The first films of Akira Kurosawa

The Resource The first films of Akira Kurosawa
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The first films of Akira Kurosawa
Statement of responsibility
Janus Films ; Toho Company, Ltd
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Genre
Language
  • jpn
  • eng
  • eng
  • jpn
Summary
  • Sanshiro Sugata: Akira Kurosawa's effortless debut is based on a novel by Tsuneo Tomita about the rivalry between judo and jujitsu
  • The most beautiful: This portrait of female volunteer workers at an optics plant during world War II, shot on location at the Nippon Kogaku factory, was created with a patriotic agenda
  • Sahshiro Sugata, part two: This sequel is a hugely entertaining adventure, reuniting most of the major players from the original and featuring a two-part narrative in which Sanshiro first fights a pair of Americans and then finds himself the target of a revenge mission undertaken by the brothers of the original film's villain
  • The men who tread on the tiger's tail: The plot is based on a legendary twelfth-century incident in which the lord Yoshitsune and a group of samurai retainers dressed as monks in order to pass through a dangerous enemy checkpoint
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KNJ
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
  • Sanshiro Sugata: Production design by Kazuo Kubo ; sound by Shoji Kameyama ; music, Seiichi Suzuki
  • The most beautiful: Production design, Teruaki Abe ; music, Seichi Suzuki
  • Sanshiro Sugata, part two: Production design by Kazuo Kubo ; sound by Shoji Kameyama ; music, Seiichi Suzuki
  • Men who tread on the tiger's tail: Production design by Kazuo Kubo ; edited by Toshio Goto ; music by Tadashi Hattori
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
In Japanese with English subtitles
PerformerNote
  • Sanshiro Sugata: Denjiro Ookouchi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki, Ranko Hanai, Rynnsuke Tsukigata, Takashi Shimura, Sugisaku Aoyama, Kuten Kodo
  • The most beautiful: Takashi Shimura, Soji Kiyokawa, Ichiro Sugai, Tadako Irie, Sayuri Tanima, Sachiko Ozaki, Asako Suziki, Haruko Toyama, Yoko Yaguchi
  • Sahshiro sugata, part two: Denjiro Ookouchi, Susumu Fujita, Ryunosuke Tsukigata, Akitake Kono, Yukiko Todoroki
  • The men who tread on the tiger's tail: Denjiro Ookouchi, Tadayoshi Nishina, Susumu Fujita, Masayuki Mori, Takashi SHimura, Kenichi Enomoto, Akitake Kono, Yoshio Kosugi, Dekao Yokoo
Runtime
305
Series statement
Eclipse. Series 23 The first films of Akira Kurosawa
Technique
live action

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