Tag Archives: Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune: Cinema’s Greatest Collaborations
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Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Stray Dog, The Bad Sleep Well, Throne of Blood, Toshirô Mifune, World Cinema, Yojimbo
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Review in Brief: Living (2022)
How can you improve on a classic from a master? You lean into the period detail, come at it from a new cultural perspective and make the meditation on mortality even sadder. Based on Akira Kurosawa’s IKIRU, Oliver Hermanus’ (director … Continue reading
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Tagged Aimee Lou Wood, Akira Kurosawa, Bill Nighy, Drama, Ikiru, Living, Oliver Hermanus
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Review: Silence (2016)
The release of a new Martin Scorsese film is still something to mark on your calendar, but perhaps the undoubtedly ambitious guilt trek SILENCE was too personal for his own good. Two Portuguese Jesuits travel to Japan to investigate reports … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Driver, Akira Kurosawa, Andrew Garfield, Apocalypse Now, Drama, Film, Historical Drama, Liam Neeson, Martin Scorsese, Movies, Silence, The Mission
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Playing Catchup: The Japanese Edition
A few more films I’ve (to my shame) only seen for the first time recently. This time, I’ve headed to the Land of the Rising Sun, and come back better for it. SEVEN SAMURAI (1955) Akira Kurosawa’s seminal epic was … Continue reading
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