Which Kurosawa film should I watch first?

Which Kurosawa film should I watch first?

1. Seven Samurai (1954) The first film to consider, and perhaps the most well-known, is Seven Samurai.

Why is Kurosawa so great?

That influence has spread so wide because Kurosawa is one of the all-time greats in directing. One of the reasons why, as film editor Tony Zhou points out, is that Kurosawa had an incredible ability to fill his shots with an entire world of movement — from the actors, to the background, to the camera.

How many films did Kurosawa direct?

30 films Akira Kurosawa (Japanese: 黒澤 明, Hepburn: Kurosawa Akira, Ma – Septem) was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years....

Akira Kurosawa
Years active	1936–1993
Notable work	Rashomon (1950) Ikiru (1952) Seven Samurai (1954) Yojimbo (1961) Ran (1985)

Is Kurosawa popular in Japan?

Kurosawa was by no means a steady favorite as a director within Japan. He had his heyday between about 19. ... Ran was Japan's most expensive movie ever at the time, and took over five years to make. After this, the tone of his films became more subdued and quietly philosophical.

What should I watch after Kurosawa?

10 Samurai Movies To Watch If You Played Ghost Of Tsushima

• 3 THE SAMURAI TRILOGY.
• 4 GOEMON. ...
• 5 SEVEN SAMURAI. ...
• 6 13 ASSASSINS. ...
• 7 THE LAST SAMURAI. ...
• 8 RAN. ...
• 9 SANJURO. ...
• 10 YOJIMBO. Any fan of Japanese cinema can't go wrong with either director Akira Kurosawa or actor Toshiro Mifune. ...

Why is Kurosawa The Best Director?

Kurosawa has two films that many cinephiles triumph as the best, or one of the 5 or so best, of all-time. He has a consistent narrative worldview, is a dynamic editor- specifically in action sequences, and boasts a filmography of great depth. From Scorsese: “The term 'giant' is used too often to describe artists.

Who inspired Kurosawa?

Kurosawa was a huge fan of American Cinema. John Ford and American Westerns in particular were major influences on his work so it is no wonder that many of his film were remade as Westerns. Kurosawa was also a fan of Shakespeare and two of his films Throne of Blood (1957) and Ran (1985) were based on Shakespeare plays.

What is Yojimbo based on?

It was inspired by Dashiell Hammett's detective novels, including Red Harvest (1929) and The Glass Key (1931), and was patterned after American westerns, especially the lone-hero films of John Ford, and in turn Yojimbo inspired Italian “spaghetti westerns,” notably Sergio Leone's “Dollars trilogy” starring Clint ...

Which Kurosawa movies are in color?

Here are his top ten color films:

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Was Kurosawa blind?

By the mid-'80s, Kurosawa was practically blind. A painter before he turned filmmaker, the Japanese auteur drew and painted thousands of images to show his team what he wanted Ran to look like. ... Shorn of his final protection, a picture of the Buddha, we last see him teetering on the edge of a precipice.