The Seven Samurai: And Other Screenplays (Classic Screenplay Series) - Softcover

Kurosawa, Akira

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9780571162246: The Seven Samurai: And Other Screenplays (Classic Screenplay Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 057116224X ISBN 13: 9780571162246
Publisher: Faber & Faber, 1992

Synopsis

These three screenplays are based on Kurosawa's shooting scripts.

Ikiru (1952) tells the painful and intimate story of a Japanese civil servant coming to terms with old age and death. In Seven Samurai (1954) the inhabitants of a small Janpanese village employ a roaming band of samurai to defend them. In Throne of Blood (1957), based on Macbeth, a samurai is encouraged by his wife to kill his lord.

This edition also includes a critical introduction to each screenplay.

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About the Author

Writer/director Akira Kurosawa is considered one of history's greatest filmmakers. His films have profoundly affected the style and content of international cinema; in America, for example, his indelible influence can be found in everything from classic Westerns to Star Wars. When he died in 1998, he had written 62 films (and had directed 32 of these).

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Publisher
Faber & Faber
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
057116224X
ISBN 13 
9780571162246
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
227
Rating
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