Kurosawa: The Last Emperor
DocumentaryBiography
A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.
Director
Alex Cox
Writers
N/A
Stars
Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Ford Coppola, Mike Hodges
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 3
Reviews
🎭 Top Cast
Bernardo Bertolucci
as Self
Francis Ford Coppola
as Self
Mike Hodges
as Self
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Paul Joyce
as Self - Interviewer - San Francisco
Andrei Konchalovsky
as Self
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Kazuko Kurosawa
as Self
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Self
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Teruyo Nogami
as Self
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Donald Richie
as Self
Arturo Ripstein
as Self
🎬 Technical Specs
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color
Production
Bandai Visual Company, Channel Four Films, Exterminating Angel Production
🏷️ Keywords
directorstoryjapaninterviewfilmmaker
🎯 Categories
BiographyDocumentary
⭐ Featured Review
Uneven
"Barely scrapes the surface of what Kurosawa and his films were about. Despite some interesting insights by Japanese film expert Donald Richie and a story by director Arturo Ripstein, all the interviews seem hurried and incomplete. Director Alex Cox doesn't even cover Kurosawa's whole filmography- interviewee Francis Coppola mentions more films than the actual documentary manages to do. But what can really be done in only 50 minutes about such a master? For a more detailed and affectionate approach to Kurosawa, check out Chris Marker's A.K., a documentary of the making of Ran...."
📖 Synopsis
A profile and history of film director Akira Kurosawa.