Akira Kurosawa’s legacy is getting the 4K treatment with a massive U.S. festival. Film Forum in New York City will be hosting a special retrospective to honor the late auteur, including the U.S.

When people think of Akira Kurosawa, they usually think of his samurai films, but his masterpiece is this crime thriller that ...

Akira Kurosawa a prolific and internationally acclaimed Japanese filmmaker whose career spanned over five decades and thirty films that influenced artists of diverse cultures and mediums, including ...

Art travels, inspires, and transforms, and the relationship between Western and samurai films is a testament to this.

"One of the most exquisite spectacles ever made." Rialto Pictures has unveiled a new trailer for the 40th anniversary re-release of the Japanese medieval epic called Ran, one of the final films made ...

There are beloved filmmakers. There are acclaimed filmmakers. Few directors, though, achieve the level of notoriety and praise that Akira Kurosawa has garnered. Soon, the Texas Theatre will give ...

Akira Kurosawa could very well be the single most influential filmmaker of the 20th century. With the possible exception of Alfred Hitchcock, no filmmaker has been more frequently shouted out by ...

Feature: How to adapt a film like Akira Kurosawa? Akira Kurosawa is one of the world’s most revered directors, his films often cited as inspiration amongst other auteurs. Sometimes that inspiration ...

Japanese stage and movie actor Tatsuya Nakadai, who starred in a string of Akira Kurosawa films, including the lead in "Ran", has died aged 92, his acting school said on Tuesday. Nakadai first rose to ...

"Throne of Blood" and "Ikiru" are also among the classic features having their 4K U.S. premieres. Akira Kurosawa‘s legacy is getting the 4K treatment with a massive U.S. festival. Film Forum in New ...