Table Of Content

T H E C I N EM A O F AkirKau rosawa The Warrior's Camera S T E P H E N P R I N C E PRI N CE T O NU N IV ERSI T YP RES S PRINCETON , NEW JERSEY Copyrig©h 1t9 91b yP rincetUonni versPirteys s PublishbeydP rincetUonni versPirteys 4s1,W illiaSmt reet, PrincetNoenw, J ers0e8y5 40 Int heU niteKdi ngdomP:r incetUonni versity OPxrfeosrsd, AllR ightRse served LibraorfyC ongreCsast aloging-in-PuDbaltiac ation PrincSet,e phe1n9,5 5- Thew arriocra'mse r:a thec inemoaf A kirKau rosaw/a byS tephePnr ince. p. cm. Includbeisb liograprheifcearle nacnedsi ndex. ISBN0 -691-031(6c0-l6o: t ahcid-fpraepee r) ISBN0 -691-008(5p9a-0p: e arcid-fpraepee r) 1.K urosawAak,i r1a9,1 0- --Critiacnidsi mn terpretation. lT.i tle. PN1998.3.K87P179951 791.4'30 23'30 92--dc20 90-36647 Thibso ohka bse enc omposienLd i notMreolni &o Orp tima PrincetUonni versPirteys bso okasr ep rintoenda cid-fpraepee r, andm eett heg uidelifnoerps e rmanenacned d urability oft heC ommittoeneP roductiGouni delines foBro okL ongeviotfty h eC ouncil onL ibraRreys ources Printiendt heU niteSdt atoefsA mericbay P rincetUonni versity PresPsr,i ncetNoenw, J ersey 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 (Pbk1.0) 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 F O R M Y P A R E N TS Contents Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv 1 ViewinKgu rosawa 3 2 TheD ialectoifcS st yle 32 3 WillpoweCra nC ureA llH umanA ilments 67 4 ExperimenatnsdA daptations 114 5 Forma ndt heM odernW orld 155 6 Histoarnyd t heP erioFdi lm 200 7 TheL atFei lms 250 Notes 293 FilmDsi recbtyeA dk irKau rosawa 327 Bibliography 329 Index 339 Illustrations FrontispiTeocseh.i Mriof unaesW ashiiznu ThronofeB lood. 1.A kirKau rosawa. 4 2.K urosaownal ocatdiuorni tnhgfe i lming ofS eveSna murai. 12 3.T hei nflueonfKc uer osadwiar:e ct re- makeass i nT heM agnifiSceevnetn (196f0r)e,ea ldya ptferdo Sme ven Samurai. 19 4.a nd5 .T hei nflueonfKc uer osawa: lessoinnws i de-sccroemepno siatnido n thset ylizoaftv iioonl ence. 20 6.K urosadwiar eTcotssh iMriof unoen thsee otf H igahn dL ow. 29 7.K ajiYraom amotHoo'rss oen,w hich Kurosaswear vaesda ssisdtiarnetc tor. 39 8.S urrounbdyeh do wliwnign dSsa,n shiro (SusuFmuuj ictoan)f roHnitgsa fkoitr h eir climacdtuiecSl a.n s hiSruog ata. 49 9.S tialb lo ya th earSta,n shgiernot tleyn ds toS ayoS.a nshiSurgoa ta. 53 10.T hei ndiviadluoanalen dd etermian ed: younfga ctwoorryk perra ybse fobreeg in- nintgh see arfcohar m issilnegn Tsh.e MosBte autiful. 54 11.S ervitnhgne e edosfw artiSmaen,s hiro symbolitcharlalsyt hheAesm erican boxeirnS anshSiurgoa tPaa,rI tI . 57 12.T hea ntiocfas t imibdu,m bling porter (KeniEcnhoim oto) untdheheri csutto rical dramoafY oshitsune'sT hfelWyih goh t in Treaodnt hTei geTra'isl . 