Akira Kurosawa News, Information and Discussion
News archive for September, 2007
A Hitachi Commercial with Akira Kurosawa
30 September, 2007A new YouTube video with Kurosawa has appeared online. In it, shots of Kurosawa working on film sets are used to sell a Hitachi product (does anyone know what, exactly?). More...
Seventh Samurai from the Weinsteins?
27 September, 2007 (1 comment)While trying to uncover more information about Robert Redford’s rumoured Against All Enemies project, I stumbled upon yet another bit of information about the rumoured Seven Samurai remake that the More...
Tokyo court decides Kurosawa still under copyright
17 September, 2007In April this year Toho launched a lawsuit against Cosmo Contents, which had been selling cheap DVDs of Akira Kurosawa’s early films in Japan under the assumption that they were More...
Chris Marker exhibition in New York
16 September, 2007Those in New York may be interested in Chris Marker: Staring Back, an exhibition of almost two hundred photographs taken by the French filmmaker Chris Marker, best known for Kurosawa fans for his 1985 documentary “A.K.”. According to a Trigger Magazine review, the exhibition also features a portrait (portraits?) of Akira Kurosawa.
Criterion opens a webshop
6 September, 2007 (2 comments)Criterion, who are obviously well known to Kurosawa fans for their quality DVD releases, have opened a webshop on their website at Criterion.com. The prices seem ok, although it is always advisable to shop around before ordering online.