• Kurosawa’s Birthday Month, Day 13

    Kagemusha St. Patrick's Day

    Congratulations to yesterday’s winner, Caroline! Caroline’s pick for a work of Western literature she wishes Kurosawa had adapted was Oedipus Rex:

    I would love to have seen Kurosawa do Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex. Honestly, I think that he is the only filmmaker who could have successfully adapted the very influential Western work. His directing style and writing sensibilities could have brilliantly rendered the paranoia, alienation, and fated tragedy of the protagonist. I can just imagine the dark mood, eerie period atmosphere, and jarring music that Kurosawa would have used in depicting this story. The chorus would obviously have been done in a really original way, and the climax of Oedipus blinding himself and his final exile seems like it was written with Kurosawa in mind. And finally, Toshiro Mifune would have been fantastic in the role.

    March is Akira Kurosawa month at Criterion. On the twenty-third, the great Japanese filmmaker would have been one hundred years old. For this centennial celebration, we will be posting trivia questions and other contests all month, and giving away a different prize every weekday.

    Today’s prompt:

    In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, write a Kurosawa-related limerick.

    Please respond by commenting below, and we’ll choose our favorite tomorrow. You must reside in the U.S. or Canada and leave a valid e-mail address to be eligible for the prize (a copy of Waiting on the Weather: Making Movies with Akira Kurosawa by Teruyo Nogami).

    UPDATE: Our winner is Joren Cain:

    There once was a man named Toshiro.
    In film after film, he’s our hero.
    And then, in Yojimbo,
    A town’s future in limbo,
    He reduces the bad guys to zero.

    Congratulations, Joren!

    Contests

85 comments

  • By Kevin L
    March 17, 2010
    02:46 PM

    There was a young man from Japan Who shot for the love found in a shot plan So to ease his pain Toward films he made lane And found success as a filmmaking man.
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  • By Josh Kenny
    March 17, 2010
    02:47 PM

    There once was a thirtyish year old man/ Who came up with an intricate plan/ "Ushitora and Seibei/ each side will pay/ to retain my tactical elan."
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  • By Drew
    March 17, 2010
    02:49 PM

    The great Japanese filmmaker, Now considered a trail-blazer, He waited on the weather, Until the shot looked better, Akira is not a faker. :)
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  • By Chris
    March 17, 2010
    02:51 PM

    There once was a swordsman so macho Who went by the name of Yojimbo But his sword wasn't needed His gangster foes were defeated Using his wits and his summer kimono.
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  • By Martin
    March 17, 2010
    02:51 PM

    Kurosawa, Kurosawa how I do follow Your films full of human sorrow Still they do give me much pleasure Like a pot of gold, an Irish treasure That fills my heart where it once was hollow
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  • By Zach W
    March 17, 2010
    02:54 PM

    there once was a man from the east, his films gave our eyes a great feast, human tales he did tell, capturing our condition so well, in the world of auteurs he was a beast.
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  • By Matthew Johnson
    March 17, 2010
    02:57 PM

    Ask cinephiles about Kurosawa, You'll hear well-deserved imprumat-a. Painting our human schemes As telephoto Dreams From Madadayo to Sanshuro Sugata! Happy St. Paddy's Day!
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  • By Dave
    March 17, 2010
    02:58 PM

    There once was a chap from Japan Who directed Yojimbo and Ran If you seek perfection Criterion Collection Will issue his films when they can!
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  • By Jon Rosa
    March 17, 2010
    02:59 PM

    There once was a man who directed films of which quality was expected He lived in Japan One film was called 'Ran' his skills were so easily detected
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  • By Dustin Meadows
    March 17, 2010
    03:02 PM

    There once was a wandering ronin His arrival was an ill omen For the criminal hordes When gun lost to the sword Then he says "Abayo" and gets goin'
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  • By Eugene Golbin
    March 17, 2010
    03:03 PM

    There once was a camera's eye, That could make men happy or cry, With fantastic stories, And artistic glories, Akira, you will never die.
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  • By Aaron G.
    March 17, 2010
    03:08 PM

