Akira Kurosawa News, Information and Discussion
News archive for August, 2007
Archive.org’s Sanshiro Sugata
26 August, 2007 (1 comment)The Internet Archive has added Sanshiro Sugata to their collection. Just like earlier on with Rashomon, the film is now downloadable in a few different formats, or can be watched in a browser. I have not yet had the time to check the quality of their release.
‘Drunken Angel’ by Criterion in November
16 August, 2007 (9 comments)Criterion has set November as a release date for a Drunken Angel DVD. Newly digitally restored, the film comes with a 30-minute commentary by Donald Richie, a 30-minute “making of” More...
Weinsteins launch an Asian film fund - Seven Samurai remake mentioned
7 August, 2007 (2 comments)Just when you thought that all those rumours about the planned Seven Samurai remake had died down and disappeared, Reuters writes that the Weinstein Company has launched a $285 million More...
Remake of “High and Low” in the works
2 August, 2007This apparently broke almost a month ago, but somehow it went past my radar — a TV remake of Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku) is in More...