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We all know and love Seven Samurai, Ran, Ikiru, Roshomon, and the other biggies.
What's your favorite Kurosawa film that fewer people have seen?
What's your favorite Kurosawa film that fewer people have seen?
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Re: Favorite unknown Kurosawa?
Fri, June 3, 2005 - 9:17 AMNot only is it one of Kurosawa's best films, it is one of the best humanistic movies ever made, Dersu Uzala. -
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Re: Favorite unknown Kurosawa?
Sun, June 5, 2005 - 7:37 PMI'd agree. Maybe we should start out by naming a few that aren't so well known, like 'Dersu Uzula.' I say we but I don't actually have any suggestions myself. Anyone... -
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Re: Favorite unknown Kurosawa?
Mon, June 6, 2005 - 4:10 AMI'm a big fan of "Stray Dog" one of the earliest Kurosawa/Mifune collaborations. Anyone else seen it?
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Re: Favorite unknown Kurosawa?
Mon, June 6, 2005 - 2:11 PMI just watched Dersu Uzala, Great. But my favorite "unknown" Kurosawa has to be Do des ka den. I've seen it a few times. Ironically it was a major box office failure at it's time of release and a major cause for Kurosawa's unsuccessful suicide attempt. Another couple would be Sugata Sanshiro, one of his really early films (about Judo) and The Bad Sleep Well, a 60's gangster drama.
Oh, one more, High and Low is incredible.
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Re: Favorite unknown Kurosawa?
Mon, June 6, 2005 - 5:25 PMI haven't seen Do des ka den, or Sugata Sanshiro...but Dersu Uzala, The Bad Sleep Well (sort of a Hamlet takeoff), and High and Low all are truly great! -
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Re: Favorite unknown Kurosawa?
Mon, June 6, 2005 - 5:57 PMI loved HIGH & LOW a lot. I've only seen STRAY DOG once, but I liked it.
I've heard a lot about Do des ka den- I always think of it when I'm near a train- but haven't actually SEEN it. -
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Thu, June 9, 2005 - 5:32 PMI didn't like Do-deska-den. Stray Dog certainly and Sanjuro. -
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Re: Favorite unknown Kurosawa?
Fri, June 10, 2005 - 8:34 AMLike I said, Do des ka den was a critical and box office failure, as have been many now classic films. So I'm sure some won't/can't feel it's power. Regardless, it is a beautiful, tragic, fantastically realistic portrait of strength and hope in the worst of circumstances. -
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Sat, June 11, 2005 - 8:06 PMRed Beard is pretty amazing. Sanshiro Sugata is fun, great dojo scenes. -
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Sun, June 12, 2005 - 8:17 AMRed Beard is probably my all-time favorite Kurosawa film, although it's so hard for me to choose between that one, Ran, Throne of Blood, and others...
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Re: Favorite unknown Kurosawa?
Sat, June 11, 2005 - 8:05 PMI love Dersu Uzala, as well as High and Low and Sanjuro and many others mentioned...
I am also very fond of Drunken Angel, the first Kurosawa film with Mifune... but I first saw it years ago on VHS, which had far superior subtitles to the current DVD I got off netflix... I was so excited to finally see it again, and on DVD... and was stunned by the atrocious translations... they ruined the movie.
