The Films of Akira Kurosawa, Third Edition, Expanded and Updated

by Donald Richie (Author)

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  Paperback
  1996

  $89.99

  Film scholars and enthusiasts will welcome this new edition of Donald Richie's incomparable study, last updated in 1984. The introduction and filmography contain new information, and Richie has added chapters on Ran , Dreams , Rhapsody in August , and Madadayo . Kurosawa remains unchallenged as one of the century's greatest film directors. Through his long, distinguished career he has 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 Rashomom 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 .