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Kurosawa
Title
Kurosawa / Wellspring Media ; a presentation of Thirteen/WNET, BBC Arena, and NHK in association with Winstar TV and Video ; written and directed by Adam Low ; producers, Margaret Smilow, Sonoko Aoyagi Bowers ; a co-production of Thirteen/WNET New York, BBC Arena, and NHK in association with Winstar TV and Video.
黒澤明 / Wellspring Media ; a presentation of Thirteen/WNET, BBC Arena, and NHK in association with Winstar TV and Video ; written and directed by Adam Low ; producers, Margaret Smilow, Sonoko Aoyagi Bowers ; a co-production of Thirteen/WNET New York, BBC Arena, and NHK in association with Winstar TV and Video.
ISBN
079420063X
9780794200633
Published
New York, NY : Educational Broadcasting Corp. : Distributed by Wellspring Video, 2002.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally broadcast on Thursday, March 21, 2002 as an episode of Great Performances on PBS.
Originally produced in 2000.
Special features: Bonus interviews [featurette, edited by Teruyo Nogami] (90 min.); Filmography [text feature]; Production credits [text feature]; Weblinks [requires a DVD-ROM drive and Internet access].
Director of photography, Dewald Aukema ; editor, David Kitson ; music composed by the Fratelli Brothers ; researcher, Kristin Lovejoy ; translators, Toko Shinjo, Michiko Takematsu, Shuko Noguchi.
In English and Japanese with English subtitles.
Summary
A giant of 20th-century cinema, Akira Kurosawa holds a unique place among the world's most distinguished filmmakers as the only non-Westerner. Yet, surprisingly little is known of Japan's greatest filmmaker outside of his native country, and only a few of his films are familiar to American audiences. Now, with the personal endorsement and participation of his children, Hisao and Kazuko, this film presents a definitive two-hour profile, exploring Kurosawa's work in its entirety. There are film excerpts, archival footage never before seen in the West, interviews with actors influenced by Kurosawa's work, and re-creations from his book "Something Like an Autobiography" examining the personal circumstances that produced one of the world's greatest cinema artists.
Variant and related titles
Subtitle on disc label and container: Documentary on the acclaimed director
Arena (Television program)
Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.))
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; Japanese
Added to Catalog
February 27, 2018
Credits
Director of photography, Dewald Aukema ; editor, David Kitson ; music composed by the Fratelli Brothers ; researcher, Kristin Lovejoy ; translators, Toko Shinjo, Michiko Takematsu, Shuko Noguchi.
Performers
Readings by Paul Scofield ; narrated by Sam Shepard; commentators include Akira Kurosawa [archive footage], Kenichi Benitani, James Coburn, Clint Eastwood, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hiromichi Horikawa, Kon Ichikawa, Shuichi Kato, Masahiko Kumada, Hisao Kurosawa, Kazuko Kurosawa, Machiko Kyo, Tatsuya Nakadai, Teruyo Nogami, Iwao Ohtani, Stephen Prince, Donald Richie, Tadao Sato, Tokuzo Tanaka, Isuzu Yamada.
System details note
DVD; Stereo; letterbox presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1.
Contents
Master of cinema
Childhood influences
Conquering fear
Breaking with tradition
Propaganda film
Post-war Japan
Rashomon
Seven samurai
Toshirô Mifune
Influence on the West
A turning point
The four knights
Into the wilderness
Kagemusha
Ran
Full circle.
Videorecording number
WHE73143 Wellspring Media
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographical television programs.
Biography.
Documentary television programs.
History.
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Also listed under
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai.
WinStar TV and Video (Firm)
Educational Broadcasting Corporation.
Wellspring Media.
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