Akira Kurosawa Essays

In 1950, Akira Kurosawa came up with a film that dispersed all over the world. The film went on to win the US Oscar for Best Foreign Film and Golden Lyon at the Venice Film Festive, Rashomon. For today, a film just has 88 minutes can be called the short film, but compare to some blockbuster’s plots, it has a more strong clear claim and quirky twist plots, otherwise, this film can not win so many awards in international. On the surface, it isn't a picture of the sort that we're accustomed to at all

Introduction: Ran, directed by the most famous Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, was released on 1st June 1985. The cast of protagonists included Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû, Mieko Harada and Yoshiko Miyazaki. In 1980s, Japan had ended its high-speed economic miracle and endured a mild economic slump. Although Kurosawa was already 73 years old, he worked on the script of Ran for a decade with Hideo Oguni and Masato Ide, successfully created an adaptation of Shakespeare's

a very interesting film in the way Akira Kurosawa told the story. What is important is Kurosawa's way of storytelling. Akira filming style forces the viewers to deal with the corrupt reality discussed in the story. Akira wants to show about nature and reality. Truth is objective without finding more information to support about it. What if there is more than one truth. Like in the film there is four perceptive of the murder, but who is telling the truth. Akira reminds us that no reality exists except

mission to overthrow a genocidal emperor. Although both of these movies have very different themes and plot elements, they do share one characteristic commonly found in the realm of science fiction films: the influence of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. Akira Kurosawa was

In 1985, Akira Kurosawa created Ran, a Japanese film adaption of Shakespeare’s tragedy, King Lear. The women in Ran are stronger and portrayed more feministically than in Shakespeare’s original play. Although Kurosawa changed the three main female characters to men, it was an action taken to accurately portray Japanese culture and should not be taken as offensive or antifeminist, in addition Kurosawa adds strong female characters that were not present in King Lear. In Shakespeare’s play, the three

Akira Kurosawa’s film Rashomon is a frame story set in the Heian period of Japan. Based on a short narrative by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Rashomon recounts the incident of a murder of a man and the rape of his wife. To investigate this tragedy, the film revolves around the eye-witness recollection of this occurrence through of several onlookers such as a woodcutter, a bandit, a samurai, and the samurai’s wife. To exemplify one of the witnesses, the first person to be summoned to testify is the woodcutter

Ana Rangel 2/27/17 Period 3 Comparison Essay The play, “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” by William Shakespeare has many differences in the setting than the movie, “Throne of Blood,” directed by Akira Kurosawa. There are many noticeable differences in the play and movie which make the plot different from one another. Macbeth and Throne of Blood are the same story, but different setting. In Macbeth, the setting is Scotland and sometimes England. Whereas in Throne of Blood is set in Japan. Among the setting

The Bushido Virtue of Akira Kurosawa’s Characters In Akira Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai (1954), Kurosawa illustrates the code of bushido through each of the samurai by assigning them a primary Bushido virtue. The Bushido codes are broken down into seven areas; justice, courage, mercy, respect, honesty, honor and loyalty. Each character tends to lean towards a specific code of Bushido as the movie progresses. Firstly, the samurai played a very important role during the development of Japan as they

Not only Samurai is popular in Japan, it also brings attention from the Western country towards its tradition. Since Seven Samurai (Shicinin no Samurai, 1954), directed by Akira Kurosawa known as the most reputed samurai film directors, became well known to the world, films associated with samurai then continue to appear throughout the visual world until the mid 1970s when it started to fade away. Thereafter, in the 21st century, samurai films slowly reappear in cinemas whereas the character role

William Shakespeare's play "The taming of the Shrew" is a comedy that presents a complicated relationship between two genders. The events of the play are mainly about two major characters: Katherina and Petruchio. Throughout the play, the first dialogue starts between these two characters, and through it, the reader witnesses a scene full of several elements such as imagery and metaphors. The most predominant element in the dialogue is animal metaphors, and each metaphor holds behind it more than

