Before Last Man Standing came out–when it was, presumably, going to be a hit because Willis was on one of his career upswings–I remember seeing Walter Hill say this film, his film, was going to improve on the source material (that source material being Kurosawa’s Yojimbo).
Hill borrows more liberally from the first remake of that […]
Entries Tagged as 'Kurosawa Akira'
Last Man Standing (1996, Walter Hill)
July 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tagged: Bruce Willis· Kikushima Ryuzo· Kurosawa Akira· New Line Cinema· Walter Hill· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
The Magnificent Seven (1960, John Sturges)
May 2nd, 2007 · No Comments
Apparently, no director has ever needed a good script more than John Sturges. His work in The Magnificent Seven is static, the camera as disinterested in the film’s goings-on as the majority of the cast. He lets the camera sit and stare, cutting when it wakes up from its nap. He also appears not to […]
Tagged: Charles Bronson· Eli Wallach· Hashimoto Shinobu· John Sturges· Kurosawa Akira· Oguni Hideo· Robert Vaughn· Steve McQueen· United Artists· William Roberts· Yul Brynner· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
Scandal (1950, Kurosawa Akira)
March 28th, 2006 · No Comments
Scandal presents an incredibly humane side of Kurosawa, one his historical pictures don’t convey. He shows the desperate sadness of people and offers little visible hope throughout. There’s one scene, when the protagonist (played by Mifune Toshirô) and the main character (Shimura Takashi) come across a pond reflecting the stars and Mifune comments about the […]
Tagged: Kikushima Ryuzo· Kurosawa Akira· Mifune Toshirô· Shochiku Company Limited· ★★★★
The Bad Sleep Well (1960, Kurosawa Akira)
March 16th, 2006 · 2 Comments
I had no idea it was Mifune Toshirô (nor did I get the Hamlet subtext).
Kurosawa mixes genres a lot with The Bad Sleep Well. It’s an incredibly romantic film, but not from the start. The start is a twenty minute wedding scene, all told from reporters’ points of view. It creates a distancing effect, it […]
Tagged: Hashimoto Shinobu· Hisoita Eijiro· Kikushima Ryuzo· Kurosawa Akira· Mifune Toshirô· Oguni Hideo· Toho Company Ltd.· ★★★★
Kagemusha (1980, Kurosawa Akira)
January 20th, 2006 · No Comments
When I was a kid, I was always curious about Kagemusha because of the VHS box art. It was a silhouette of the battle armor, giving it a real eerie feel about it. Like it was a sequel or remake of Night of the Demon. Later, I learned it was not a supernatural samurai movie. […]
Tagged: Ide Masato· Kurosawa Akira· Toho Company Ltd.· ★★★
