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Akira Kurosawa (Japanese: 黒澤 明, Hepburn: Kurosawa Akira, March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a Japanese filmmaker. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years.
Kurosawa entered the Japanese film industry in 1936, following a brief stint as a painter. After years of working on numerous films as an assistant director and scriptwriter, he made his debut as a director in 1943, during World War II, with the popular action film Sanshiro Sugata (a.k.a. Judo Saga). After the war, the critically acclaimed Drunken Angel (1948), in which Kurosawa cast then-unknown actor Toshiro Mifune in a starring role, cemented the director's reputation as one of the most important young filmmakers in Japan. The two men would go on to collaborate on another 15 films. His wife Yōko Yaguchi was also an actress in one of his films.
Rashomon, which premiered in Tokyo in August 1950, and which also starred Mifune, became, on September 10, 1951, the surprise winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and was subsequently released in Europe and North America. The commercial and critical success of this film opened up Western film markets for the first time to the products of the Japanese film industry, which in turn led to international recognition for other Japanese filmmakers. Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, Kurosawa directed approximately a film a year, including a number of highly regarded films such as Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai (1954) and Yojimbo (1961). After the mid-1960s, he became much less prolific, but his later work—including his final two epics, Kagemusha (1980) and Ran (1985)—continued to win awards, including the Palme d'Or for Kagemusha, though more often abroad than in Japan.
Can movement tell a story? Sure, if you’re as gifted as Akira Kurosawa. More than any other filmmaker, he had an innate understanding of movement and how to capture it onscreen. Join me today in studying the master, possibly the greatest composer of motion in film history. For educational purposes only. You can donate to support the channel at Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/everyframeapainting And follow me here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonyszhou Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/everyframeapainting Interview Clips: Sidney Lumet on RAN: http://bit.ly/1B7mfTD Robert Altman on RASHOMON: http://bit.ly/1BDuvL7 Paul Verhoeven on Kurosawa: http://bit.ly/197vwnS Music: Yoko Kanno & Seatbelts - N.Y. Rush J Dilla - Untitled Track 03 (from King of Beats) J Dilla - Untitled Track 14 (from ...
This fantastic filmmaker put Japanese cinema on the map. Join http://www.WatchMojo.com as we count down our picks for the top 10 Akira Kurosawa films. Check us out at http://www.Twitter.com/WatchMojo, http://instagram.com/watchmojo and http://www.Facebook.com/WatchMojo Special thanks to our users jkellis, jwiking62, Nana Amuah and ToroTheShanx for submitting the idea on our Suggest Page at WatchMojo.com/suggest Check out the voting page here, http://watchmojo.com/suggest/Films+by+Akira+Kurosawa If you want to suggest an idea for a WatchMojo video, check out our interactive Suggestion Tool at http://www.WatchMojo.com/suggest :) We have T-Shirts! Be sure to check out http://www.WatchMojo.com/store for more info. WatchMojo is a leading producer of reference online video content, cov...
Akira Kurosawa's great advice to aspiring filmmakers No copyright infringement intended, video can be removed on request.
IMDB: 8,3 Rashomon (羅生門? Rashōmon) is a 1950 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa, working in close collaboration with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. The film opens on a woodcutter (木樵り; Kikori, played by Takashi Shimura) and a priest (旅法師; Tabi Hōshi, Minoru Chiaki) sitting beneath the Rajōmon city gate to stay dry in a downpour. A commoner (Kichijiro Ueda) joins them and they tell him that they have witnessed a disturbing story, which they then begin recounting to him. The woodcutter claims he found the body of a murdered samurai three days earlier while looking for wood in the forest; upon discovering the body, he says, he fled in a panic to notify the authorities. The priest says that he saw the samurai with his wife traveling the same day the murder happened. Both men ...
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg presenting an Honorary Oscar to Akira Kurosawa for accomplishments that have inspired, delighted, enriched and entertained audiences and influenced filmmakers throughout the world, at the 62nd Academy Awards. Introduced by Jack Valenti. See more 1990 Oscar highlights: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ8RjvesnvDPs8Hps1ARYA5DBdT-UEyEz Become an Oscar Insider: http://www.oscars.org/insider/ Check out our Academy Originals: https://www.youtube.com/user/AcademyOriginals ABOUT THE ACADEMY The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world's preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards --in which the members vote t...
