Compound Cinematics - Akira Kurosawa and I
Author(s): Shinobu Hashimoto
Akira Kurosawa is one of the most recognisable and influential film directors in the world, with Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Altman, Martin Scorcese and George Lucas all naming him as a major benchmark in their own filmmaking. This new biography by his long-time friend and collaborator gives the reader a priveleged look into the life and working processes of the director of Rashomon (Daiei, 1950) and Seven Samurai (Columbia, 1954).
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Shinobu Hashimoto is an award-winning screen-writer and film producer, best known across the globe for his collaborations with Akira Kurosawa. Born in 1918, in southern Japan, Hashimoto was only a middle-school graduate before he entered the world of film. His debut work was an immediate critical success in the form of the screenplay for Kurosawa's "Roshamon." Through the years he went on to work on the following movies among his more than 50 films: "Roshamon," "Ikuru -To Live-," "The Seven Samurai," "Throne of Blood," "The Hidden Fortress, " and "The Outrage "with""Paul Newman.
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- : Vertical Inc.
- : Vertical Inc.
- : 0.567
- : 01 February 2015
- : 211mm X 160mm
- : 01 March 2015
- : books
Special Fields
- : 256
- : 791.430233092
- : Hardback
- : Shinobu Hashimoto