great film in its own right, but the source of a genre that would flow through the rest of the century.

  5. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › great-movie-rashomon-1950Rashomon movie review & film summary (1950) | Roger Ebert

    May 26, 2002 · "Rashomon" (1950) struck the world of film like a thunderbolt. Directed by Kurosawa in the early years of his career, before he was hailed as a grandmaster, it was made reluctantly by a minor Japanese studio, and the studio head so disliked it that he removed his name from the credits.

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  7. www.theguardian.com › film › 2016Ran review – Kurosawa’s masterful epic reissued | Ran | The ...

    Apr 4, 2016 · Review. Ran review – Kurosawa’s masterful epic reissued. The Japanese film-maker’s adaptation of King Lear is still visually and dramatically breathtaking. Jonathan Romney. Sun 3 Apr 2016...

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  8. www.criterionforum.org › Review › akira-kurosawasAkira Kurosawa's Dreams Review :: Criterion Forum

    Interspersed with reflections on the redemptive power of art, including a richly textured tribute to Vincent van Gogh (played by Martin Scorsese), Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams is both a showcase for its maker’s imagination at its most unbridled and a deeply personal lament for a world at the mercy of human ignorance.

  9. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › ranRan | Rotten Tomatoes

    Rated: 9 Mar 3, 2024 Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand Kurosawa is not merely true to Shakespeare’s story, he brings scenes alive with a cultural twist and a visual mastery...

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