George Lucas discusses the influence of Akira Kurosawa. THE HIDDEN FORTRESS is out now: http://www.criterion.com/films/655-the-hidden-fortress
SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/MrNerdista?ty=h Whether he's framing his characters to look primitive, or simply disobeying the rule of third for added effect, Akira Kurosawa's vision and masterful directing is what makes Rashômon the flawless film that it is today. While the subject matter is intriguing, it would fall apart without the various styles of framing that Kurosawa employs throughout the film. In this video essay, I look at how and why he framed scenes the way he did. The aspect ratio is not an error or lack of high quality footage - it's to best preserve Kurosawa's framing in the way that he intended that audiences view it. IF YOU ENJOYED THE VIDEO, PLEASE HIT THE LIKE BUTTON AND SUBSCRIBE! Music used: Funk Junk - Gee Back From the Jazz Club - Mich...
One of Akira Kurosawa’s many gifts was staging scenes in ways that were bold, simple and visual. I’m working on a longer essay about him and this piece didn’t make the cut, so I’m releasing it as a short standalone video. Thanks for watching! For educational purposes only. You can donate to support the channel at Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/everyframeapainting And follow me here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonyszhou Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/everyframeapainting Music: Yoko Kanno & Seatbelts - “Too Good, Too Bad" Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/GI1M/
--- Bushido was the code of honor that all samurai followed during feudal times in Japan. This is a story of how a young prince overcomes his clan's past and befriends an older samurai who serves the enemy daimyo. I decided to make this movie after watching many Akira Kurosawa films such as Ran, Yojimbo, and Seven Samurai. So, this is heavily influenced by classic Japanese cinema and samurai films. Thank you to all my Patreon supporters, without you this film wouldn't have been possible. Consider donating, even one dollar a month goes a long way! https://www.patreon.com/HappyMovies
A.O. Scott investigates themes of dissolution in Akira Kurosawa's 1985 masterpiece: how things initially fall apart, and how they sometimes just keep getting worse. Related article: http://tinyurl.com/d3wrm8 Subscribe to the Times Video newsletter for free and get a handpicked selection of the best videos from The New York Times every week: http://bit.ly/timesvideonewsletter Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n Watch more videos at: http://nytimes.com/video --------------------------------------------------------------- Want more from The New York Times? Twitter: https://twitter.com/nytvideo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nytimes Google+: https://plus.google.com/+nytimes/ Whether it's reporting on conflicts abroad and political divisions at home, or covering the latest ...
“To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes.” ― Akira Kurosawa This montage contains footage from all thirty feature films directed by Akira Kurosawa. ENJOY! Music: Whistling Theme from The Bad Sleep Well Sanjuro Theme by Masaru Satô RAN Theme by Tôru Takemitsu Red Beard Theme by Masaru Satô Films: Sanshiro Sugata The Most Beautiful Sanshiro Sugata Part II The Men Who Tread 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 I Live in Fear 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
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A collection of tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
How are Samurai films and a car crash responsible for Star Wars? How did World War II affect the global film industry in the 20th century? Why are Jedi called Jedi?? Give us 8 minutes, and we'll explain it all... SUBSCRIBE: http://goo.gl/9AGRm What did you think of this new show? Would you like to see us make more of these? What movies and genres would you like to be Film Schoo'd in? What did you learn that you didn't know before? Let us know in the comments! 'Star Wars' http://www.moviefone.com/movie/star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope/20009587/main 'Seven Samurai': Why Your Favorite Movies Owe a Huge Debt to the Japanese Classic http://news.moviefone.com/2014/04/22/seven-samurai-movies/ Want to know what's going on with Cinefix in the future? Follow us Twitter for updates: http://www...
One of the 2010 Green Planet Movie Awards' main events was an Anaheim University organized celebrity tribute to legendary Filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (March 23, 1910 - Sept 6, 1998) on the 100th anniversary of his birth. The ground-breaking masterpieces of the Academy Award winning Film maker, Film Producer and Screenwriter Akira Kurosawa have inspired such screenplay writers and film directors as George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Oliver Stone. Akira Kurosawa was one of the greatest filmmakers of our time inspiring such classic movies as Star Wars, The Magnificent Seven, and A Fistful of Dollars. — with Akira Kurosawa, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Richard Gere, Martin Scorsese and George Lucas.
Get Your Free Report! http://wolfcrow.com/11freetools (The 11 Tools and DIY Hacks I Use To Create All My Professional-looking Videos) All images belong to their respective owners. I've only used low resolution stills for educational and informational purposes. This is a study of the focal lengths used by Akira Kurosawa. It's not meant to be definitive, accurate, historical, academic or scientific. It is presented for informational purposes and entertainment only. Feel free to learn from it, but don't quote it as an authoritarian source. Please! Focal lengths are based on a vertical crop factor of a sensor the height of which is 18mm. For complete information on how to convert the focal lengths to numbers relevant to you, please read the following article, which also contains other image...
