High and Low

Akira Kurosawa Films 101: 1963 – 1970

Akira Kurosawa Films 101: 1963 – 1970

These three Kurosawa films represent the end of one phase of his career and the beginning of another. High and Low is a police procedural that is regarded as one of his greatest films, while Red Beard represented the end of his so-called “Creative Period”.

Widescreen, Big Ideas: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa

Widescreen, Big Ideas: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa

When Akira Kurosawa made the conversion to a wider screen, he did so by making six consecutive films in widescreen, with a degree of success as resounding as it was influential.

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