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Contemporary Kurosawa: The Bad Sleep Well and High and Low
Contemporary Kurosawa: The Bad Sleep Well and High and Low
NOTE: I am reprinting this post from September 2008 as part of the LAMBs in the Director's Chair event on Akira Kurosawa. To read more on Kurosawa and for a link to the LAMB website click here . The Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) was one of the greatest filmmakers of all ...
Blu-ray review: Kurosawa's 'Kagemusha'
Blu-ray review: Kurosawa's 'Kagemusha'
dvdspindoctor.typepad.com — Criterion's Blu-ray of Akira Kurosawa's late-period masterpiece "Kagemusha" merits a table-pounding call for owners of the previous... DVD to upgrade. It's that work of alchemy we've been waiting for since the classics label got into the HD game. Purists who hated Kurosawa's move from soulful ... (more) Blu-ray review: Kurosawa's 'Kagemusha'
Work of Akira Kurosawa
Work of Akira Kurosawa
mattehavoc.blogspot.com — This multitudinous review is part of the Akira Kurosawa installment of the LAMBs in the Director's Chair... feature sponsored by the Large Association of Movie Blogs . Nora inu / Stray Dog (1949). For several years after the end of World War II, ... (more) Work of Akira Kurosawa
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LAMBs in the Director's Chair: Akira Kurosawa
The Large Association of Movie Blogs — Keep sending your submissions to marchhaire@gmail.com! Day 1 Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob compared Rashomon the movie to the short stories it was adapted from, then gave the movie his highest rating. Korova Theatre Presents has a review of Seven Samurai, featuring maybe the most awesome movie poster ever. Unsurprisingly, the film receives an A+. Matte Havoc takes a look at Stray Dog and Rashomon, and also has a fairly in-depth, two-part YouTube video about Kurosawa's influences and those he influenced. Japan Cinema has reviewed ...

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