Kurosawa (21 Mar. 2002)

Director:

Adam Low

Writer:

Adam Low

Stars:

Akira Kurosawa, Sam Shepard, Paul Scofield

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Akira Kurosawa	...	Himself (archive footage)
Sam Shepard	...	Narrator (voice)
Paul Scofield	...	Voice of Kurosawa (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Coburn	...	Himself
Clint Eastwood	...	Himself
Shinobu Hashimoto	...	Himself
Hiromichi Horikawa	...	Himself
Kon Ichikawa	...	Himself
Shuichi Kato	...	Himself
Masahiko Kumada	...	Himself
Hisao Kurosawa	...	Himself
Kazuko Kurosawa	...	Herself
Machiko Kyô	...	Herself
George Lucas	...	Himself (archive footage)
Tatsuya Nakadai	...	Himself

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

character name in title

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Genres:

Drama | Music | Musical

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Details

Country:

UK USA Japan

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 March 2002 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBC Arena, NHK, WNET Channel 13 New York

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Akira Kurosawa: As a storyteller I have no secrets.

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Connections

Features The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (1990)

User Reviews

Fantastic look into a fantastic director's life.

This is basically a 2 hour retelling of the life's work of Akira Kurosawa. Who I think has had a bigger impact on cinema than anybody else I have ever seen. This is not only insightful into his life, but a little bit of advertising, mainly because I wanted to see movies like Dodeska-Dan (which bombed on first release).

I really enjoyed this one. Especially when talking about the bad things that happened in his life. You really do feel sorry for the guy when hearing about some of the stuff that happened. Stuff like the earthquake in the 1920's (which made me want to watch Kagemusha when it referred back to the quake).

If you have the slightest interest in Kurosawa then please watch this documentary. You will not have your time wasted.