Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The following is a list of works, both in film and other media, for which the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa made some documented creative contribution. This includes a complete list of films with which he was involved (including the films on which he worked as assistant director before becoming a full director), as well as his little-known contributions to theater, television and literature.
Madadayo (まあだだよ, Mādadayo, "Not yet") is a 1993 Japanese comedy-drama film. It is the thirtieth and final film to be completed by Akira Kurosawa.It was screened out of competition at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. [3]
Kurosawa was born on March 23, 1910, [3] in Ōimachi in the Ōmori district of Tokyo. His father Isamu (1864–1948), a member of a samurai family from Akita Prefecture, worked as the director of the Army's Physical Education Institute's lower secondary school, while his mother Shima (1870–1952) came from a merchant's family living in Osaka. [4]
Film scholar Audie Bock appraised the film as the last of Kurosawa's great humanistic dramas, believing his subsequent films to lack its moral sense. [84] It has been compared to Kurosawa's earlier police procedural Stray Dog (1949), with their moral themes and depiction of contemporary Japan—during midsummer, in the investigation of a crime.
Akira Kurosawa is credited as the film's production coordinator, but in his autobiography, Something Like an Autobiography, Kurosawa likened his actual role to "first assistant director". [2] It is the last film Kurosawa worked on as an assistant before starting his own directing career. [2] The film took three years to plan and a year to film.
The film is inspired by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller … Spike Lee Talks Upcoming Film ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ and How Akira Kurosawa Is a Key Inspiration for His Career ...
After the Rain (雨あがる, Ame agaru) is a 1999 Japanese and French film. The story is based on the last script written by Akira Kurosawa and is directed by his former assistant director of 28 years, Takashi Koizumi.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us