    There was a gangster who came down with TB. A drunk angel he happened to see. He almost went straight, But fell in the paint, Now his worries more than respiratory.
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  • By Mark H
    March 17, 2010
    03:09 PM

    There once was a man Kurosawa Who inspired a Fist Full Of Dollars Yojimbo was finer Than Eastwood one liners So why does Hollywood even bother?
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  • By Cory
    March 17, 2010
    03:10 PM

    There is a great old film Rashomon, Where conclusions are far from forgone, But if you search for the truth, You will lose all of your youth, Before you really know what went on.
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  • By Steven Averett
    March 17, 2010
    03:14 PM

    Looks like I don’t get to stay ‘round So I may as well put up a playground. This timid life’s cost Left me broken and lost But I swing at the end of the day, found.
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  • By Green Rahman
    March 17, 2010
    03:14 PM

    A lone salmon started it's course in the Shinanogawa, It was the time of the Tokugawa; Eastman couldn't catch it! Westman couldn't catch it! Where is it now, Mr. Kurosawa?
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  • By alex goldstein
    March 17, 2010
    03:15 PM

    an auteur is someone who understands the difference between the mind and the hand. Kurosawa was someone who could balance them better than anyone would, from Rashomon to Ran.
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  • By James
    March 17, 2010
    03:16 PM

    In a Tokyo weighed down by heat, was a detective who was out on his beat. Then his gun disappeared! It was theft that he feared, and he wouldn't rest 'til his quest was complete.
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  • By Robert Masao
    March 17, 2010
    03:18 PM

    Three rain-soaked men at Rashomon gate Discuss a husband, his wife, and a criminal's fate The case had four witnesses Of varying fitnesses Which story lies true is still up for debate.
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  • By hoot
    March 17, 2010
    03:25 PM

    Roses are red, Violets are Jaded, Akira Kurosawa, is fucking overrated.
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  • By Peter Fingerson
    March 17, 2010
    03:27 PM

    Let us all give Akira a shout "Hooray", For if he were alive, Hollywood would would get out of the way, And though his roots are from the east, And his greatness was a spark like yeast, He might say, "even I'm Irish today!"
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  • By David Still
    March 17, 2010
    03:28 PM

    In honor of master Akira’s 100th birthday We all marvel at how his films still hold sway Be it Sanshiro Sugata Or magnificent Dersu Uzala His films in the cinematic pantheon will stay
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  • By Patrick Halloran
    March 17, 2010
    03:31 PM

    There once was a king who divided his rule Between his three sons, who he thought would be cool. He didn't think ahead, And now they're all dead. ...I think I read this play in school.
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  • By Green Rahman
    March 17, 2010
    03:36 PM

    A man was looking for van Gogh, for he wanted to know; 'It's him!', says he, 'It's Scorsese!', Dream's complete, now he can go!
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  • By Green Rahman
    March 17, 2010
    03:42 PM

    I am not your master, I am not your sensei, Do you hear what I say? Come with me, I want you to see, There is nothing more I can say.
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  • By Casey
    March 17, 2010
    03:43 PM

    On Japan's worst cinematic offenses, I believe there's a ready consensus: Yo-bimbo's spread thighs, Or, perhaps, 7" Samurai, Oh, wait, that's "In the Realm of the Senses."
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  • By Kevin Longrie
    March 17, 2010
    03:45 PM

    Some farmers encountered a horde A force that could not be ignored So they went into town To find men of renown And offered them quite a reward
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  • By paul
    March 17, 2010
    03:45 PM

    Kurosawa the famous director had a marvelous story detector He found gold in Japan And still more in England It's turned me into a collector
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  • By RYAN MCGLADE
    March 17, 2010
    03:47 PM

    An Ode to Ikiru By Ryan McGlade Kanji had one year to live So he gave all that he could give Alone on a swing He started to sing Ikiru, or as the French say, "pour vivre"
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  • By Scout Tafoya
    March 17, 2010
    03:57 PM

