Something Like a Filmography
Dec 2023 – Mar 2025
An ongoing, chronological trip through Akira Kurosawa’s catalog — the samurai epics, the quiet dramas, all of it.
About the series
Thirty films. One master.
We’re working our way through Akira Kurosawa’s entire filmography in order, tracing how his eye and obsessions evolved across six decades.
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Something Like a Filmography: The Films of Akira Kurosawa
It’s safe to say that without Akira Kurosawa there would be no Cinema Dual. Of course, there also wouldn’t be Seven Samurai, but then again, without…
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Something Like a Filmography: Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film,…
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Something Like a Filmography: The Most Beautiful (1944)
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film,…
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Something Like a Filmography: Sanshiro Sugata Part II (1945)
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film,…
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Something Like a Filmography: The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail (1945)
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film,…
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Something Like a Filmography: No Regrets For Our Youth (1946)
Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film,…
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