
Teruyo Nogami
2021Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate
Robin Gatto
Kazuko Kurosawa, Teruyo Nogami
Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate is a French documentary film that consists primarily of interviews with Kurosawa’s European collaborators from the time of the making of Ran, with footage from the film interspersed between the talking heads.
Akira Kurosawa: The Epic and the Intimate
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Chris Marker
Chris Marker, Akira Kurosawa
In 1985, Chris Marker traveled to Japan to attend the filming of Ran, directed by Akira Kurosawa. Marker analyzes the progress of filming; the infinite patience of a team under the orders of a meticulous director down to the smallest detail; the antithetical mixture of the modern with the traditional; of the real with the fictitious; of life with cinema… and literature.
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A Testimony as an Image
Toshirô Enomoto
Shinobu Hashimoto, Tsuchitarô Hayashi
In this documentary, script supervisor Teruyo Nogami, who first worked with Akira Kurosawa on RASHOMON, catches up with many members of the crew, including cowriter Shinobu Hashimoto and assistant director Tokuzo Tanaka. They talk about the screenplay’s evolution, difficulties during the shooting of the film, and Kurosawa’s working methods.
A Testimony as an Image