    Dersu Uzala,Yoidore tenshi Subarashiki nichiyôbi Ikimono no kiroku Tengoku to jigoku Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi
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  • By scout tafoya
    March 17, 2010
    04:00 PM

    Dersu Uzala, Hakuchi Waga seishun ni kuinashi Ikimono no kiroku Tengoku to jigoku Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi
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  • By Justin Jones
    March 17, 2010
    04:07 PM

    A man and his camera were one; That is, until he was gone. But on disc, Kambei frowns While Kikuchiyo clowns And thus a man's work lives on.
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  • By Anderson Penix
    March 17, 2010
    04:17 PM

    There once was a man who made movies if acted out, kids would go to juvey though they're set in Japan and star a brooding man the people still find them groovy.
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  • By Úlfar Kristjánsson
    March 17, 2010
    04:19 PM

    Now some might call me loony, for dismissing Gable and Clooney, but I think that I can say that there is no man as cool as Toshiro Mifune
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  • By Glenn
    March 17, 2010
    04:27 PM

    The contest put a bee in my bonnet. A limerick for Akira?... I'm on it! But for an artist so fine, With films so sublime Shouldn't I write him a sonnet?
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  • By Alex Simon
    March 17, 2010
    04:31 PM

    T'was a lad from Nipon named Akira, South a camera you'd not find a man sweeter, When he met with Mifune, They soon shot some movies, And gents, no one has since come near ya!
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  • By Lionel English
    March 17, 2010
    04:48 PM

    There once was a doctor from Edo Who had a bit of a problem with Ego He spent time with Doc Niide Known fondly as Akihige And his Ego was cleansed by Otoyo
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  • By Steven Venn
    March 17, 2010
    04:48 PM

    There once was a great film director Who brought magic to every projector A samurai of the screen like no others we've seen His work coveted by many a collector
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  • By Drew
    March 17, 2010
    04:49 PM

    There once was a man from Tokyo Whom directed Stray Dog and Yojimbo A man before his time An Auteur so refined He made quite an impressive portfolio.
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  • By Dirkson Lee
    March 17, 2010
    05:01 PM

    When plot mattered more than F/X, Akira was Japan’s apex. With Shakespeare his muse, conformity he refused, to be immortalized in Criterion’s index.
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  • By Andrew Joyce
    March 17, 2010
    05:02 PM

    With Takashi in the lower third of the frame, Mainstream is not Kurosawa's aim, And whether swordfights in the paddies, Or squab'ling corporate baddies, His films are the opposite of lame
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  • By Robert Weiss
    March 17, 2010
    05:05 PM

    There once were seven brave Samurai Who protected a village rice supply They fought for right With all their might But only three of them didn't die.
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  • By Jesse Oswald
    March 17, 2010
    05:07 PM

    There once was a man named Akira!! How I'd love to buy him a-beer-a!! But alas he's passed, And I tip my glass, For your works on the screen I hold dear-a!
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  • By Anthony
    March 17, 2010
    05:22 PM

    Saint Patrick and Akira sat at a bar to giggle and chase leprechauns they both looked at each other and became a flutter Mifune was dancing on the bar ___________________ Happy st pattys day! lets get wasted! :)
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  • By Rudy J. Miera
    March 17, 2010
    05:24 PM

    His multi-perspective Rashomon from Japan to the world-stage all alone he showed us his Dreams from High and Low schemes Akira's Bluebeard should be better known
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  • By Michael Leonard
    March 17, 2010
    05:33 PM

    There once was a man of great fame/ That controlled every object in frame/ Every shot was exact/ To maximize impact/ I hear he even commanded the rain/
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  • By Justin Morgan
    March 17, 2010
    05:39 PM

    There once was man raised on the camera Which thus began a new cinematic era His genius challenged that of Hollywood Which stood up for a common good Kurosawa, a legend behind a camera
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  • By Brenda Harvieux
    March 17, 2010
    05:45 PM

