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Seven Samurai was released to broadly positive reviews in the west, but film scholar Stuart Galbraith IV has noted it received "praise from American critics, but praise tainted by cultural condescension" for its perceived similarities to the American Western; nevertheless, it is now considered one of the greatest films in history. [45]
Sansho the Bailiff (Japanese: 山椒大夫, Hepburn: Sanshō Dayū, known by its Japanese title in the United Kingdom and Ireland [1]) is a 1954 Japanese period film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi based on a 1915 short story of the same name by Mori Ōgai (translated as "Sanshō the Steward" in English), which in turn was based on a sekkyō-bushi [] (oral lore) appearing in written form in the ...
Minoru Chiaki (Japanese: 千秋 実, Hepburn: Chiaki Minoru, April 28, 1917 – November 1, 1999) was a Japanese actor who appeared in eleven of Akira Kurosawa's films, including Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, and The Hidden Fortress. He was also one of Kon Ichikawa's favorite actors. [1]
This summer, timed to the 1954 film’s 70th anniversary, a new restoration of “Seven Samurai” is playing in theaters beginning Wednesday in New York and expanding around the country July 12.
The following is a list of works, both in film and other media, for which the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa made some documented creative contribution. This includes a complete list of films with which he was involved (including the films on which he worked as assistant director before becoming a full director), as well as his little-known contributions to theater, television and literature.
Samurai film: Sansho the Bailiff: Kenji Mizoguchi: Kinuyo Tanaka: Drama: Seven Samurai: Akira Kurosawa: Toshirō Mifune: Samurai film: Sound of the Mountain: Mikio Naruse: Setsuko Hara, So Yamamura: Drama: Twenty-four Eyes: Keisuke Kinoshita: Hideko Takamine: Drama: Won Best Film at the 5th Blue Ribbon Awards and at the 9th Mainichi Film Awards ...
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2/5 The second half of Netflix’s expensive sci-fi epic is less problematic than the first – but not a whole lot more compelling