Tag: Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa’s Unfilmed Poe Adaptation is Actually Happening

‘The Mask of the Black Death’

“Star Wars” and Akira Kurosawa’s “The Hidden Fortress”

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Akira Kurosawa Painted the Storyboards For Scenes in His Epic Films: Compare Canvas to Celluloid

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samurai7zy1Anime TV series version of renowned director Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai”

How ‘Star Wars’ Borrowed From Akira Kurosawa’s Great Samurai Films

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Watch ‘Samurai 7,’ an Anime Adaptation of Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Seven Samurai’

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Akira Kurosawa’s List of His 100 Favorite Movies

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Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa

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From left, Rod Steiger, Jester Hairston, and Sidney Poitier in “The Heat of the Night” (1967)

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From left, Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, and Lil Dagover in “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”(“Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari”) (1920)