Film historian Peter Cowie’s new book Akira Kurosawa: Master of Cinema is as far as I can see now published and on its way to bookshops. Amazon.co.uk lists March 1 More...
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...
Kendra Preston Leonard’s Shakespeare, Madness and Music: Scoring Insanity in Cinematic Adaptations (Scarecrow Press, August 2009) is first and foremost a book from the field of Shakespeare studies. However, as More...
My second copy of D.P. Martinez’s new Kurosawa book Remaking Kurosawa: Translations and Permutations in Global Cinema arrived today, this time from Amazon.co.uk, where I originally placed my pre-order back More...
When it comes to physical dimensions, D.P. Martinez’s new Kurosawa book Remaking Kurosawa: Translations and Permutations in Global Cinema is about the size of the Donald Richie edited Rashomon. This More...
A couple of book related news updates. First of all, Dolores Martinez’s Remaking Kurosawa has now been out for a month or so in the US, but I have yet More...
Remaking Kurosawa: Translations and Permutations in Global Cinema is the title of a forthcoming Akira Kurosawa book written by Dr Dolores Martinez from the University of London School of Oriental More...
One of the many great things about running Akira Kurosawa NID is that I am time to time contacted by interesting people with connections to Kurosawa. Yesterday, I received a More...
Published last December, Akira Kurosawa: Interviews is the latest volume in the University Press of Mississippi film book series Conversations with Filmmakers. It is also the first English language book More...
The Amazon.com exclusive Criterion Collection Director Series: Akira Kurosawa that I wrote about recently turns out to consist of Criterion’s new version of Yojimbo, Seven Samurai and Sanjuro (as well More...
University Press of Mississippi has been kind enough to provide me a copy of the table of contents to be included in the Akira Kurosawa: Interviews book that I wrote More...
In December 2007, University Press of Mississippi will publish a book titled Akira Kurosawa: Interviews. The 224-page book, available both in hard cover and paperback, will be made available as More...
The Japan Times has two articles related to Teruyo Nogami’s Waiting on the Weather — Making Movies with Akira Kurosawa. Firstly, there is a relatively short (but positive) review of the book. Secondly, and perhaps more interestingly, there is an interview with Teruyo Nogami about the book and Kurosawa in general.
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