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New region 4 Kurosawa from Madman
24 January, 2008 (5 comments)As Master Thief pointed out a few days ago in the comments to Amazon’s new Kurosawa offerings, the Australian Madman Entertainment’s Eastern Eye series put out a host of new More...
An Indian Kurosawa box set to be released
9 January, 2008The Indian film company Palador Pictures has announced the release of an Akira Kurosawa DVD Box Set comprising five of the director’s best known films. The box set is exclusively More...
Amazon.com exclusive Kurosawa collection
29 November, 2007 (4 comments)Thanks to a tip from a reader (whose name I’m not all that certain about, but I’d guess either “Christopher” or “Julie”!), I’ve found out that Amazon.com now lists a More...
A short Throne of Blood article
8 March, 2007There is a short but relatively readable Throne of Blood article at the Daily Vanguard. The text, which attempts to quickly answer the question “why should you care about a 50-year-old adaptation of a 450 year old play”, is tied to a screening of the film at the Clinton Street Theater, Portland (OR, USA).
Rocking the Throne of Blood
8 December, 2006The New York based post-punk rock band The Rapture have announced the forming of their new record label, called Throne of Blood Records. The reference seems to be to Akira Kurosawa’s Kumonosu-jo, which is sometimes also called The Cobweb Castle in the English speaking world. For more information, see the full news at Pitchfork Media.
Blogged: Shots in ‘Throne of Blood’
23 August, 2006 (2 comments)KM writes some interesting observations about Throne of Blood at his blog Flotsam. The comments are also worth scanning through.