Akira Kurosawa
IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000041/
Date of Birth:23 March 1910, Tokyo, Japan
Date of Death:6 September 1998, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan (stroke)
Height:5' 11½" (1.82 m)
Trademarks:Frequently uses the "wipe effect" to fade from one scene to another. This effect later became famous due to its usage in the Star Wars trilogy. Likes to do Shakespearan plays in Feudal Japanese settings Often casts Toshirô Mifune , Takashi Shimura, & Tatsuya Nakadai Painterly compositions Use of weather to heighten mood, most obviously rain Female characters that are usually either sweet but weak and submissive or are deceitful, evil and conniving Driven characters who frequently end up failing in the goals but ultimately learn hard won life lessons His signature look on set: dark clothes, floppy hat and sunglasses Revolutionary action sequences Reoccurring cynical distrust of memories and nostalgia. In his color films, use of bold, painterly visuals The (often demented) elderly or deceased are frequently misrepresented or unfairly maligned by those remembering them.
The Magnificent Seven
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Friday 23rd September 2016
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Director Antoine Fuqua brings his modern vision to a classic story in The Magnificent Seven. With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue, the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns. As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.
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Friday 1st May 2020
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A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village's request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village.
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Friday 4th November 2022
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An English-language adaptation of the script of "Ikiru", set in London in the 1950s.