    Known for samurai as he may be, His modern dramas you will agree, From noir to police, To a life’s new lease, Are overshadowed criminally.
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  • By Brian Eggert
    March 17, 2010
    05:46 PM

    A master near death by his own hands, Survives to make a color stand. A peasant thief, A Shakespearian leaf, Both films prove truly grand.
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  • By Joren Cain
    March 17, 2010
    05:49 PM

    There once was a man named Toshiro. In film after film, he's our hero. And then, in "Yojimbo," A town's future in limbo, He reduces the bad guys to zero.
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  • By Joey Umana
    March 17, 2010
    05:52 PM

    He made us believe with seven/ He lied to us in Rush / He Ran away But his ideas endure The man of the hour The man of our lives Akira
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  • By Vincent Grippi
    March 17, 2010
    05:57 PM

    It's St. Patrick's Day And I'm watching Rashomon, I hope to win this contest 'Cause I'm not getting my "drink on"
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  • By Benjamin B
    March 17, 2010
    06:05 PM

    limerick this
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  • By Gordolf
    March 17, 2010
    06:06 PM

    Yojimbo& Sanjuro on Blu-Ray, Unfortunately not out ‘til next Tuesday. Surely I won’t refrain, From this monetary drain, After cashing my paycheck this Friday.
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  • By Fred O
    March 17, 2010
    06:09 PM

    In a watermill hut by a stream, There's an elder of local esteem. He has outlived his wife And the tales of his life Are more vivid than even a Dream.
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  • By Chris M
    March 17, 2010
    06:18 PM

    There one was a man named Kurosawa As a child taught to draw by Tachikawa From a line of samurai He'll surely stab you in the eye Born and died back at home in Shinagawa
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  • By Chris M
    March 17, 2010
    06:19 PM

    correction: one = once
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  • By Brian Gibson
    March 17, 2010
    06:23 PM

    Seven Samurai's came to save us for free. but it wasn't so cheap as you can see, many a men lost their life, so I was forced to grab my fish knife, and in the end I think I killed at least three.
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  • By a d f
    March 17, 2010
    06:27 PM

    My dream (Kurosawa once said) is to film so good that when I'm dead they will honour my birth all over the earth not with haiku but limerick instead
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  • By Mark Hendrix
    March 17, 2010
    06:34 PM

    There once was a man named Akira At his movies many did leer-a Samurai were his faves Cowards hiding in caves Indeed did shout I Live in Fear-a
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  • By AARON A
    March 17, 2010
    06:44 PM

    In a grove where the truth is obscure And four stories are grossly impure A murder and raping Leaves our morals escaping Until one makes an infant secure
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  • By Henry Biedenkapp
    March 17, 2010
    06:59 PM

    There was a man from Nippon who did a movie called "Ran" whose name was Kurosawa and he probably remained sour that Ran didn't open in Cannes
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  • By Derrick King
    March 17, 2010
    07:41 PM

    There once was a man who claimed he was a samurai, Who showed a family tree to prove it wasn't a lie, When asked which one was he the man pointed at a name, drunkenly. 'Kikuchiyo? You hardly look 13 years old to me.' was the laughing reply.
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  • By John Sell
    March 17, 2010
    07:43 PM

    Kurosawa Akira's art Can shock like a medical chart. From The Lower Depths' men To Dodes-kaden He shows us how things fall apart.
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  • By Justin
    March 17, 2010
    07:49 PM

    There once was a man named Kurosawa Whose peers included Kon Ichikawa Their films made were greats But film, as of late's Akin to Beverly Hills Chihuahua
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  • By Christopher Cartier
    March 17, 2010
    07:50 PM

    There once was a man born in Tokyo Whose first was a film called Sanshiro He learned more of his craft Made some classics and aft Ended up with splendid Madadayo.
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  • By Jose Gallegos
    March 17, 2010
    08:40 PM

