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Something Like a Filmography: Dodes’ka-den (1970)

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, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: By turns tragic and transcendent, Akira Kurosawa’s film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: Dodes’ka-den (1970)

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Something Like a Filmography: Red Beard (1965)

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, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: A testament to the goodness of humankind, Akira Kurosawa’s Red Beard (Akahige) chronicles the tumultuous relationship between an arrogant young … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: Red Beard (1965)

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Something Like a Filmography: The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

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, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: A young executive hunts down his father’s killer in director Akira Kurosawa’s scathing The Bad Sleep Well. Continuing his legendary … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

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Something Like a Filmography: The Hidden Fortress (1958)

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, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: A grand-scale adventure as only Akira Kurosawa could make one, The Hidden Fortress stars the inimitable Toshiro Mifune as a … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: The Hidden Fortress (1958)

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Something Like a Filmography: The Lower Depths (1957)

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, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: Kurosawa transforms Maxim Gorky’s classic proletariat play The Lower Depths, remaining faithful to the original with its focus on the … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: The Lower Depths (1957)

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Something Like a Filmography: Throne Of Blood (1957)

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, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, Throne of Blood, directed by Akira Kurosawa, sets Shakespeare’s definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: Throne Of Blood (1957)

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