It is often mentioned that Kurosawa, especially early in his career, made his films with a young Japanese audience in mind. It is therefore quite interesting to hear that Takashi Koizumi, who is currently attending a retrospective of Japanese cinema in Mumbai, has been quoted as saying that “Kurosawa made films not just for his generation, but he often told me to think about 3 or 4 generations in the future. And that is what a filmmaker should think about.”
Considering that Koizumi worked with Kurosawa from Dersu Uzala onwards, I wonder if this is somehow related to the other major changes that took place in Kurosawa’s film making late in his career.
It is often mentioned that Kurosawa, especially early in his career, made his films with a young Japanese audience in mind. It is therefore quite interesting to hear that Takashi Koizumi, who is currently attending a retrospective of Japanese cinema in Mumbai, has been quoted as saying that “Kurosawa made films not just for his generation, but he often told me to think about 3 or 4 generations in the future. And that is what a filmmaker should think about.”
Considering that Koizumi worked with Kurosawa from Dersu Uzala onwards, I wonder if this is somehow related to the other major changes that took place in Kurosawa’s film making late in his career.