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Author : David Desser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Samurai Films of Akira Kurosawa written by David Desser and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald Richie
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520220374
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book The Films of Akira Kurosawa written by Donald Richie and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film scholars and enthusiasts will welcome this new edition of Donald Richie's incomparable study, last updated in 1984. The Method section, filmography, and bibliography contain new information, and Richie has added chapters on Ran, Dreams, Rhapsody in August, and Madadayo. Kurosawa's films display an extraordinary breadth and an astonishing strength, from the philosophic and sexual complexity of Rashomon to the moral dedication of Ikiru, from the naked violence of Seven Samurai to the savage comedy of Yojimbo, from the terror-filled feudalism of Throne of Blood to the piercing wit of Sanjuro. Running through all Kurosawa's work is a tough, humane, and profoundly ethical concern for the painful, beautiful, frequently ridiculous ambiguities of human life.
Author : Alain Silver
Publisher : Overlook
ISBN 13 : 9780715636626
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (366 download)
Download or read book The Samurai Film written by Alain Silver and published by Overlook. This book was released on 2005 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alain Silver deconstructs the key aspects of the Samurai film, from its focus on violence and death as a means of understanding life and the significance of swords and weaponry, to key elements and motifs such as hara-kiri, rebellion and nostalgia for Japan's feudal past.
Author : Eric San Juan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538110903
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Akira Kurosawa written by Eric San Juan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an accessible look at the films of Akira Kurosawa, whose movies are works of art and popular culture touchstones, influencing such directors as George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. The author examines all of the director’s works and explains why that film is culturally significant and what makes it an enjoyable viewing experience.
Author : Shinobu Hashimoto
Publisher : Kodansha USA
ISBN 13 : 1939130581
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Compound Cinematics written by Shinobu Hashimoto and published by Kodansha USA. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any list of Japan's greatest screenplay writers would feature Shinobu Hashimoto at or near the top. This memoir, focusing on his collaborations with Akira Kurosawa, a gifted scenarist in his own right, offers indispenable insider account for fans and students of the director's oeuvre and invaluable insights into the unique process that is writing for the screen. The vast majority of Kurosawa works were filmed from screenplays that the director co-wrote with a stable of steller writers, many of whom he discovered himself with his sharp eye for all things cinematic. Among these was Hashimoto, who caught the filmmaker's attention with a script that eventually turned into Roshamon. Thus joining Team Kurosawa the debutant immediately went on to paly an integral part in developing and writing two of the grandmaster's most impressive achievements, Ikiru and Seven Samurai.
Author : Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822325192
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (251 download)
Download or read book Kurosawa written by Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work will become not only the newly definitive study of Kurosawa, but will redefine the field of Japanese cinema studies, particularly as the field exists in the west.
Author : Roland Thorne
Publisher : Oldacastle Books
ISBN 13 : 1842434004
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (424 download)
Download or read book Samurai Films written by Roland Thorne and published by Oldacastle Books. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samurai films are an intriguing combination of frenetic action sequences, moving personal drama, and philosophical observations on loyalty and violence, all set against the spectacular backdrop of pre-industrial Japan. References to samurai films are quite common in film literature, and many mainstream directors, from Hollywood and elsewhere, have been inspired and influenced by them—Lucas by Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress, and the genre of spaghetti westerns by Kurosawa's Yojimbo. Want to see one of the major inspirations for Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill films? Look no further than Toshiya Fujita's Lady Snowblood. The history of this unique Japanese genre, including its influence on world cinema is covered, as well as analysis of the key films that have defined the genre. Classics such as Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy are included, as well as more recent films, such as Shinobi, Aragami, and The Twilight Samurai.
Author : Donald Richie
Publisher : Berkeley : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520051911
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (519 download)
Download or read book The Films of Akira Kurosawa written by Donald Richie and published by Berkeley : University of California Press. This book was released on 1984-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film scholars and enthusiasts will welcome this new edition of Donald Richie's incomparable study, last updated in 1984. The Method section, filmography, and bibliography contain new information, and Richie has added chapters on Ran, Dreams, Rhapsody in August, and Madadayo. Kurosawa's films display an extraordinary breadth and an astonishing strength, from the philosophic and sexual complexity of Rashomon to the moral dedication of Ikiru, from the naked violence of Seven Samurai to the savage comedy of Yojimbo, from the terror-filled feudalism of Throne of Blood to the piercing wit of Sanjuro. Running through all Kurosawa's work is a tough, humane, and profoundly ethical concern for the painful, beautiful, frequently ridiculous ambiguities of human life. Donald Richie's acclaimed study is as much a clear and winning introduction for those unfamiliar with Kurosawa's films as it is a bountiful critical appraisal for the initiate. Each film receives thorough sensitive examination, with many illustrations chosen by the author to underscore his analysis. Excerpts from the scripts, notes on camera usage and sound, reconstructions of outstanding moments - all these contribute insights into the director's powerful technique. In addition, Richie includes many quotes from his conversations with Kurosawa, allowing ideas and biographical information to emerge in the filmmaker's own words.
