Akira Kurosawa 33 DVD Box Set Collection Sealed
 Mini Biography for Akira Kurosawa
Date of Birth
23 March1910,Omori, Tokyo, Japan
Date of Death
6 September1998, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan (stroke)
Nickname
The Emperor
Wind Man
Height
6' 0½" (1.84 m)
After training as a painter (he storyboards his films as full-scale paintings), Kurosawa entered the film industry in 1936 as an assistant director, making his directorialdebutin 1943. After working in a wide range of genres, he made his breakthrough filmRashômon(1950) in 1950. It won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, and first revealed the richness of Japanese cinema to the West. The next few years saw the low-key, touchingIkiru(1952) (Living), the epicShichinin no samurai(1954) (Seven Samurai) and the barbaric, riveting Shakespeare adaptationKumonosu jô(1957) (Throne of Blood), the later two showcasing the magnetic personality ofToshirô Mifune, who also starred in the two samurai comediesYojimbo(1961) andTsubaki Sanjûrô(1962). After a lean period in the late 1960s and early 1970s, though, Kurosawa attemptedsuicide. He survived, and made the Russian co-productionDersu Uzala(1975) and, with the help of admirersFrancis Ford CoppolaandGeorge Lucas, the samurai epicKagemusha(1980), which was in many ways a dry run forRan(1985), his second Shakespeare adaptation. He continued to work into his eighties with the more personalDreams(1990),Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku(1991) andMadadayo(1993). Kurosawa's films have always been more popular in the West than in his native Japan, where critics have viewed his adaptations of Western genres and authors (William Shakespeare,Fyodor Dostoyevsky,Maxim GorkyandEvan Hunter) with suspicion - but he's revered by American and European film-makers, who remadeShichinin no samurai(1954), asThe Magnificent Seven(1960),Yojimbo(1961), asPer un pugno di dollari(1964) andKakushi-toride no san-akunin(1958), asStar Wars(1977).
DVD Description
1.SANSHIRO SUGATA 1
Audio: Japanese Removable/Selectable Subtitles: English,Chinese
2.SANSHIRO SUGATA 2
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3.The men who tread on the tiger's tail
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4.No regrets for our youth
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5.One Wonderful Sunday
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6. Drunken Angel
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7. The special features of Drunken Angel
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8.The Quiet Duel
Audio: Japanese Removable/Selectable Subtitles: Chinese
9. Stray Dog
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10. Scandal
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11. RASHOMON
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12. The idiot
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13.LKIRU
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14. Seven Samurai 1
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15.Seven Samurai 2
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16. The special features of Seven Samurai
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17.Throne of blood
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18.Donzoko/The Lower Depths
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19. The hidden fortress
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20. The bad sleep well
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21.Red Beard
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22. DERSOU OUZALA
Audio: Russian Removable/Selectable Subtitles: French,Chinese
23. The special features of DERSOU OUZALA
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24.The shadow warrior
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25.RAN
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26. Dreams
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27.Rhapsody in August
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28. MADADAYO
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29. Record of a Living Being
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30. The special features of Record of a Living Being
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31. YOJIMBO
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32. SANJURO
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33. The Most Beautiful
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- Region: Region Free – You can enjoy it wherever you are
- Genre: TV Series BoxSet > Television Shows
- Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1
- Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
- Language: English with removable subtitles
- Format: Support both NTSC & PAL
- Discs: 33 pcs
- Weight: 2.0kg
- Condition: new
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