59 13.a nd1 4.D reamosft heoiwrn c offseheo p cheearni mpovericsohuepdla em,i tdh e postwraurb blOen.eW onderfSuuln day. Diseaassae s ocimaelt aphaoy ro:u ng doct(oTrso h iMriof unbea)t tslyepsh ilis inp ostwJaarp aTnh.eQ uieDtu el 74 15.T hec orrulpatw yHeirr u(tTaa kaSshhii- muraaln dh ivsi ct(iTmo shiro Mifune). Scandal. 76 X I L L U TSR A TI O N S 16.Y uki(eS etsHuakroab )e fohreert ransformaasat p iroinv,i leged profesdsaourg'hst Neor R.eg reftosOr u rY outh. 79 17.M atsuna(Tgoas hMiirfou nset)r ugwgilteShsa nad(aT akashi Shimurtah)de,o ctwohro w ishteosc urhei dsi seabsoedday n d spiriinKt u rosawaal'lse goDrriucnakleA nn gel. 82 18.M atsunfaaglaul nsd etrh ien flueonftc hege a nbgo sOsk,a da. DrunkeAnn gel. 87 19.C ompetivnigs utaeln siionnS str aDyo gW.h ilSea t(oT akashi Shimurqau)e stiaow nist netswsog, e issheaot f afs parkilne r thceo rnoeftr h fer ame. 90 20.M uraka(mTio shMiirfou naen)dS athou nfto trh kei llSetrr.a y Dog. 96 21.W atanab(eT'ask aSshhiim urian)t enspeelrys ocnoanlf rontation witdhe atahl ientahtoessae r ounhdi ma ndc halletnhgseeo sc ial ordeIrk.i ru. 104 22.W atanatbreit eors e acohu tt oT oybou td iscovtehrahste r e- mains aIlkoinreu.. 108 23.K urosa"wtah,le a sotft hsea murai." 115 24.T heK urosawa hero(.T aKkaamSsbhheiiim urianS) e ven Samurai. 119 25.T heb and(iTto shMiirfou naen)dt hwea rri(oMra sayMuokrii ): charac"tgeorisan sgt rianty h teh icokfet th ehiera rts." Rashomon. 129 26.R ashomonf'osr eismta gewraysm eanbty K urosatwoea m body thdea rlka byrionftt hhhe u manh eart. 131 27.T oshiro MainfdMu ansea yuMkoir ais t hReo gozhainndM ysh- kinch aracitneT rhesI diot. 140 28.W ashi(zTuo shMiirfou nmee)e thsi esn di na f usilolfaa dre- rowsT.h ronoef B lood. 145 29.T hep aintesrtlyoylf eT hronoefB looBdl.e achsekdyf ,o ga,n d desolpaltaei cnrse aatc eo smfirca mfeo trh itsa loefh uman ambitiaonndv iolence. 148 30. Spatfiraalg mentaantdti hosent reosfls i nefaorr imn T heL ower Depths. 153 31.A nxietoifte hsne ucleaagreN :a kaji(mTsaoh irMoi funceo)n - templattheaes p ocalyipnRs eec orodfa LiviBnge ing. 161 32.N akajicmaan neostc atphese o cisapla coefh ifsa miRleyc.o rd ofa LivinBge ing. 169 33.C ompulsioofan t so rtuKruerdo sahwear (oT oshMiirfou nTeh)e. BadS leeWpe ll. 177 I L LU S RT A TI O NS X·I 34.D isturbaonftc hemeso derunr baenn vironmTehneBt a.d S leep Well. 186 35.W hilteh peo liacnedh iwsi fleo ookn G,o nd(oT oshMiirfou ne) prepatrhelesu ggatgheaw ti lcla rhriyfs o rtutnote h kei dnap­ perT.h em ultiaprleeoa fsc omposivtiisouna alnii zmep acted socisapla cHei.g ha ndL ow. 191 36.T okur(oT atsNuaykaa dtaria)c tkhske i dnapapset rhp eo lice mobilfioztreh heu ntH.ig ha ndL ow. 194 37.S pacaess ocimaelt aphaow ri:n doowfg laasnsd w irsee parat­ intgh emG,o ndcoo nfrotnhtkesi dnapwpheorh ast ormented himH.i gha ndL ow. 197 38.K ambe(iT akaSshhiim urfal)a.n kbeyGd o rob(eYio shIinoa ba) andK atsush(iKroKo i murdae)c,l atrheatsth fea rmearnsds a- muramiu sstt rugtgolgee tahsoe nre S.e veSna murai. 