Eclipse Series 23: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa
By August 03, 2010
SANSHIRO SUGATA: A CAREER BLOOMS Moviegoers the world over know Akira Kurosawa for Rashomon (1950) and the international classics that followed—Ikiru, Seven Samurai Read more »
SYNOPSIS: The fourth film from Akira Kurosawa is based on a legendary twelfth-century incident in which the lord Yoshitsune and a group of samurai retainers dressed as monks in order to pass through a dangerous enemy checkpoint. The story was dramatized for centuries in Noh and kabuki theater, and here it becomes one of the director’s most riveting early films.
| Benkei | Denjiro Ookouchi |
| Yoshitsune | Tadayoshi Nishina |
| Togashi | Susumu Fujita |
| Kamei | Masayuki Mori |
| Kataoka | Takashi Shimura |
| Porter | Kenichi Enomoto |
| Ise | Atikake Kono |
| Suruga | Yoshio Kosugi |
| Hitachibo | Dekao Yokoo |
| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
| Producer | Motohiko Ito |
| Screenplay | Akira Kurosawa |
| after | the Kabuki <i>Kanjincho</i> |
| Cinematography | Takeo Ito |
| Production design | Kazuo Kubo |
| Music | Tadashi Hattori |
| Editing | Toshio Goto |
By August 03, 2010
SANSHIRO SUGATA: A CAREER BLOOMS Moviegoers the world over know Akira Kurosawa for Rashomon (1950) and the international classics that followed—Ikiru, Seven Samurai Read more »