A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies (Video 2000)
"Kurosawa Akira kara no messêji: Utsukushii eiga o" (original title)

A Documentary in 10 parts covering the filmmaking of Kurosawa around the theme of making the perfect movie or as he says: A Beautyful Movie.

Director:

Hisao Kurosawa

Writer:

Hisao Kurosawa

Stars:

Akira Kurosawa, Kazuko Kurosawa

Cast

Credited cast:
Akira Kurosawa	...	Himself (archive footage)
Kazuko Kurosawa	...	Herself

Storyline

The Documentary features Akira Kurosawas daughter and also his own opinions on how to make movies. It goes through his movie making process in ten chapters, including subjects like scriptwriting, cinematography, production design, storyboard, editing, costume design, music and directing

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

1 April 2000 (Japan)

Also Known As:

A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kurosawa Production Co.

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Appears as extra material on the Criterion Collection Edition of "Ikiru"

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