211 39.T hew eigohftt he dead parnodm itoshfcee o mmuniitnSy e ven Samurai. 213 40.K ikuch(iTyoos hMiirfou naen)dK yllz(oS eMiijyia gucihni ) thfei nal baav totrltoeefr,x a in, msutde,ae nldd, e atShe.v en Samurai. 219 41.T hev ioleonfct ehs ei xteenth-ccievnwitalur irsny a f aitrayl e conteTxhteH. i ddeFno rtress. 221 42.S anju(rToa shMiirfou neen)j otyhsce a rnafgreo hmi wsa tch­ towepre rcihnY 6jimbD6i.r ecMtaosra hiSrhoi nocdrai ticized Kurosafwoatr h iism agery. 224 43.E viuln leashaset dh,ve i oleonfct ehge a ngstaenrdts h emierr - chanbta ckecrosn sumtehste o wnY.6 jimb6. 229 44.P reparfiontrgh seh owdowSna,n juarr6m hsi msewlifta hd ead man'ssw orYd6.j imb6. 232 45.S anjuvraon quishhiefsso aen da lteegro( Tatsuya Nakadai). Thissc eniesa k eym omenitn t hvei sualizoafvt iioolne innc e the samurai film: mSoamnejnutrso 'bshe afsscow urostero ,d deeptlhya hti fso ec'hse sertu pitnsa g eysoefbr l ooSda.n jur6.2 34 46.Y asumo(tYoll zKoa yamlae)a rtnhsse e croeftl si faen dd eath froNmi id(eT oshMiirfou nien)t ,h seu premmaes ter-prueplial- tionsohfiK pu rosawcai'nse mRae.dB eard. 237 47.N iidaen dY asumoctaor trhybe a ttecrheidl d, Gttoto hyeo , safeotfty h cel inHiucm.a ns uffeirnicnrge aisnae d sa rkening worlRde.d B eard. 241 48.A sN iidaen dY asumottroty o s avCeh obtoh,e cyo nfrtohnmety s- teroyfd eatahn dt hlei miotfms e dickanlo wledRgeedB. e ard. 246

Description:
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 internationally acclaimed as a giant of world cinema. Rashomon helped ignite Western interest in the Japanese cinema, and Seven Samur
ebook img

The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa PDF

366 Pages·1992·10.04 MB·English
by  Stephen Prince
Save to my drive
Quick download
Download
Upgrade Premium
Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.

Preview The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa

T H E C I N EM A O F AkirKau rosawa The Warrior's Camera S T E P H E N P R I N C E PRI N CE T O NU N IV ERSI T YP RES S PRINCETON , NEW JERSEY Copyrig©h 1t9 91b yP rincetUonni versPirteys s PublishbeydP rincetUonni versPirteys 4s1,W illiaSmt reet, PrincetNoenw, J ers0e8y5 40 Int heU niteKdi ngdomP:r incetUonni versity OPxrfeosrsd, AllR ightRse served LibraorfyC ongreCsast aloging-in-PuDbaltiac ation PrincSet,e phe1n9,5 5- Thew arriocra'mse r:a thec inemoaf A kirKau rosaw/a byS tephePnr ince. p. cm. Includbeisb liograprheifcearle nacnedsi ndex. ISBN0 -691-031(6c0-l6o: t ahcid-fpraepee r) ISBN0 -691-008(5p9a-0p: e arcid-fpraepee r) 1.K urosawAak,i r1a9,1 0- --Critiacnidsi mn terpretation. lT.i tle. PN1998.3.K87P179951 791.4'30 23'30 92--dc20 90-36647 Thibso ohka bse enc omposienLd i notMreolni &o Orp tima PrincetUonni versPirteys bso okasr ep rintoenda cid-fpraepee r, andm eett heg uidelifnoerps e rmanenacned d urability oft heC ommittoeneP roductiGouni delines foBro okL ongeviotfty h eC ouncil onL ibraRreys ources