Summary
Kurosawa's Way (French: Kurosawa, la voie) is a 2011 French documentary directed and written by Catherine Cadou. The film features 11 major filmmakers from Asia, America and Europe as they discuss how the films of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa influenced them.
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| Directed by | Catherine Cadou |
| Written by | Catherine Cadou |
| Produced by | Michiko Yoshitake[1] |
| Starring | Theodoros Angelopoulos Bernardo Bertolucci Clint Eastwood Alejandro G. Iñárritu Bong Joon Ho Mohammad Khalkhalian Abbas Kiarostami Hayao Miyazaki Martin Scorsese Julie Taymor Shin'ya Tsukamoto John Woo |
| Narrated by | Catherine Cadou[1] |
| Cinematography | Alexis Kavyrchine Simon Beaufils Tsuneo Azuma Tempei Iwakiri Yoshihiro Ikeuchi[1] |
| Edited by | Cedric Defert[1] |
| Distributed by | The Criterion Collection |
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Running time | 52 minutes |
| Country | France[1] |
| Languages | French English Japanese Cantonese Persian Korean Persian[1][2] |
Synopsis edit
Kurosawa's Way is a documentary that is intercut with Catherine Cadou's narration on her own experiences with Kurosawa, and interviews with various directors and archival photographs. The directors' interviews focus on both philosophical and technical observations of Kurosawa's films.[1]
Interviewees edit
Release edit
The film was shown at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival.[1][2] The documentary was released on the Blu-ray and DVD by the Criterion Collection as part of their release of Kurosawa's film Dreams.[3]
Reception edit
Variety praised the film, referring to it as "Meticulously crafted" and "engrossing".[1]
Notes edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Simon, Alissa (January 18, 2013). "Kurosawa's Way". Variety. Archived from the original on February 20, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
- ^ a b "Kurosawa's Way". Tokyo International Film Festival. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
- ^ "Akira Kurosawa's Dreams". Criterion Collection. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
External links edit
- Kurosawa's Way at IMDb
