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Akira Kurosawa

This week on DVD
Bogart and Truffaut classics, a sitcom star turns video pervert, Marshall Mathers' film debut, Mick Jagger and "NYPD Blue." Oh, and Olivia Newton-John!
Mar 18, 2003
"Seven Samurai"
A Japanese film scholar gives new life to Kurosawa's sword-fighting epic.
By David Lazarus May 31, 2001
Lear meets the energy vampire
Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" remains a bloody and spectacular depiction of doomsday karma -- and the trickle-down theory of anarchy.
By Michael Sragow Sep 21, 2000
Home Movies by Charles Taylor: Kurosawa in the shadows
A little-known gem from the late Japanese filmmaker explores the poignant inner world of a shantytown.
By Charles Taylor Sep 16, 1998
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