黒澤明
Wellspring Media ; a presentation of Thirteen/WNET, BBC Arena, and NHK in association with Winstar TV and Video ; written and directed by Adam Low ; producers, Margaret Smilow, Sonoko Aoyagi Bowers ; a co-production of Thirteen/WNET New York, BBC Arena, and NHK in association with Winstar TV and Video, Paul Scofield, Sam Shepard, Adam Low, Margaret Smilow, Sonoko Aoyagi Bowers, WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai, WinStar TV and Video (Firm), Educational Broadcasting Corporation, Wellspring Media / BBC Arena, and NHK in association with Winstar TV and Video ; written and directed by Adam Low ; producers, Margaret Smilow, Sonoko Aoyagi Bowers ; a co-production of Thirteen/WNET New York, BBC Arena, and NHK in association with Winstar TV and Video Wellspring Media ; a presentation of Thirteen/WNET
A giant of 20th-century cinema, Akira Kurosawa holds a unique place among the world's most distinguished filmmakers as the only non-Westerner. Yet, surprisingly little is known of Japan's greatest filmmaker outside of his native country, and only a few of his films are familiar to American audiences. Now, with the personal endorsement and participation of his children, Hisao and Kazuko, this film presents a definitive two-hour profile, exploring Kurosawa's work in its entirety. There are film excerpts, archival footage never before seen in the West, interviews with actors influenced by Kurosawa's work, and re-creations from his book "Something Like an Autobiography" examining the personal circumstances that produced one of the world's greatest cinema artists
DVD Video, English, 2002
Educational Broadcasting Corp. : Distributed by Wellspring Video, New York, NY, 2002