What is your favorite Kurosawa film?
 

Mine's Dersu Uzala.
But it's hard to pick just one.

I've only see Ran.

that with those 7 dudes with big knives

:1orglaugh pretty well said - anyway its classic

Star Wars

Korosawa isn't mexican director

Seven Samurai, Dodeskaden (bloody weird though), Dersu Uzala was very good - it must've benn 100 years since I saw it ;)

hahahaha

Whats the one where theres a girl in an insane asylum or something?
I saw part of that one.. I could see why people are really into his movies. Cool as hell lighting and camera techniques.

Dodeskaden :)

True, Star Wars is widely understood to be ripped from "Hidden Fortress".

Mine Dersu Uzala too :)

Dersu Uzala was the first Kurosawa movie that I watched, and remains among my favorites.

Practically every top director in America has studied Kurosawa's films. His impact on George Lucas and Quentin Tarentino is particularly noticeable.

Kurosawa is probably best known for his samurai epics. Of those movies, Kagemusha ("Shadow Warrior"), remains my favorite.

What I respect most about Kurosawa is that he did an amazing job of changing with the times and becoming more of a painter with moving pictures as his life progressed.

My favorite Kurosawa movie is "Dreams", which was one of his last films. I think he knew his end was near, and so he wanted to make a statement about the environment, which he masterfully did.

"Man is a genius when he is dreaming".
-Akira Kurosawa

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My best friend is a huge fan of Asian cinema and has been educating me on Kurosawa. When I mentioned this thread to him his answer was 'sanjuro'.

ahh haa :upsidedow

and the LOTR obviously

my favorite film of his is "Ikiru", hands down for me.

Brilliant movie.

I forgot about that one.

BTW, I heard that "Ikiru" is being re-made with Tom Hanks in the title role - no kidding...it's due out next year.

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Huh
Fellowship of the ring was first published in 1954

Hidden fortress came out in 1958

Thanks for interjecting Hobbit
 

Does that mean Kurosawa ripped off Tolkien?!? I heard that the "Seven Samurai" was originally titled "Lord of the Seven Samurai" (in Japanese I think it was called something like "Shogun of the Seven Samurai").

Anyone else see Woody Allen's "What's Up Tiger Lily"?

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mine is dreams