Akira Kurosawa

Articles Culture

Salute to Toshiro Mifune: Japan’s Greatest Movie Star

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When Hideyoshi orders his soldiers to cut off the man’s nose and ears, he fights back

Articles Culture

The Ghost of Kurosawa: A Samurai Videogame Channels History

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“The Ghost of Tsushima” does provide moral dilemmas and intriguing back-stories for the characters.

Articles Reflections

Going Global: Parasite Vs. Winnie the Pooh

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Winnie the Pooh, like Richard Gere, has been cancelled in China.

Articles Culture

Manga Amongst the Marbles: the Triumph of “Trashiness”

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Tezuka stands in relation to Japanese manga rather as Akira Kurosawa does to Japanese film

Culture Non-fiction

New Book: “On Kurosawa – A Tribute to the Master Director”

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My latest book “On Kurosawa – A Tribute to the Master Director” explores AK’s work and life

Articles Culture

The World Is Bigger Through Kurosawa’s Eyes

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Great films travel far through time and place. When viewed by fresh eyes, they become new films.

Articles Culture

Martin Scorsese’s Searing “Silence”

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Scorsese’s favoured milieu is the “mean streets” of inner city America, where he grew up, with their violence, profanity and crime