One reason movie lovers the world over hold the filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in such high regard is that he instilled visceral excitement into Japanese cinema as no one had before him. Whether he was more ...

Want to know a secret? Great films, even when they’re ‘classicsâ? , are supposed to be fun. And a great director like Akira Kurosawa might be able to lay the profundity on like peanut butter whenever ...

Akira Kurosawa is considered one of the most influential filmmakers of all time and now two of his best films, Yojimbo and Sanjuro, are finally available in a 4K Blu-ray Criterion Collection set. Even ...

Since the days of laser disc, The Criterion Collection has been dedicated to releasing special editions of current and classic films from around the world. With high-definition transfers of pristine ...

On January 23, 2007, the Criterion Collection will release Yojimbo and Sanjuro on DVD. The samurai classics are helmed by the legendary Akira Kurosawa, and will feature tons of bonus materials and ...

Slab Cinema will screen Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo at Legacy Park on Tuesday. Credit: The Criterion Collection As the latest entry in Slab Cinema’s Arthouse Edition, which features microcinema ...

Clockwise from upper left: A Woman Under the Influence, The Seventh Seal, Eraserhead, Black Orpheus, Grey Gardens, and Yojimbo. Photo: Faces See, Kurosawa Production Co., Portrait Films, AFI, Svensk ...

You spend a lot of time drinking sherry, smoking a pipe, and ordering every foreign film ever reissued by the Criterion Collection — La Jetee, Jules & Jim, The Naked Kiss, Yojimbo. During all that ...

You spend a lot of time drinking sherry, smoking a pipe, and ordering every foreign film ever reissued by the Criterion Collection — La Jetée, Jules & Jim, The Naked Kiss, Yojimbo — during which you ...

My first introduction to Kurosawa and also to Japanese cinema in general was one rainy Sunday afternoon when I was around ten years old and I watched Rashomon. This film was a revelation and the ...