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THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #5 - The Films of AKIRA KUROSAWA
THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #5 - The Films of AKIRA KUROSAWA
Rank ‘em, rate ‘em, review ‘em or whatever.
AKIRA KUROSAWA
Madadayo (1993)
Rhapsody in August (1991)
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)
Ran (1985)
Kagemusha (1980)
Dersu Uzala (1975)
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Red Beard (1965)
High and Low (1963)
Sanjûrô (1962)
Yojimbo (1961)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
The Lower Depths (1957)
Throne of Blood (1957)
I Live in Fear (1955)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Ikiru (1952)
The Idiot (1951)
Rashômon (1950)
Scandal (1950)
Stray Dog (1949)
A Silent Duel (1949)
Drunken Angel (1948)
One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
No Regrets for My Youth (1946)
Those Who Make Tomorrow (1946)
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two (1945)
The Men Who Tread On the Tiger's Tail (1945)
Most Beautifully (1944)
Sugata Sanshiro (1943)
The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)
Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Casino, Cool Hand Luke, Dawn of the Dead, Death Proof, Dr No, Eastern Promises, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, The Godfather Collection, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Hulk, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Incredible Hulk, Interview with the Vampire, Iron Man, JFK, Kill Bill 1 & 2, LA Confidential, Live and Let Die, The Matrix (Ultimate Collection), The Mist, The Omen, Planet of the Apes (Evolution Collection), Planet Terror, Poltergeist, The Sixth Sense, Sleeping Beauty, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Thing, The Third Man, Thunderball, WALL E, Young Frankenstein DVD: Budd Boetticher Collection, Icons of Horror: The Hammer Collection, Popeye the Sailor Vol #3, Rodan/War of the Gargantuas, Warner Gangster Collection Vol #4
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The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)
Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Casino, Cool Hand Luke, Dawn of the Dead, Death Proof, Dr No, Eastern Promises, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, The Godfather Collection, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, Hulk, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Incredible Hulk, Interview with the Vampire, Iron Man, JFK, Kill Bill 1 & 2, LA Confidential, Live and Let Die, The Matrix (Ultimate Collection), The Mist, The Omen, Planet of the Apes (Evolution Collection), Planet Terror, Poltergeist, The Sixth Sense, Sleeping Beauty, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Thing, The Third Man, Thunderball, WALL E, Young Frankenstein DVD: Budd Boetticher Collection, Icons of Horror: The Hammer Collection, Popeye the Sailor Vol #3, Rodan/War of the Gargantuas, Warner Gangster Collection Vol #4
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05-02-2005, 10:33 AM
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AKIRA KUROSAWA
Seen: 7*
Like: 3
Own: 3
Rank order:
Rashomon
Throne of Blood
Sanjuro
Yojimbo
Stray Dog
Kagemusha
Seven Samurai
* - I've technically seen 8, since I've seen Ran, but it was so long ago, that I wouldn't know where to place it in the rank orderings, so I'm not counting it.
"Movies should be like amusement parks. People should go to them to have fun." - Billy Wilder
"Subtitles good. Hollywood bad." - Tarzan, Sight & Sound 2012 voter.
"My films are not slices of life, they are pieces of cake." - Alfred Hitchcock
"My great humility is just one of the many reasons that I am vastly superior to everyone else." - Ramrod Clerk
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05-02-2005, 02:09 PM
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AKIRA KUROSAWA
Finally, some movies I've actually seen. I'm a fan of Kurosawa, and I have been since first seeing Seven Samurai (a film that I think deserves every bit of the praise that is heaped upon it). Since then I've seen quite a few, and enjoyed almost all of them. Seven Samurai remains a favourite, and many other Kurosawa films have joined it. I count Throne of Blood, The Hidden Fortress, Sanjuro, High and Low, and Stray Dog among my favourites, with many of the others close behind.
Here they are ranked, although it gets muddy with rankings changing based on how recently I've seen them. Even looking at the list I'm not happy with how low wonderful films like Red Beard and The Lower Depths are.
Seven Samurai (1954)
Throne of Blood (1957)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Sanjûrô (1962)
Stray Dog (1949)
High and Low (1963)
Ikiru (1952)
Rashômon (1950)
Ran (1985)
Red Beard (1965)
Yojimbo (1961)
The Lower Depths (1957)
Dersu Uzala (1975)
Madadayo (1993)
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05-02-2005, 02:42 PM
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1. Ikiru - A (#1 all-time)
2. Rashomon - A
3. Ran - A
4. Yojimbo - A
5. Madadayo - A (criminally underseen and underrated, as good as his classics)
6. Stray Dog - A
7. Red Beard - A
8. Throne Of Blood - A
9. The Seven Samurai - A
10. Drunken Angel - A
11. High And Low - A- (brilliant first half but the police procedural stuff gets a tad dry)
12. Dersu Uzala - A- (gorgeous, but for whatever reason, doesn't register as much as films with similar subject matter like The Wild Child and Kaspar Hauser)
13. The Bad Sleep Well - A-
14. The Hidden Fortress - A-
15. Rhapsody in August - B+
16. Kagemusha - B+ (need to see again)
17. Akira Kurosawa's Dreams - B+
18. Sanshiro Sugata - B+
19. Sanjuro - B- (need to see again, the only Kurosawa film I've seen that I was unimpressed by.)
Own: 8 (waiting for re-release of Seven Samurai, had Ran sold it didn't buy the re-release because of problems now waiting for Criterion, will buy Yojimbo, Dersu and High & Low if higher quality release is issued, will buy Bad Sleep Well and Drunken Angel if/when released)
Still need to rent Lower Depths. Films I most want to see are I Live In Fear/Record of a Living Being which I would buy unseen, and No Regrets For My Youth.
I know what I'm gonna do tomorrow, and the next day, and the next year, and the year after that. - George Bailey
2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 313 Last Watched: Time of the Gypsies
Last 10 Films Watched:
Dial M for Murder - B+ / I Confess - A-
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - C+ / Brand Upon the Brain! - B+
Stage Fright - B / Rope - B+
Lifeboat - B / The Dark Knight - B+
Suspicion - B / The Deal - B
DVD BEAVER My Collection
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