false 93389 4 Translated by Audie E. Bock.<br><br>"A first rate book and a joy to read.... It's doubtful that a complete understanding of the director's artistry can be obtained without reading this book.... Also indispensable for budding directors are the addenda, in which Kurosawa lays out his beliefs on the primacy of a good script, on scriptwriting as an essential tool for directors, on directing actors, on camera placement, and on the value of steeping oneself in literature, from great novels to detective fiction."<br>--<i>Variety</i><br><br>"For the lover of Kurosawa's movies...this is nothing short of must reading...a fitting companion piece to his many dynamic and absorbing screen entertainments."<br>--<i>Washington Post Book World</i> 90035 1982 Something Like An Autobiography total:157|5:65|4:64|3:26|2:2|1:0| 157 663 237 18 5 4 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jan 10 15:49:50 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 16 11:13:21 -0700 2009 Rashomon. I wanted to know about Ikiru, The Seven Samurai and Yojimbo. However, he gives a brilliant reason for doing so in the epilogue. The theme of Rashomon is that humans are incapable of being honest about themse...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 24 16:21:47 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 17:46:30 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 16:21:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Dec 21 17:08:50 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 17:09:28 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Aug 11 00:00:48 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 00:17:30 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 04:34:57 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 01:47:08 -0700 2009
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One can also capture a glimpse of what Japan was like pre and post WWII through Kurosawa's eyes.]]> 5 0 false false Wed Feb 06 14:00:51 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 19 08:16:27 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Jul 26 07:21:56 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 07:22:47 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Thu Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 10:56:03 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 10:36:32 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Jul 27 19:42:59 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 19:42:59 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Sun Nov 08 22:44:16 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 22:44:16 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Oct 25 21:25:48 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 21:25:48 -0700 2009