the heavily allegorical story of a nobleman caught in a psychological struggle over the nature of truth itself, garnered top awards at the Venice Film Festival and won an Oscar for best foreign film. Since that illustrious moment, Akira Kurosawa has ranked in the forefront among world ...
Kurosawa was not only an icon, but also an artist who was willing to come up with new ways to break traditional barriers; as a result, he was deemed a perfectionist who took extensive amounts of time to carve out his innovative vision, but it always paid off. Here's a look at Akira...
Akira Kurosawa. Writer: Kakushi-toride no san-akunin. After training as a painter (he storyboards his films as full-scale paintings), Kurosawa entered the film industry in 1936 as an assistant director, eventually making his directorial debut with Sugata
At time of recording, it was ranked 245th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database. Continue reading → Filed under: This Just In | Tagged: akira kurosawa, chris lavery, destiny, fate, japan, macbeth, podcast, revenge, samurai, shakespeare, throne of ...