Shinobu Hashimoto

‘Ikiru’ at 70: How Akira Kurosawa’s Collaborators Helped Him Write a Masterpiece

‘Ikiru’ at 70: How Akira Kurosawa’s Collaborators Helped Him Write a Masterpiece

Akira Kurosawa’s collaborative writing process on Ikiru complicates the cliché of the film auteur whose artistic vision is solely their own.