Akira Kurosawa Updates
"Seven Samurai (1954) Throne of Blood (1957) The Hidden Fortress (1958) Yojimbo (1961) Sanjuro (1962) Kagemusha (1980) Ran (1985)"
" Films Seen: High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku) - 9/10 The Quiet Duel (Shizukanaru ketto) - 9/10 Stray Dog (Nora inu) - 8/10 (羅生門 - Rashōmon) - 8/10 Drunken Angel (Yoidore tenshi) - 8/10 Yojimbo - 8/10 Ikiru - 8/10 The Hidden Fortress - 8/10 Ran - 8/10 Throne of Blood - 8/10 I Live in Fear : Record of a Living Being - 8/10 Sanjuro (椿三十郎 / Tsubaki Sanjûrô)- 7/10 七人の侍 - Shichinin no Samurai - 7/10 The Bad Sleep Well - 7/10 "
" "Marvelous progress in science we have been enjoying, but where will it lead humanity after all? Sheer fearful emotion this film succeeds in conjuring up in our soul. Without it, a science fiction movie would be nothing more than a petty fancy. These thoughts came and went while I was gazing at the screen. Tarkovsky was together with me then. He was at the corner of the studio. When the film was over, he stood up, looking at me as if he felt timid. I said to him, “Very good. It makes me fe"
"Takashi Shimura - Judo Saga - The Most Beautiful - The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail - Those Who Make Tomorrow - No Regrets for My Youth - Drunken Angel - A Silent Duel - Stray Dog - Scandal - Rashomon - The Idiot - Doomed - Seven Samurai - I Live in Fear - Throne of Blood - The Hidden Fortress - The Bad Sleep Well - Yojimbo - Sanjuro - Heaven and Hell - Red Beard - Kagemusha Susumu Fujita - Judo Saga - The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail - Judo Saga II - Those"
"1. Seven Samurai 10/10 2. Rashomon 9/10 3. High and Low 8.5/10 4. Ikiru 8.5/10 5. Yojimbo 8/10 8.8"
"1. Seven Samurai 10/10 2. Rashomon 9/10 3. High and Low 8.5/10 4. Ikiru 8.5/10 5. Yojimbo 8/10 8.8"
" Favorite Film Seen (30) One Wonderful Sunday - 9/10 Ikiru - 8/10 The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail - 8/10 Seven Samurai - 8/10 Madadayo - 8/10 Ran - 8/10 Dodes'ka-den - 8/10 Drunken Angel - 8/10 I Live in Fear - 8/10 Dreams - 8/10 Rhapsody in August - 8/10 High and Low - 7/10 The Idiot - 7/10 The Lower Depths - 7/10 Red Beard - 7/10 Sanjuro - 7/10 No Regrets for Our Youth - 7/10 Kagemusha - 7/10 Rashomon - 7/10 Yojimbo - 7/10 Throne of Blood - 6/10 Scandal - 6/10 The Hidden Fortress - 6/"
"Japanese Major Works: Seven Samurai (1954) Rashomon (1950) Yojimbo (1961) • Director, Writer, Producer, Editor. •"