Akira Kurosawa: Influences and Influence Part 2

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1STFM39vJ4

Part 2 of Akira Kurosawa: Influences and Influence.

See Part 1 for first half, description, and disclaimer.

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[yv29nkl]

Sounds like "American=wise and generous, Japanese=ignorant". But his relation with Japan should not be underestimated. He was criticized but loved and highly respected, too. His problem of film making during 70's was not due to his unpopularity. It was due to a general decline (or quality change) of Japanese film industries. Finally, it should be noted that his suicide attempt was directly caused by the incident where Hollywood kicked him out of studio during shooting of "Tora! ^3".

[forbesnation]

Thanks for your insights. However, I had to base the content off of the books and materials available to me and that is basically what they said.

[p77a]

good work, but you might want to rename it to "Western Influences and Influence", as that's clearly the focus. AK was of course influence by Japanese filmmakers and had strong influence on the Japanese cinema. E.g. he consiered Kenji Mizoguchi the greatest Japanese director and admired the editing of Mikio Naruse. Also he adopted shortstories of Ryonosuke Akutagawa for Rashomon and writings of Hyakken Uchida for his final movie Madadayo. Still, great work! Will discuss it in my German blog :-)

[lebeauprof]

Hello. I was wondering if I could show your video to my afterschool film class. It is quite good! I've been looking for a way to introduce Kurosawa to my 50plus film students and I'd love to show them your work. Let me know.

[BimLanders]

Bravo. This is a very well made documentary for a high school project.

[PtAltmVansanTarr]

Very helpful,thanks!

[RobertoWatchin]

i actually clapped when the part where Kurosawa won the Oscar.

too many times its been too late

[savannahadi]

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[gjford1951]

thank you for this document. It is coherent and brings together information that is scattered in different places. Very helpful for thinking about and appreciating Kurosawa. (I loved Dodeskaden, btw).

[duroche53]

Not to completely spoil you, but if you turned this out as a high school project, you are the next Ken Burns

[coolmartfloyd]

one of the greatest directors of all time....way better than spielberg and lucas combine

[turkishheadstand]

was really really hoping there was a part 3,4,5... to this. Very well put together and surprisingly informative for only 17 mins. Thanks for posting

[juanan48]

I just wanted to say thank you and great job for this video. It is very well done and i just wanted to congratulate you for this. Highschool? Really? Amazing.

[litoperuusa]

I am not american nor japanese so my view is different. Since I was a kid in Peru I have seen the work of Akira K. I enjoyed "sankuokai" a TV serie made from his anime/manga. Then I enjoyed its copy: "Star Wars". Americans like to call it an "influence" to the rest of the word is a "Copy". One thing is to be influenced by reading a wide variety of western or russian novels and another a "Copy". the 1990 award was nothing to what he really deserved, a Consolation Price. Thank you for your video.