Yôjinbô (1961) Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Besides calling this movie an action adventure, you could, above all things, call it entertainment. Everythi…

By - Frank Veenstra 12/13/2012 12:36:00 PM

Yoshiko Miyazaki

Ran (1985) Directed by Akira Kurosawa

(Review originally written at 13 July 2009) Over the decades Akira Kurosawa has always maintained his own direc…

By - Frank Veenstra 3/16/2011 06:00:00 AM

Toshirô Mifune

(Review originally written at 31 July 2006) This is one of the earliest, if not earliest, widely known and …

By - Frank Veenstra 2/26/2011 04:50:00 AM

Toshirô Mifune

(Review originally written at 11 May 2006) Akira Kurosawa has got to be one of the most influential and ins…

By - Frank Veenstra 2/25/2011 10:04:00 AM