Books on Kurosawa and his movies? (1 Viewer)

[Voon Jiet]

I was wondering if anyone here know of any good books on Akira Kurosawa. I will be doing an essay (for my Japanese History class) on the Japanese filmaker and will need a few recommendations on any books out there that give a good and accurate account of the man and his movies.
Much appreciated.

 

[Graeme Clark]

There are a number of books on Kurosawa, if you do a search on Amazon.
I own The Films of Akira Kurosawa which I think is pretty good and is probably something that could help you.
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[Kevin Leonard]

Along with Graeme's suggestion, you should also pick up Kurosawa's book Something Like An Autobiography. That book is full of great anecdotes and how-we-did-this info along with the standard "tell us your life" story. Between those two books, you'll learn all you need to know on Kurosawa.
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[Voon Jiet]

Thanks a lot guys!
I will probably pick up at least one of these books.
Thanks again