A.K. (1985)

Director:

Chris Marker

Writer:

Chris Marker

Stars:

Shigehiko Hasumi, Chris Marker, Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Credited cast:
Shigehiko Hasumi	...	Narration
Chris Marker	...	narrator in the French version (voice)
Akira Kurosawa	...	Himself
Tatsuya Nakadai	...	Himself
Ishirô Honda	...	Himself
Asakazu Nakai
Takao Saitô	...	Himself
Fumio Yanoguchi	...	Himself
Takeji Sano	...	(as Takeharu Sano)
Teruyo Nogami	...	Herself
Fumisake Okada
Vittorio Dalle Ore	...	Himself (as Vittorio)
Tôru Takemitsu	...	Himself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Masato Hara	...	Himself
Shinobu Muraki	...	Himself

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

film essay | horse riding | director's chair | reference to william shakespeare | watercolor | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography | History

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Details

Country:

France Japan

Language:

French Japanese

Release Date:

29 January 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Akira Kurosawa

Company Credits

Production Co:

Greenwich Film Productions, Herald Ace, Nippon Herald Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This documentary will be included as part of the Criterion Collection DVD edition of Ran.

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Quotes

Chris Marker: [narrating] In this kind of shooting, the first pitfall to avoid is appropriating a beauty that does not belong to us - to play up the lovely, backlit shot. Of course, some of that borrowed beauty will come through anyway, but we shall try to show what we see the way we see it, from *our* eye-level.

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Connections

Features Ran (1985)

User Reviews

Making of at its worst

I got the Ran DVD and this was packaged with it. i thought it would be great because this is from Chris Marker director of La Jetee. how wrong i was this is boring pretentious filmaking at its best. if you like long takes of a tape recorder and an old man walking round who we are told on numerous occasions that he has impeccable manners then this is right up your ally. Avoid this you could probably learn more about the making of the film from watching it. this provided no insight in the world of Kurosawa all i know about him is he has impeccable manners or have i mentioned that already... But anyway just because you are a competent filmmaker doesn't mean your a competent filmmaker about filmaking. Oh and PS Akira Kurosawa has impeccable manners!