The 20th century was characterized by patriarchy and social values. This essay will compare how Philomela in Ovid and Celie in the color purple were raped, Philomela was raped by her brother in law and cut off her tongue to silence her and Celie on the other hand, and she also raped by her stepfather and silenced her. I will demonstrate this by showing how Philomela was raped and become a repetition in rapture and silenced again. On the other hand, Celie is also raped and but she moves away from

The Lion King How many times have we heard about the Shakespeare's influence? Because of the particular and flawless works of William Shakespeare, it is not surprising that why he is one of the most influential person in the literary society for more than century. Undoubtedly, there are many people willing to let their heart be broken and cry for his work over and over again. Although his body was consumed by the time, his name and spirit are still breathing in our world through the poetry, literature

Application of Criminological Principles to the Yakuza Bridger Mortensen Sheridan College Spring 2023 Criminology Jessie Ludikhuize May 10, 2023 Application of Criminological Principles on the Yakuza The Yakuza is an organized crime syndicate that is based in Japan, that to this day has existed for around 300 years and is still active and shows no signs of stopping soon. The group started in the 1700’s the reason for the gangs’ initial formation is like that of many other gangs which

Banana Yoshimoto’s Kitchen goes against many societal and cultural norms throughout the novella. A central part of Kitchen is the different relationships that contrast traditional Japanese views on relationships and how people are allowed to interact with other people based on how they are related to them. Through these character interactions, Yoshimoto utilizes symbolism to convey the underlying message that societal norms are always subject to change by giving prime examples of very westernized

My song is different. It’s not famous and no one sings it. It has been cut and pasted, edited and put into rhythm. The chorus has been changed many times and the beat is sometimes a little off. My song goes on without any caesura. My song has been in the making for 19 years now and counting. It can’t be found in stores or on iTunes, for this is the song that is being written about my life. Like other songs, my song is about many life challenges and sometimes life struggles. Even though everyone experiences

The movie The Twilight Samurai was a film directed by Yoji Yamada. This film takes place in Japan during the mid-19th century, which was just a few years before the Meiji restoration. The Meiji restoration was a lot of events that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. This film is a historical fiction film where the story is fictional however, it borrows true events that happen in the mid-19th-century. In the movie, a man named Iguchi Seibei, who is the main character

Two critically acclaimed films Jiro’s Dreams of Sushi, directed by David Gelb, and The Gleaners and I, directed by Agnes Varda, are both outstanding documentaries. By using interviews and first hand looks, the directors do a superb job in showing why Jiro’s restaurant is the number one sushi restaurant in the world, and showing how the lower class in France are living. The documentary, Jiro’s Dreams of Sushi, directed by David Gelb explores Jiro Ono’s journey, he started off as an apprentice

The Social Window of Horror Masaki Kobayashi’s 1964 film, Kwaidan, is an example of visual storytelling that challenges conventional cinematic framing techniques. The film explores a series of supernatural tales from Japanese folklore, demonstrating an aesthetic approach that diverges from the Western concept of the “window into the social world” that is prevalent in many cinematic films. Kobayashi instead chooses to employ a distinctively Japanese method of framing that relies heavily on color

The Magnificent Seven is one of the most famous films from the American western genre, it was shot in 1960 and directed by John Sturges. The film tells the tale of seven gunslingers who are enlisted by a village on the border of the United States and Mexico to protect the villagers from a group of bandits who keep stealing from and causing pandemonium amongst the villagers. Although there are many scenes throughout the film that are worthy of an in depth analysis the particular scene being analyzed

In his 1944 speech to the 23rd Republican National Convention, President Herbert Hoover said, “Old men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die”(1). Though President Hoover was speaking of the casualties of World War II, the same reigns true for World War I. Paths of Glory is film centered on the loss of honor found in the higher ranks of the French army during World War I. It is the story of young men dying for old men’s war. Most of all, the story from Paths of Glory is that