Following the commercial failure of his previous films, Akira Kurosawa sought to repay Toho Studios for…
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Drunken Angel (1948) review – Akira Kurosawa’s first major cinematic achievement
After working for studios and making conventional and by-the-book films, Akira Kurosawa finally gets to do…
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High and Low (1963) review – One of the greatest police procedural films ever made
One of the main reasons Akira Kurosawa is considered one of the greatest directors of all…
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Red Sun (1971) review – Toshiro Mifune, Charles Bronson, and Alain Delon go wild in the American West
Terence Young’s Western Red Sun features three generational superstars in the form of Charles Bronson, Toshiro…
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