Akira Kurosawa

"There are many reasons the name Akira Kurosawa means so much in the world of moviemaking, and we're going to be showing 26 of those reasons this month on Turner Classic Movies," says TCM host Robert Osborne.

Twitch 2010

The film had her working under a second-unit director called Akira Kurosawa in the distant farmlands of northern Japan.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

Some, such as Akira Kurosawa, have wowed both local crowds and foreign critics, but the basic template has remained much the same, despite the emergence of such international cult faves as Takashi Miike -- and even

Variety.com 2010

In film, Japanese directors such as Akira Kurosawa (b.

1993 2001

HIGH AND LOW $39.95 on BluRay; Criterion -- This corker of a thriller is one of director Akira Kurosawa's best non-samurai movies.

Michael Giltz: DVDs: The Best High School Movies of All Time Michael Giltz 2011

In many regards, the series is another chance to watch or re-watch Ms. Hara in a favorite Yasujirô Ozu film—such as "Early Summer"—or Ms. Yamada as an unforgettable Lady Macbeth in Akira Kurosawa's adaptation of Shakespeare as medieval legend in "Throne of Blood."

Adrift at Home, Anchored Abroad Steve Dollar 2011

Yes, young folk these days may no longer think of theaters as sacred temples to celluloid, but it's also the first generation that has every season of "Lost" and all of Akira Kurosawa's films at the ready to be watched, absorbed and pondered with just a few keystrokes.

The La-Z-Boy Multiplex Kevin Sintumuang 2011

Along with Bryant Haliday, his partner in the Brattle Theatre off Harvard Square, he founded Janus Films, the distribution company that introduced a generation of Americans half a century ago to the work of such directors as Ingmar Bergman, François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Federico Fellini and Akira Kurosawa.

'Incendies' Burns With Mystery, Truth Joe Morgenstern 2011

I like Akira Kurosawa's cop films better than his samurai films.

The Force Is Strong With These Police Tales Bruce Bennett 2011

The movie is also in the debt of another classic, Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai."

'Five': A Series Wakes Up at the Wheel Joe Morgenstern 2011