Akira Kurosawa News, Information and Discussion
News archive for September, 2008
‘Seven Samurai’ stage adaptation, a Chinese homage
30 September, 2008 (1 comment)Some further tiny news bits: An adaptation of Samurai 7, based on Seven Samurai, will be staged at the Shinjuku Koma Stadium in Tokyo in November this year. (source) Meanwhile, More...
Two further newsbits: Kin Sugai and CNN’s Best Asian Films
21 September, 2008 (3 comments)To round up this week’s Akira Kurosawa related news, here’s two lighter news items: Kin Sugai, who over the years appeared in five Kurosawa films with minor roles (in High More...
Kurosawa’s ‘The Masque of the Black Death’ to be made into Anime (plus a ‘Rashomon’ remake)
21 September, 2008Continuing with the AK100 related news (see my previous post), it has also been announced that Kurosawa Production together with Japan’s Lotus, America’s Lexicon Film Entertainment and Harbor Light Entertainment, More...
AK100 World Tour website
21 September, 2008 (7 comments)The AK100 project now seems to have an international website called AK100 World Tour. I must say that I am not fully certain how I personally feel about it. In More...
Count Yoshiki in for AK100
17 September, 2008Listen to the World blog reports that the Japanese musician Yoshiki is lined up for the AK100 (Kurosawa’s 100th birthday) celebrations in 2010. The article does not say much (perhaps More...
Two Seven Samurai remake news
13 September, 2008Geeks of Doom has published an interview with screenwriter John Fusco, and although the bulk of the article centres on The Forbidden Kingdom, they also talk about the Seven Samurai More...