A pretty extensive Kurosawa (one of my favourite directors) documentary that I made with a uni group. (Thanks to Rachel and Aiecher!) Pretty stoked with the outcome. Let me know what you thought. Enjoy! *Featured* : The Featured movie clips & music in this video have been used purely for educational, research, informative and fair use purposes. This channel does not benefit from their use, nor does it claim to have created any of the material. Visual (In order of Appearance) The Magnificent Seven (1960 Feature), A Fistful of Dollars (1964 Feature), Princess Mononoke (1997 Feature), Last man standing (1996 Feature), Saving Private Ryan (1998 Feature), Star wars IV: A new hope (1977 Feature), Porco Rosso (1992 Feature), Close Encounters of the 3rd kind (1977 Feature), Hard Boiled (1992 ...
A homage to the samurai filmmaker himself, Akira Kurosawa. Music from the 2007 anime Sword Of The Stranger, 'Ihojin No Yaiba' written by Naoki Sato. Films appearing in tribute: Rashomon (1950), Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai (1954), Throne Of Blood (1957), The Hidden Fortress (1958), The Bad Sleep Well (1960), Yojimbo (1961), Sanjuro (1962), High & Low (1963), Kagemusha (1980), Ran (1985), Rhapsody In August (1991).
IMDB: 8,3 Rashomon (羅生門? Rashōmon) is a 1950 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa, working in close collaboration with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. The film opens on a woodcutter (木樵り; Kikori, played by Takashi Shimura) and a priest (旅法師; Tabi Hōshi, Minoru Chiaki) sitting beneath the Rajōmon city gate to stay dry in a downpour. A commoner (Kichijiro Ueda) joins them and they tell him that they have witnessed a disturbing story, which they then begin recounting to him. The woodcutter claims he found the body of a murdered samurai three days earlier while looking for wood in the forest; upon discovering the body, he says, he fled in a panic to notify the authorities. The priest says that he saw the samurai with his wife traveling the same day the murder happened. Both men ...
A collection of tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
El arte en su más puro concepto, expresado como imágen, es la marca personal del admirado genio nipón, Akira Kurosawa. La película, ambientada en el Japón de la Edad Media, narra el crimen de un samurai a través de cuatro testimonios: el del asesino del samurai, de la esposa del samurai, del samurai mismo (el cual habla a través de una médium) y de un leñador que fue testigo del hecho. El cine de Kurosawa tuvo gran acogida en el público norteamericano, sirviendo de base para la renovación del género western en los años 60. De este modo, Rashomon es una película revolucionaria no solo para el cine japonés, sino para el cine en general, y el norteamericano en particular, que se verá enormemente influenciado por Kurosawa con el paso de los años.
Popcorn Talk proudly presents Profiles with Malone and Mantz! In this vodcast series hosts Alicia Malone and Scott "Movie" Mantz break down and focus on some of the most prolific Hollywood directors, writers and actors in the entertainment industry - past & present. Comment and Rate us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/profiles/id908850713?mt=2 Today it's all about Akira Kurosawa! Akira Kurosawa (Japanese: 黒澤 明 Hepburn: Kurosawa Akira, March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a Japanese filmmaker. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. Kurosawa entered the Japanese film industry in 1936, following a brief stint as a painter. After years of working on numerous films ...
színes, magyarul beszélő, japán filmdráma, 244 perc, 1970 rendező: Akira Kurosawa író: Shugoro Yamamoto forgatókönyvíró: Akira Kurosawa Hideo Oguni Shinobu Hashimoto zeneszerző: Toru Takemitsu operatőr: Takao Saitô Yasumichi Fukuzawa vágó: Reiko Kaneko szereplő(k): Rokkuchan Yoshitaka Zushi Rokkuchan anyja Kin Sugai Yukichi Shima Junzaburo Ban Mrs. Shima Kiyoko Tange Mr. Ikawa Michiko Hino Tartalom: Életképek egy 60-as évekbeli, Tokió melletti nyomornegyedből - KUROSZAWA szemével. Vannak alkotások, melyek elemi szinten épülnek be az ember személyiségébe, formálják és gazdagítják. Kitörölhetetlen nyomot hagynak. Ez a film is ilyen. A mester ezen kortárs alkotása a szeméttelepen élők nyomorúságán keresztül világít meg mély ontológiai kérdéseket. A picit elnyújtott ját...
