Akira Kurosawa films

By: YEOP!

I’m currently following Akira Kurosawa’s works slowly. Here’s a list of the movies I’ve seen so far. I’m a bit of an OC with this list since I’m listing then in the order that I’ve seen them. I discovered Akira Kurosawa’s films on a Nintendo DS forum called Moonbooks library. Before they’ve revamped the site I got the chance to watch The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail on my NDSlite ~~quite a small screen to appreciate a movie, right?~~.

So far my favorite would be Rashomon because of the screenplay and cinematography. I think it’s a petty reason for me to say that I appreciated the running scenes where Akira Kurosawa filmed the sky from a running man’s orientation despite it being a black and white movie the details were so crisp to the point that I even appreciated seeing leaves on the trees that shaded the camera from direct sunlight.

Most of the Akira Kurosawa movies I enjoyed the most would have Toshiro Mifune in it. After watching Seven Samurai I grew fond of Toshiro Mifune. Which later go to me having watched Sanjuro and Yojimbo where Toshiro Mifune’s character “Sanjuro” had a sequel (any ideas if there are other installments to this character?)