Akira Kurosawa News, Information and Discussion
News archive for December, 2006
Possible future Akira Kurosawa offerings from BFI
23 December, 2006There is a word going around that BFI, which has put out several quality releases of Kurosawa’s movies, is considering releasing Dodesukaden, The Most Beautiful, They Who Tread on The More...
Eclipse: Criterion’s new line
18 December, 2006Criterion’s blog has announced a new line of products that will be released in addition to the regular high-quality Criterion releases that we have got so used to. The relevant More...
Sanjuro remake has a website
16 December, 2006Twitch, the film website that is especially interested in non-mainstream movies, reports that the upcoming remake of Kurosawa’s Sanjuro now has a website. It is all in Japanese, but in case you are interested, you can find it here. As the website is copyrighted for 2007, I take it to be rather recent.
Rocking the Throne of Blood
8 December, 2006The New York based post-punk rock band The Rapture have announced the forming of their new record label, called Throne of Blood Records. The reference seems to be to Akira Kurosawa’s Kumonosu-jo, which is sometimes also called The Cobweb Castle in the English speaking world. For more information, see the full news at Pitchfork Media.
Rambo IV borrows from Seven Samurai?
8 December, 2006To promote his upcoming Rocky VI, Sylvester Stallone has been answering questions at Ain’t It Cool News that have been sent by fans from around the world. He tackles a More...
A short Akira Kurosawa video at YouTube
7 December, 2006Someone has upload a minute-long video on YouTube that includes shots from some of his movies, and ends with Kurosawa saying a few words about how his intentions have been to make “beautiful films”. I don’t know where this is taken from, but you may nevertheless want to take the moment and watch it here.
Miki Odagiri passes away
5 December, 2006Miki Odagiri, who played Toyo Odagiri (the girl in Watanabe’s office) in Ikiru is reported to have passed away on the 28th of November. She was 76 years of age, More...
Toshiro Mifune video
4 December, 2006Someone has gone through a number of Toshiro Mifune’s samurai roles and mashed it all together with the song “Holding Out for a Hero” playing on the background as performed by Frou Frou from the Shrek 2 soundtrack. The result is this Youtube video.
A souvenir from Cannes
3 December, 2006Here’s little something I took a photo of last summer when in Cannes, and remembered only now. For those who do not know, the pedestrian areas in the park More...