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Akira Kurosawa
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:11 pm
by cursedby11_Archive
Anyone familiar with his movies? What's your favorite movie? I'm going with Seven Samurai.
Akira Kurosawa
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:37 pm
by hihat recorders_Archive
i just had kurosawa marathon last night:
rashomon-probably my fav.
sanjuro-hillarious(really good)
ran-love this one two
i cant get bored watching these movies
love them
Akira Kurosawa
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:41 pm
by Ranxerox_Archive
Simply one of the all time greats.
It is hard to argue against SS. Then again, I love almost all of his films (Dreams left me a bit head scratched).
I think that, after SS, I like Ran the best. It is the only one I ever saw in the theater upon its release.
The Yojimbo/Sanjuro nameless samurai duet is also great.
The non warfare oriented films like High and Low, Ikiru, and Stray Dog are also quite excellent.
One could go on and on.
Akira Kurosawa
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:19 pm
by Terrainasaur_Archive
All the earlier feudal movies with Toshiro Mifune (Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Roshomon and Throne of Blood,) are really great, and you'd like them if you like Seven Samuri. He did a great adaptation of an 87th precinct book, called High and Low (the movie, not the book, which is King's Ransom.)
I love everthing I've seen by him, but his movies can differ pretty greatly from eachother, so "be warned" or whatever.
Dreams is a beautiful movie.
Akira Kurosawa
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:50 pm
by Johnny 13_Archive
THRONE OF BLOOD THRONE OF BLOOD THRONE OF BLOOD
I think it is the most best.
Akira Kurosawa
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:11 pm
by kenoki_Archive
high and low.
ran is good but sorta freaks me out, dreams is pretty, seven samurai is great, ikiru is bad!
oh and mifune is my boyfriend!
Akira Kurosawa
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:20 pm
by run joe_ run_Archive
AK didn't really make a bad movie, just some which fall short of being masterpieces. You will take something of value from each of them.
Akira Kurosawa
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:46 pm
by cursedby11_Archive
Yea I like Mifune a ton too. Does he have a role in "Ran" too? I have yet to see "Ran" and "Ikiru."
Akira Kurosawa
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:49 pm
by Eksvplot_Archive
don't mean to piss in the punchbowl here, but i always thought Kurosawa was sort of overrated. more to the point, i don't know why he's constantly name checked in magazines and various polls as one of THE great foreign directors of all time and yet a far superior filmmaker like Robert Bresson remains largely unknown here in the states. this is very strange to me.
anyone here check out the recent japanese film Nobody Knows by Hirokazu Kore-Eda? it's gotta be one of the greatest movies of our time. fucking brilliant on so many levels. i'd trade that movie alone for a whole shelf full of Kurosawa. it's deeply moving.
http://www.lhp.com.sg/nobodyknows/
Akira Kurosawa
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:49 pm
by placeholder_Archive
Johnny 13 wrote:THRONE OF BLOOD THRONE OF BLOOD THRONE OF BLOOD
I think it is the most best.
I agree wholeheartedly with Mr. 13.