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John Woo wanted to remake Yojimbo
15 July, 2008 (4 comments) In an interview for Malaysia’s Star Online, John Woo who is currently promoting his latest film, the $80 million martial arts extravaganza Red Cliff, mentioned More...DVD Beaver’s take on ‘High and Low’
15 July, 2008 DVD Beaver, who we know for excellent technical reviews of DVD releases, has given Criterion’s new High and Low disc a look, and updated their More...First review for Criterion’s ‘High and Low’
14 July, 2008 (6 comments) DVD Town has published what I think is the first review to surface for Criterion’s new double disc edition of High and Low, to be More...Seven Samurai 20XX makes Wired’s worst movie games ever list
12 July, 2008 (1 comment) It’s been somewhat quiet in the news front recently, so here’s something to quench your most burning thirst for Akira Kurosawa news: last week, Wired More...Online Film Club #3: Yojimbo
3 July, 2008 (3 comments) So, July is here (has actually already been for a couple of days) and it is therefore time to turn our Film Club’s attention to More...Nakadai Interview
2 July, 2008 (1 comment) New York’s WNYC radio has recorded an interview with Tatsuya Nakadai, who is currently in the city for a Nakadai retrospective that celebrates his career. More...News archives »
Yojimbo: 'A Fistful of Dollars' and 'Last Man Standing'
Brief introduction of a lurker
Component switches?
Something Like a Short Bullet Point Autobio
Drunken Angel: Sanada's song
Reasons Why You Like or Dislike Kurosawa
Criterion's Yojimbo and Sanjuro out on Tuesday
Yojimbo: Love for a killer
Akira Kurosawa Online Film Club
Some Akira Kurosawa Related Links
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Books on Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa's Movies on DVD
Other Movies with Kurosawa's Involvement
27 November, 2007
Criterion releases Drunken Angel DVD
1 December, 2007
Yoshimitsu Morita's remake of Sanjuro opens in Japan. See IMDb and the official website for more information.
December, 2007
University Press of Mississippi publishes Akira Kurosawa: Interviews as part of their "Conversations With Filmmakers" book series
15 January, 2008
DVDs of I Live in Fear (aka Record of a Living Being), The Idiot, No Regrets for Our Youth, One Wonderful Sunday, and Scandal released as Postwar Kurosawa Collection in Criterion's "Eclipse" series
10 May, 2008
Shinji Higuchi's remake of The Hidden Fortress premiers in Japan
22 July, 2008
Criterion re-releases High and Low on DVD
6 September, 2008
10 years since the death of Akira Kurosawa
23 March, 2010
100 years since the birth of Akira Kurosawa
Our Akira Kurosawa Online Film Club started in May, 2008 with lively discussion on Rashomon.
Our intention is in the next three years to go through Kurosawa's whole oeuvre one film at a time. Discussion of a new film will commence on the first of every month.
For more information including schedules, see the film club page.
AK100 Project
As the centenary of Kurosawa's birth (23 March 2010) draws nearer, Akira Kurosawa Production has launched a project that will make available "exhibitions of Kurosawa's work, newly published books and stamps, merchandise and tie-ups with TV broadcasters and video game companies" over the next few years. For more information, try a search.
Seven Samurai Hollywood remake
The Weinstein Company and Kurosawa Production are reportedly working on a contemporary remake of Seven Samurai. Search akirakurosawa.info for more information.
Jim Sheridan's Ikiru remake
There are rumours that Jim Sheridan is working on a remake of Ikiru. Very little is currently known about the project.