MIT 21L.011 The Film Experience, Fall 2013 View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/21L-011F13 Instructor: David Thorburn Kurosawa's Rashomon demonstrates film's emergence as an international medium and fully-recognized art form. The lecture highlights connections to modernism and Japanese theater traditions, and summarizes the film's key stylistic and structural features. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu
A petty thief with an utter resemblance to a samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place.
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Документальный фильм о замечательном режиссёре-инноваторе Акире Куросаве.
Check out our website! Donate to support the show! http://welcometothebasementshow.com/ Like us on facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Welcome-to-the-Basement-226001140809870/ Join us for our 100th episode as we experience 8 eye-popping dreams, rendered by the master Japanese filmmaker. Thanks again to viewer Kenneth Rountree for selecting the film. In Seen It, Hate It, we bring the bile, discussing an unfunny comedy, a confusing and dull "art" movie and a Shakespearean abomination. SEASON 5 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL49WgzlbhrT30MwkMMod9OMpVZ-UG1vCV SEASON 4: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL49WgzlbhrT09fLUhOiwN0zU8ikBOJ6lu SEASON 3: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL49WgzlbhrT10IN3W4soxNNd46qF6vIvZ SEASON 2: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL49WgzlbhrT3...
Σιωπηλή Μονομαχία / Shizukanaru kettô / Мълчалив двубой / Le duel silencieux / Néma párbaj / Il duello silenzioso / Pojedynek w ciszy / Duelo Silencioso / Тихая дуэль/ Tihi dvoboj https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quiet_Duel Δραματική ταινία του Ιάπωνα σκηνοθέτη Akira Kurosawa. Παίζουν Toshiro Mifune, Miki Sanjô, Noriko Shengoku, Takashi Simura. Ο τίτλος αναφέρεται στη σιωπηλή και αγωνιώδη εσωτερική πάλη ανάμεσα στην ανθρώπινη επιθυμία και το καθήκον. Μια από τις παλιότερες ταινίες του Ακίρα Κουροσάβα, ελάχιστα γνωστή στην Ελλάδα, αρκετά διαφορετική από τα επικά δράματα για τα οποία έγινε διάσημος και απέκτησε τον τίτλο «δασκάλου» και «αυτοκράτορα» του ιαπωνικού κινηματογράφου. Για όσους δεν είναι εξοικιωμένοι με τη δουλειά του Κουροσάβα θα πρέπει να πούμε ότι δεν έχει κάνει ούτε μια ...
GCC Instructor David Makinster delivers a brief lecture titled "A Preface to Rashomon " for his Introduction to Philosophy classes.
Akira Kurosawa's great advice to aspiring filmmakers No copyright infringement intended, video can be removed on request.
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg presenting an Honorary Oscar to Akira Kurosawa for accomplishments that have inspired, delighted, enriched and entertained audiences and influenced filmmakers throughout the world, at the 62nd Academy Awards. Introduced by Jack Valenti. See more 1990 Oscar highlights: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ8RjvesnvDPs8Hps1ARYA5DBdT-UEyEz Become an Oscar Insider: http://www.oscars.org/insider/ Check out our Academy Originals: https://www.youtube.com/user/AcademyOriginals ABOUT THE ACADEMY The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world's preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than 6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In addition to the annual Academy Awards --in which the members vote t...
George Lucas discusses the influence of Akira Kurosawa. THE HIDDEN FORTRESS is out now: http://www.criterion.com/films/655-the-hidden-fortress
Can movement tell a story? Sure, if you’re as gifted as Akira Kurosawa. More than any other filmmaker, he had an innate understanding of movement and how to capture it onscreen. Join me today in studying the master, possibly the greatest composer of motion in film history. For educational purposes only. You can donate to support the channel at Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/everyframeapainting And follow me here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonyszhou Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/everyframeapainting Interview Clips: Sidney Lumet on RAN: http://bit.ly/1B7mfTD Robert Altman on RASHOMON: http://bit.ly/1BDuvL7 Paul Verhoeven on Kurosawa: http://bit.ly/197vwnS Music: Yoko Kanno & Seatbelts - N.Y. Rush J Dilla - Untitled Track 03 (from King of Beats) J Dilla - Untitled Track 14 (from ...
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roCxj7777gs This is the documentary I made about Akira Kurosawa for my High School's Senior Project. It briefly discusses Japanese Director Akira Kurosawa's connections with the Western world. It still suffers from some growing pains, but I must move on to other projects. None of the pictures, video, or music contained herein are copyright Kyle Forbes. If you own any of the materials in this video and would like it taken down, please contact Kyle Forbes. This video exists for educational purposes only and it is not to be re-distributed.
