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Akira Kurosawa revisited

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:06:49 GMT

Cinema Paradiso, a segment in ‘Good Morning Tamizha' on Jaya TV, is reviewing Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's visually brilliant Dersu Uzala on Friday, 7.45 a.m. A 1975 Soviet-Japanese joint production, the film won the Grand Prix at the Moscow Film...
Source: The Hindu

Blu-ray Review: Kagemusha

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:42:14 GMT

(click linked text below to jump to related section of the review) In the late 1970's, Akira Kurosawa was at a serious crossroads in his once-illustrious career.
Source: High-Def Digest

Marc Ecko wanted to adapt Macbeth for a videogame

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:47:50 GMT

Speaking with Marc Ecko about his work with videogames a few months back, the outspoken entrepreneur fessed up to one rumor I had been hearing -- he'd at one point been trying to adapt a videogame version of a famous William Shakespeare tale.
Source: Destructoid

'Ran' Re-announced for Blu-ray

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:30:50 GMT

The classic film will be in the first wave of Lionsgate's StudioCanal Collection (Criterion-ish treatment) slated for Blu-ray this February. Lionsgate will finally bring Akira Kurosawa's 'Ran' to the high-definition format on February 16.
Source: High-Def Digest

Quoted in 'pun(c)tuation: New Gallery Opening Tonight'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:07:43 GMT

said in The Stranger:

against a backdrop of video-art installation that will loop archival footage, classic moments from Akira Kurosawa and John Hughes movies, as well as a short film that was shot in Japan the summer of 2009 by graffiti writer, photographer and producer TEWZ (Chicago).

pun(c)tuation: New Gallery Opening Tonight

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:07:43 GMT

pun(c)tuation, a new gallery directed by local artist Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes opens tonight at 6 pm with a show called The Shogunate Revisited, with artists Mike Wagner and I AM. It's located at 705A E Pike Street (right next to Honey Hole).
Source: The Stranger

RASHOMON (1950)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:08:15 GMT

Akira Kurosawa's four-way account of a man's murder, re-released on a new print, has become so associated with its central device not to mention its myriad offshoots that it requires an effort to see it only for itself.
Source: Philadelphia City Paper

Conflict in the Movie Ran

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:23:06 GMT

There is a little bit of epic history in all of us deep down we strive to see action packed scenes that entertain us to the mere brink of ecstasy. Ran by Akira Kurosawa is one of his greatest epic tales ever told on the big screen.
Source: Associated Content

'New Moon' director says film was inspired by ... David Lean and Akira Kurosawa?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:23:07 GMT

In May, Hero Complex contributor Gina McIntyre traveled north to Vancouver to visit the set of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" and talk to the creative minds behind one of the most anticipated films of 2009.
Source: Los Angeles Times

Quoted in 'Akira Kurosawa among my major gurus: Priyadarshan'

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:57:19 GMT

said in Webindia123:

I am very much influenced by Japanese fimmaker Akira Kurosawa. Though I have lots of 'Gurus' in the field of cinema, Akira Kurosawa is one of my major gurus

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Mon, 25 May 2009 20:34:00 GMT

Hisao Kurosawa, the son of Japan's best known film director Akira Kurosawa, displays scripts of Akira Kurosawa's movie at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, western Japan on May 26, 2009.

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Mon, 25 May 2009 20:34:00 GMT

Hisao Kurosawa, the son of Japan's best known film director Akira Kurosawa displays scripts of Akira Kurosawa's movie at the Ryukoku University in Kyoto, western Japan on May 26, 2009.

Akira Kurosawa's Dreams -crows

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:09:01 GMT