The Warrior's Camera - The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa

With a career stretching from the chaos of war-torn Japan to the current power and prosperity of his country, the great Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa has been intrnationally acclaimed as a giant of world cinema . Rashomon helped ignite Western interest in the Japanese cinema, and Seven Samurai and Yojimbo remain enormously popular both in Japan and abroad. Providing a new and comprehensive look at this master film maker, The Warrior's Camera probes the complex visual structure of Kurosawa's work.