Movies
“Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams” (AMC Century 14 and Beverly Center Cineplex) contains some of the most beautiful images ever conceived by the man who is widely regarded as the world’s greatest living director--and it also has a couple of the most ponderous moments of any of his 28 films.
Aug. 24, 1990
Obituaries
Akira Kurosawa, widely regarded as the world’s greatest living film director when he received an honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement in 1990, died Saturday night at home in Tokyo.
Sept. 6, 1998
Gere Up for New Kurosawa Film: Richard Gere, an actor with a personal interest in Eastern religions and culture, will play a Japanese-American and speak Japanese in a new film by Akira Kurosawa going into production in Japan.
Aug. 9, 1990
They don’t make them like Akira Kurosawa’s magisterial “Ran” anymore, but the truth is, they didn’t really make them like this regal epic back then either.
March 17, 2016
Kenneth Turan’s DVD pick: Kurosawa’s ‘Throne of Blood,’ ‘Hidden Fortress’
March 13, 2014
The great filmmaker Akira Kurosawa was known as the Japanese director whose sensibility resonated most with moviegoers in the West.
The Centennial Celebration: The Films of Akira Kurosawa, Part II
Aug. 5, 2010
Akira Kurosawa screenings at Billy Wilder Theater
Akira Kurosawa at 100
Dec. 6, 2009
Scorsese to Act in Kurosawa Film: Martin Scorsese, director of movies such as “Raging Bull” and “The Last Temptation of Christ,” told the New York Times that he will act in a film by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, “who’s an idol of mine,” he said.
Jan. 1, 1990