The publication date for Lars-Martin Sorensen’s new book Censorship of Japanese Films During the U.S. Occupation of Japan: The Cases of Yasujiro Ozu and Akira Kurosawa was supposed to be More...
Kurosawa’s old production designer, art director and sometime costume designer Yoshiro Muraki has died of heart failure, Tokyograph and Kyodo News report. The 85 year old Muraki passed away on More...
China Daily has published an interview with Emi Wada, where the renowned costume designer discusses her work, including anecdotes from her Oscar winning work for Kurosawa’s Ran. Wada worked on More...
This month’s Film Club offering is the 1957 film The Lower Depths, based on the Maxim Gorky play of the same name. Kurosawa began work on The Lower Depths soon More...