Kazuko Kurosawa

Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999)

A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Cox
CAST:  Bernardo Bertolucci  •  Francis Ford Coppola  •  Mike Hodges  •  Andrei Konchalovsky

A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Cox
CAST:  Bernardo Bertolucci  •  Francis Ford Coppola  •  Mike Hodges  •  Andrei Konchalovsky

Kurosawa (2000)

Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adam Low
CAST:  Akira Kurosawa  •  Sam Shepard  •  Paul Scofield  •  James Coburn

Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adam Low
CAST:  Akira Kurosawa  •  Sam Shepard  •  Paul Scofield  •  James Coburn

Anmitsu Hime (2008)

At age 16, a tomboy princess, Princess Anmitsu, has no love interest in her life and worries her parents. Despite their concern, Anmitsu runs away from the castle to venture into the commoners' life. During her daring adventure, she befriends a group of children ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaki Nishiura
CAST:  Mao Inoue  •  Keisuke Koide  •  Mari Natsuki  •  Shigeru Izumiya

At age 16, a tomboy princess, Princess Anmitsu, has no love interest in her life and worries her parents. Despite their concern, Anmitsu runs away from the castle to venture into the commoners' life. During her daring adventure, she befriends a group of children ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaki Nishiura
CAST:  Mao Inoue  •  Keisuke Koide  •  Mari Natsuki  •  Shigeru Izumiya

A Message from Akira Kurosawa: For Beautiful Movies (2000)

A Documentary in 10 parts covering the film making of Kurosawa around the theme of making the perfect movie or as he says: A Beautiful Movie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisao Kurosawa
CAST:  Akira Kurosawa  •  Kazuko Kurosawa

A Documentary in 10 parts covering the film making of Kurosawa around the theme of making the perfect movie or as he says: A Beautiful Movie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisao Kurosawa
CAST:  Akira Kurosawa  •  Kazuko Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Dodes'ka-den (2002)

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Dodes'ka-den" (1970).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshinari Okamoto
CAST:  Masayuki Yui  •  Yōichi Matsue  •  Yoshirō Muraki  •  Kazuko Kurosawa

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Dodes'ka-den" (1970).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshinari Okamoto
CAST:  Masayuki Yui  •  Yōichi Matsue  •  Yoshirō Muraki  •  Kazuko Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate (2010)

Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate is a French documentary film that consists primarily of interviews with Kurosawa’s European collaborators from the time of the making of Ran, with footage from the film interspersed between the talking heads.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robin Gatto
CAST:  Kazuko Kurosawa  •  Teruyo Nogami  •  Ulrich Picard  •  Vittorio Dalle Ore

Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate is a French documentary film that consists primarily of interviews with Kurosawa’s European collaborators from the time of the making of Ran, with footage from the film interspersed between the talking heads.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robin Gatto
CAST:  Kazuko Kurosawa  •  Teruyo Nogami  •  Ulrich Picard  •  Vittorio Dalle Ore