Author : Donald Richie
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520341783
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book The Films of Akira Kurosawa, Third Edition, Expanded and Updated written by Donald Richie and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an epilogue provided for his incomparable study of Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), Donald Richie reflects on Kurosawa's life work of thirty feature films and describes his last, unfinished project, a film set in the Edo period to be called The Ocean Was Watching. Kurosawa remains unchallenged as one of the century's greatest film directors. Through his long and distinguished career he managed, like very few others in the teeth of a huge and relentless industry, to elevate each of his films to a distinctive level of art. His Rashomon—one of the best-remembered and most talked-of films in any language—was a revelation when it appeared in 1950 and did much to bring Japanese cinema to the world's attention. Kurosawa's films display an extraordinary breadth and an astonishing strength, from the philosophic and sexual complexity of Rashomon to the moral dedication of Ikiru, from the naked violence of Seven Samurai to the savage comedy of Yojimbo, from the terror-filled feudalism of Throne of Blood to the piercing wit of Sanjuro.
Author : Alain Silver
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Samurai Film written by Alain Silver and published by . This book was released on 2005-11-17 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The image of a lone hero, marked by a violent past and bound by honor, has exerted an endless fascination on film audiences the world over, but nowhere more than in Japan, where Samurai films have gained legions of passionate followers. Popularized and perfected by one of the greatest auteurs in the history of cinema, Akira Kurosawa, the themes of the Samurai film have consistently crossed over into western films, with blockbuster success in recent years of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and The Last Samurai. Long regarded as one of the world's most astute film analysts, Alain Silver deconstructs the key aspects of this vital film genre, from its focus on violence and death as a means of understanding life and the significance of swords and weaponry to key elements and motifs, such as hara-kiri, rebellion, and nostalgia for Japan's feudal past. With comprehensive filmographies of the major directors and films, a survey of the history and myths of the Samurai, a glossary of Japanese terms, and with more than two hundred photos, The Samurai Film is the ultimate resource for one of world cinema's most influential and compelling genres.
Author : Stuart Galbraith, IV
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780571211524
Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (115 download)
Download or read book The Emperor and the Wolf written by Stuart Galbraith, IV and published by . This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune made 16 feature films together, including "Rashomon, Seven Samurai, " and "Yojimbo. The Emperor and the Wolf" is an in-depth look at these two great artists and their legacy that brims with behind-the-scenes details about their tumultuous lives and stormy relationships with the studios and with one another. Two 16-page photo inserts.
Author : Patricia Erens
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Akira Kurosawa written by Patricia Erens and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1979 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Teruyo Nogami
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781933330099
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Waiting on the Weather written by Teruyo Nogami and published by Stone Bridge Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing memoir about the director and his films, by his first assistant for fifty years.
Author : Peter Cowie
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780847833191
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (331 download)
Download or read book Akira Kurosawa written by Peter Cowie and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first and only illustrated book on the work of the master filmmaker Akira Kurosawa timed for the centennial of his birth. By looking at the full range of Kurosawa's films, this book captures the meticulously crafted visual style of one of the world's great directors in more than 200 images, many never before published. Akira Kurosawa is arguably the greatest of all Japanese film directors and is respected around the world as one of the masters of the art form. This is the first illustrated book to pay tribute to his unmistakable style-with more than two hundred images, many never before published. The filmmaker is also famous for his attention to detail, and fans will delight in seeing annotated script pages, sketches, and storyboards that reveal the meticulous craft behind Kurosawa's genius. Peter Cowie examines how Kurosawa took the samurai genre to its apogee in such films as Yojimbo and Seven Samurai; his literary influences in such films as Throne of Blood [Macbeth] and Ran [King Lear]; and in his take on our relationship to the modern world in such films as High and Low and Dreams.
Download or read book Seven Samurai written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Akira Kurosawa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (894 download)
Download or read book The Seven Samurai written by Akira Kurosawa and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Akira Kurosawa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Seven Samurai written by Akira Kurosawa and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
