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In person: Kerim Yasar, associate professor of East Asian languages and cultures
Kurosawa faced financial challenges in the 1970s, including two unsuccessful endeavors for Hollywood projects that earned him a reputation for being difficult to work with. While his regular collaborators were disengaged, emerging filmmakers in Hollywood expressed their admiration for the director, including George Lucas. With Lucas as executive producer, Kagemusha resurrected Kurosawa from this dark period, illuminating his keen artistry in orchestrating a massive period piece that infuses picturesque shots and a meditative approach to storytelling with a sense of irony.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
1980 | 162 min. | Japan | Color | Japanese with English subtitles | Rated PG | 35mm.
DIRECTED BY: Akira Kurosawa
WRITTEN BY: Akira Kurosawa, Masato Ide
WITH: Tatsuya Nakadai, Ken’ichi Hagiwara, Kota Yui, Tsutomu Yamazaki
New print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.