Every month, we highlight a different director and the library’s holdings by and about that artist. The director for November is Akira Kurosawa. Kurosawa’s film Rashomon introduced Japanese cinema into the world and had a great impact on other filmmakers. From George Lucas, to Sergio Leone, all owe a debt to Kurosawa.
DVD/Video
1946 Waga seishun ni kuinashi ( No Regrets for Our Youth) (Video) — PN1997 .W332 1999
1949 Stray Dog (Video) — PN1997 .N673 1998
1950 Rashomon (DVD) — PN1997 .R2432 2002
1950 Shubun (DVD) — PN1997 .S469 2003
1951 Hakuchi (DVD) — PN1997 .H3 2003
1952 Ikiru (To Live) (Video) — PN1997 .I395 1990z
1954 Seven Samurai (DVD) — PN1997 .S552 1998
1957 Throne of Blood (Video) — PN1997 .K8266 1995
1957 Donzoko (Lower Depths) (Video) — PN1997 .D66 1998
1958 Hidden Fortress (DVD) — PN1997 .K345 2001
1961 Yojimbo (DVD) PN1997 .Y655 1999
1962 Sanjuro (Video) — PN1997 .W332 1999
1965 Red Beard (DVD) — PN1997 .A32 2002
1974 Dersu Uzala DVD) — PN1997 .D454 2000
1985 Ran (DVD) — PN1997 .R353 1998
1991 Rhapsody in August (DVD) — PN1997 .H334 2003
Books
The Emperor and the wolf : the lives and films of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune Fine Arts PN1998.3.K87 G35 2001
Kurosawa : film studies and Japanese cinema Fine Arts PN1998.3.K87 Y67 2000
The warrior’s camera : the cinema of Akira Kurosawa Fine Arts PN1998.3.K87 P75 1999 (on Reserve)
The films of Akira Kurosawa ; with additional material by Joan Mellen Fine Arts PN1998.3.K87 R5 1996
Perspectives on Akira Kurosawa Fine Arts PN1998.3.K87 P47 1994
Akira Kurosawa and intertextual cinema Fine Arts PN1998.3.K87 G66 1994
The warrior’s camera : the cinema of Akira Kurosawa Fine Arts PN1998.3.K87 P75 1991
Akira Kurosawa
