Akira Kurosawa

Maker Akira Kurosawa is considered by many to be one of the most influential film makers of all time. Many of his films have been remade or his concepts repurposed for a new audiences; Seven Samurai was remade into the Magnificent Seven, The Battle Beyond our Stars, Zhong yi qun ying (Seven Warriors) and a Japanese anime series, Samurai 7. Kurosawa’s Yojimbo was remade into a Fist Full of Dollars, Last Man Standing, and another anime series, Kaze no Yojimbo.(Maunula,2014) George Lucas admits that Star Wars was partially inspired by The Hidden Fortress, (Kaminski,2008,p.47) so it is an understatement to say that Akira Kurosawa is a great film maker. He pioneered many techniques, such as using multiple cameras and using long lenses to shoot scenes. The influence he has left on modern cinema is felt long after his death in 1998. Akira Kurosawa Early Life Descended from samurai. Akira Kurosawa was born in Tokyo, Japan on March 23, 1910, the youngest of eight children. His father was a fitness instructor at a local school, but had come from a long line of samurai located in the Akita prefecture. Kurosawa’s mother…

Akira Kurosawa was born in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan on March 23, 1910 and died September 6, 1998 at the age of 88 of a stroke. Kurosawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, who to this day is regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kurosawa began his journey in the Japanese film industry in 1936, after a brief pursuit of painting. Kurosawa debut as a directer after many years of working on films as an assistant director and scriptwriter, with his…

Plays such as Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet are even known among people who have never studied Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s work has been around for hundreds of years and many films has are adaptations of his works. Macbeth is tragicomedy play that’s about of a general named Macbeth who gains and loses power; which ultimately leads to his death (“Mr. William Shakespeare and the internet”). The most well known adaption is a Japanese film named Throne of Blood (Akira Kurosawa, 1957) (“Throne…

Different genres utilize the camera and its subjects differently, and Kurosawa notes these differences throughout Rashomon. Tajomaru’s story is intentionally very comedic. He is an over-the-top character, coming off as slightly unhinged at times, but never ultimately unreliable. Throughout Tajomaru’s retell of events, the camera is very subjective. The audience is seeing the action almost entirely how Tajomaru is seeing it. In fact, the audience is so closely connected to Tajomaru’s point of…

Yojimbo is a Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film took place in the year 1860 during the concluding years of the Tokugawa dynasty. It narrates the story of Kuwabatake Sanjuro, a ronin (samurai with no master) who enters an unnamed town that came apart by warfare by two crime lords, Ushitora and Seibei. Both gangs fight for supremacy and bet on their own candidates for the position of town mayor. When Sanjuro arrived at the town, he met Hansuke, a corrupt official who stated that a…

Hobbesian theme underscores the harshness of reality. Furthermore it implicitly recognizes the tribal nature of humanity. This note will use the previously mentioned themes as the initial material to frame another discussion on the 2016 post-electoral climate in the United States in the hopes of better understanding it. Building on the analysis of storylines written by Eduardo Bonilla-Silvia in his Racism Without Racists and the idea 1950 Kurosawa film Rasho-Mon, this manuscript will analyze…

Destiny Jones English 12 Period 4 February 26th, 2017 Unit 3 Comparison Essay: Topic 3 The adaptation of a play by Shakespeare to a film of a different culture can only be done if done correctly. Akira Kurosawa managed to do this flawlessly by creating “Throne of Blood” uniquely, but also along a similar storyline of the famous play “The Tragedy of Macbeth” by William Shakespeare. Kurosawa saw a chance to accomodate 16th century Japan to what was happening in Scotland during the 11th century,…

1) Chushingura fascinated both nobles and commoners in Japan. Why do you think it appealed to two such different classes? (Name a commoner who appears in the play) The appeal of Chushingura can be explained by looking to the contemporary happenings at the time that the play came out. It was not that long ago that the 46 retainers of Lord Asano Naganori of Ako took the head of the Lord Kira Yoshinaka in an honor killing over the death of their master. At the time they were hailed as heroes by…

mothers from the beginning of the film get a park built to replace the cesspool. The memorial continues, with Watanabe’s coworkers criticizing him and insisting he had little to do with the creation of the park. As the night progresses, they begin to change their minds as evidence starts to pile up in favor of Watanabe, and within a few hours, everyone is drunk and praising his courage. The memorial ends with everyone exclaiming that they too will defy the bureaucratic machine, follow in…

The Documentary known as “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” Directed by David Gelb is about a Sushi Chief, that goes by the name Jiro Ono. This Documentary provides a lot of things I have learned, that have also changed my perspective to how I see art, and a craft that you or any one may have a passion for. As you read this, I hope you can find some things and facts that interest you, as much as they interest me. Also understand how I feel about the reasoning behind this assignment, and what I think about…