    Kurosawa, the light shines on you An auteur, eternal and true. Samurais and kings Filled your nightly dreams While your days, praise you did accrue.
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  • By Kellie Haulotte
    March 17, 2010
    08:43 PM

    A man named Akiro Kurosawa screenwriter He made the world a lot brighter Editing, directing to produce He was a brilliant man on the loose Being a perfectionist was his right
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  • By Andrew Wilson
    March 17, 2010
    09:54 PM

    Ran began with a son's vanity, then erupted to a great lord's insanity, as the story grew bleaker, an Ichimonji grew weaker, Kurosawa showed us his greatest film mastery.
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  • By Jesse Mellott
    March 17, 2010
    10:03 PM

    You are so full of violence and rage You helped give birth to a violent age However, no one can deny you are not a sage Of our modern age Your are a true Samurai: Akira Kuroswa
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  • By Bill Drummonds
    March 17, 2010
    10:07 PM

    A Japanese man, Kurosawa, Made movies with vigor and powa'; With those dark Samurai And bleak Rashomon, why He must a' been Irish. And howa'!
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  • By Kristina Bennett
    March 17, 2010
    10:14 PM

    With Yojimbo and Red Beard and Dreams And with famous Shakespearian themes He can show us their hearts So that each film imparts A perspective we'd never have seen
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  • By Craig Bennett
    March 17, 2010
    10:16 PM

    There once was a man from Japan Who brought a film to Cannes About an impostor Support it did foster The Golden Palm's in hand
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  • By Alex Zechiel
    March 17, 2010
    10:28 PM

    There once was a filmmaking man Who made many films in Japan They all were so great I stay up too late Watching them and then I miss work in the morning
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  • By Michael David Perkins
    March 17, 2010
    10:43 PM

    The hills bleed with movement and power And horses make tender spears shatter The lady is red Her husband is dead. A drum beats that silences laughter.
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  • By Christopher Mellon
    March 17, 2010
    11:17 PM

    Though the seven were surely outnumbered, They proved that they couldn’t be blundered By the slush of the rain, Or the promising pain, As the hearts of each samurai thundered.
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  • By Charlie
    March 17, 2010
    11:18 PM

    Tora! Tora! Tora! it was named And Kurosawa was fired and blamed When he hadn't directed How the producers expected What, as if Fleischer could make it acclaimed?
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    March 18, 2010
    12:19 AM

    Akira, director of Ran Once won an award at Cannes He adapted Shakespeare Including King Lear And also McBain--in Japan!
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    March 18, 2010
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    Criterion! Say it's not true! A limerick for A. Ku- rusawa was then Jap/Irish, my friend? You might've just asked for Haiku!
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  • By Kevin
    March 18, 2010
    02:10 AM

    There once was a talented director named Kurosawa, He inspired George Lucas to write Star Wars with the Jawa. 100 years old this year he would be. 50 years and 30 films, directed did he. His cinematic vision has left us with more than just a saga.
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  • By Matt D
    March 18, 2010
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    I Ran High And Low for Yojimbo Dreams of Red Beard and Scandal! Sanjuro Doomed now I Live In Fear Of The Lower Depths near And neglect from Those Who Make Tomorrow
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    March 18, 2010
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    An old master influenced by John Ford Made samurai films with many a sword Inspired by Shakespeare And adapted King Lear By Criterion his triumphs restored
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  • By Joseph Yeh
    March 18, 2010
    11:41 AM

    "Yojimbo" "Ran" into "The Hidden Fortress," But do "The Bad Sleep well?" In "The Lower Depths ..." "Red Beard" screams: "No Regrets for Our Youth!" "Dreams" of "Heaven and Hell."
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  • By Doug Bray
    March 18, 2010
    01:50 PM

    The master director from Japan makes magic when with camera in hand his own country may say no but global appreciation did show cinematic magic spread throughout the land
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  • By Pouya G.
    March 18, 2010
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    There once was a lad down from Japon And with films he had such a rapport He made one about sleeping and another about creeping And to this day may his name Live On
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