Three of world's foremost scholars on the films of Akira Kurosawa (David Desser, Stephen Prince, and Donald Richie) describe Seven Samurai's effect on the samurai film and its use of violence. Out now on Blu-ray and DVD: http://www.criterion.com/films/165-seven-samurai
10 avril 1982 KUROSAWA ds jardin puis ds maison de thé ou il répond aux questions de P.P.D.A. KUROSAWA : j'Aimé BCP ce cadre, j'essaie d'éviter le vacarme de Tokyo et d'aller au pied du fuji. tg. P. FUJIYAMA. Pourquoi ses films ont du succès en occident et pas au Japon ? les jeunes japonais St trop influences par l'étranger et n'apprécient plus la tradition. KUROSAWA est déçu que kagemusha et d'autres de ses films soient critiques au Japon. Extrait du tournage de kagemusha. KUROSAWA donne ses directives. Suite interview : si je représente l'âme japonaise ? Je pense que oui, les japonais que non. Images d'archive INA Institut National de l'Audiovisuel http://www.ina.fr Abonnez-vous http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=Inaculture
In this excerpt from a program on the Criterion Channel, the great Japanese actor recounts his experience shooting a scene in Akira Kurosawa’s SANJURO.
One of the 2010 Green Planet Movie Awards' main events was an Anaheim University organized celebrity tribute to legendary Filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (March 23, 1910 - Sept 6, 1998) on the 100th anniversary of his birth. The ground-breaking masterpieces of the Academy Award winning Film maker, Film Producer and Screenwriter Akira Kurosawa have inspired such screenplay writers and film directors as George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Oliver Stone. Akira Kurosawa was one of the greatest filmmakers of our time inspiring such classic movies as Star Wars, The Magnificent Seven, and A Fistful of Dollars. — with Akira Kurosawa, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Richard Gere, Martin Scorsese and George Lucas.
Jacqueline Bisset and Jack Valenti present the Oscar® for Foreign Language Film to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for "Dersu Uzala" at the 48th Academy Awards in 1976. Accepted by producers Georgi Danelya and Yôichi Matsue, and by Valenti for director Akira Kurosawa. Introduced by Goldie Hawn and George Segal.
Starting with RASHOMON in 1950, Teruyo Nogami was one of Akira Kurosawa’s closest on-set collaborators for decades. In this excerpt from our interview with Nogami, conducted for our release of AKIRA KUROSAWA'S DREAMS, she talks about the logistics of bringing the filmmaker's vision to life.
This is an edited version of a 2 part excellent documentary by student Kyle Forbes , please key in the words "Akira Kurosawa Influences and Influence part 1" in the search segment for the original. It looks at the vast and varied inspirations of Kurosawa from director John Ford to Russians writers Dostoyevsky ; Tolstoy and Gorky as well as Shakespeare
UPDATE (04/27/17): The substantial part of a translation of Mifune's interview is done. Please kindly correct my translation if you notice any mistakes. Thanks! ----------- Our beloved fellow countryman, an enduring symbol of the Samurai, Toshiro Mifune recounts his early life in Northern China (and Manchuria), where he was born and raised. Mifune also reminiscences his serving 6 years of active duty in the Imperial Army until his discharge as Jotohei (Private First Class) at the war's end. This is evidently a rare occasion where his comments about his service in the Imperial Army were recorded on camera. This was aired on TV in the 1980's. Maybe this video will somehow motivate you to take Japanese. 三船敏郎 島田陽子 -- Noted here by Dr. Toshikazu S. Foley NOTE: I am adding my own caption to the...
Dissecting the Japanese filmmaker. Interview with Dolores Martinez and David Desser was recorded on Saturday, 5/1/16, via Skype, using Litecam. All copyrights for questions and answers belong to Dan Schneider, Cosmoetica, and the Interviewees. Further Information: David Desser: https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/david-desser Dolores Martinez: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff31393.php Interview subjects: 0:27 - Introduction 0:50 - The Kurosawa Experience 17:46 - Youth and Early Films 40:31 - Kurosawa's Prime 1:38:42 - Later Career, Legacy, and Closing Remarks
An interview with director John Sturges from 1963.
also available: Sidney Lumet on 'RAN' http://vimeo.com/24116562
Entrevista Akira Kurosawa interviewed by nagisa Oshima