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by KUROSAWA Akira
1987-2002, 210 x 297 mm, 320-460 pp/vol., JPY 3400-3600/vol. |
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| KUROSAWA Akira (1910-1998) is Japan's
most renowned film director, whose works have influenced filmmakers
around the world, including Stephen Spielberg and George Lucas. While
his perfectionism on the set is legendary, he is also unique as a
director for the tremendous effort he put into writing the scenarios
for his films. Film scenes rise up fresh from the image-rich pages
of his scenarios, giving rise to a cinematic excitement in the reader. |
| This collection includes not only the
scenarios for all thirty films Kurosawa directed himself, but the
masterpiece scenarios he wrote for other directors and topical essays
he wrote over the years. The collection also presents Kurosawa's
Works, written by one of Japan's most well known film critics,
SATO Tadao, Waseda University Professor IWAMOTO Kenji's Notes on
Criticism, replete with references to contemporary critical writings
on Kurosawa's films, and a Kurosawa filmography, revealing the complete
aspect of the film artist KUROSAWA Akira. |
| CONTENTS |
| Volume 1 |
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Sanshiro Sugata (1943), The Most Beautiful (1944), Sanshiro
Sugata II (1945), Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1945), A German
at Dharma-Temple (1941, unproduced), Snow (1942, unproduced), 700
Miles Behind Enemy Lines* (1943) |
| Volume 2 |
No Regrets for Our Youth (1946), One Beautiful Sunday
(1947), Drunken Angel (1948), The Quiet Duel (1949), Stray Dog (1949),
Three Villains in a Hut* (1947) |
| Volume 3 |
Scandal (1950), Rashomon (1951), The Idiot (1951), Ikiru
(1952), A Portrait* (1948), Tate-shi Danpei*
(1950) |
| Volume 4 |
Seven Samurai (1954), Record of a Living Being (1955),
Throne of Blood (1957), The Lower Depths (1957), The Hidden Fortress
(1958), The Duel at Kagiya Corner* (1952) |
| Volume 5 |
The Bad Sleep Well (1960), Yojimbo (1961), Sanjuro (1962),
High and Low (1963), Red Beard (1965), The Runaway Train*
(1966) |
| Volume 6 |
Dodes'ka-den (1960), Dersu Uzula (1975), Kagemusha (1980),
Ran (1985) |
| Final Volume |
Dreams (1990), Rhapsody in August (1991), Madadayo (1993),
Umi wa Miteita (1994), Ame Agaru (1995), The Masque of the Black Death
(1977), And ... (1966, synopsis) |
| *Scenario written for
other director |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Born in 1910 in Tokyo, KUROSAWA graduated from Keika
Middle School. Wanting to become a painter, he attended the Proletariat
Art Institute, and joined the Proletarian Artists Union. He joined
P.C.L. Film Studios (later to become Toho Studios) in 1936, and worked
as assistant director for YAMAMOTO Kajiro. He made his debut as a
film director in 1943 with Sanshiro Sugata. He won the Golden
Lion at the Venice International Film Festival in 1951 for Rashomon,
which also won an Oscar in 1952 for Best Foreign Film. Other prizes
include: the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival
for Ikiru and the Silver Lion at Venice for The Seven Samurai
in 1954; the Gold Prize in 1975 in Moscow for Dersu Uzula;
the Grand Prix in Cannes for Kagemusha in 1980. In 1982 Rashomon
was awarded the Lion of Lions at the 50th year commemorative Venice
International Film Festival and in 1990 KUROSAWA was awarded a Special
Honorary Award at the Academy Awards. KUROSAWA Akira died in 1998. |
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