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The Barbican in London will be running a Directorspective on Akira Kurosawa between Friday, 3rd and Sunday, 19th December 2010.
Akira Kurosawa’s career in the film industry spanned almost six decades, during which he opened up Japanese cinema to Western audiences. In 1990 he received the Lifetime Achievement Academy Award "for accomplishments that have inspired, delighted, enriched and entertained audiences, and influenced filmmakers throughout the world.”
Curated by Japanese film expert Helen McCarthy, this season demonstrates the master filmmaker’s thrilling artistry, and marks the centenary of Kurosawa’s birth on 23rd March 1910.
Amongst the films being shown are Throne Of Blood (3rd), Kurosawa's unforgettable transposition of Macbeth to the ghostly forests and grim castles of medieval Japan in the Age of Warring States; Rashomon (3rd), a compelling exploration of the nature of truth, as various witnesses present their diverse accounts of a rape and murder in 12th century Kyoto; Drunken Angel (8th), which follows the relationship between the alcoholic doctor of the title and Matsunaga, the young mobster boss who comes to him with a bullet in his hand; and Seven Samurai (19th), which sees seven samurai warriors defend a village from a marauding band of ruthless outlaws.
For more details on these and other films being screened as part of the Directorspective, click here.
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| Throne Of Blood |
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| Drunken Angel |
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| Seven Samurai |
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