Printiendt heU niteSdt atoefsA mericbay P rincetUonni versity PresPsr,i ncetNoenw, J ersey 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 (Pbk1.0) 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 F O R M Y P A R E N TS Contents Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv 1 ViewinKgu rosawa 3 2 TheD ialectoifcS st yle 32 3 WillpoweCra nC ureA llH umanA ilments 67 4 ExperimenatnsdA daptations 114 5 Forma ndt heM odernW orld 155 6 Histoarnyd t heP erioFdi lm 200 7 TheL atFei lms 250 Notes 293 FilmDsi recbtyeA dk irKau rosawa 327 Bibliography 329 Index 339 Illustrations FrontispiTeocseh.i Mriof unaesW ashiiznu ThronofeB lood. 1.A kirKau rosawa. 4 2.K urosaownal ocatdiuorni tnhgfe i lming ofS eveSna murai. 12 3.T hei nflueonfKc uer osadwiar:e ct re- makeass i nT heM agnifiSceevnetn (196f0r)e,ea ldya ptferdo Sme ven Samurai. 19 4.a nd5 .T hei nflueonfKc uer osawa: lessoinnws i de-sccroemepno siatnido n thset ylizoaftv iioonl ence. 20 6.K urosadwiar eTcotssh iMriof unoen thsee otf H igahn dL ow. 29 7.K ajiYraom amotHoo'rss oen,w hich Kurosaswear vaesda ssisdtiarnetc tor. 39 8.S urrounbdyeh do wliwnign dSsa,n shiro (SusuFmuuj ictoan)f roHnitgsa fkoitr h eir climacdtuiecSl a.n s hiSruog ata. 49 9.S tialb lo ya th earSta,n shgiernot tleyn ds toS ayoS.a nshiSurgoa ta. 53 10.T hei ndiviadluoanalen dd etermian ed: younfga ctwoorryk perra ybse fobreeg in- nintgh see arfcohar m issilnegn Tsh.e MosBte autiful. 54 11.S ervitnhgne e edosfw artiSmaen,s hiro symbolitcharlalsyt hheAesm erican boxeirnS anshSiurgoa tPaa,rI tI . 57 12.T hea ntiocfas t imibdu,m bling porter (KeniEcnhoim oto) untdheheri csutto rical dramoafY oshitsune'sT hfelWyih goh t in Treaodnt hTei geTra'isl . 59 13.a nd1 4.D reamosft heoiwrn c offseheo p cheearni mpovericsohuepdla em,i tdh e postwraurb blOen.eW onderfSuuln day. Diseaassae s ocimaelt aphaoy ro:u ng doct(oTrso h iMriof unbea)t tslyepsh ilis inp ostwJaarp aTnh.eQ uieDtu el 74 15.T hec orrulpatw yHeirr u(tTaa kaSshhii- muraaln dh ivsi ct(iTmo shiro Mifune). Scandal. 76 X I L L U TSR A TI O N S 16.Y uki(eS etsHuakroab )e fohreert ransformaasat p iroinv,i leged profesdsaourg'hst Neor R.eg reftosOr u rY outh. 79 17.M atsuna(Tgoas hMiirfou nset)r ugwgilteShsa nad(aT akashi Shimurtah)de,o ctwohro w ishteosc urhei dsi seabsoedday n d spiriinKt u rosawaal'lse goDrriucnakleA nn gel. 82 18.M atsunfaaglaul nsd etrh ien flueonftc hege a nbgo sOsk,a da. DrunkeAnn gel. 87 19.C ompetivnigs utaeln siionnS str aDyo gW.h ilSea t(oT akashi Shimurqau)e stiaow nist netswsog, e issheaot f afs parkilne r thceo rnoeftr h fer ame. 90 20.M uraka(mTio shMiirfou naen)dS athou nfto trh kei llSetrr.a y Dog. 96 21.W atanab(eT'ask aSshhiim urian)t enspeelrys ocnoanlf rontation witdhe atahl ientahtoessae r ounhdi ma ndc halletnhgseeo sc ial ordeIrk.i ru. 104 22.W atanatbreit eors e acohu tt oT oybou td iscovtehrahste r e- mains aIlkoinreu.. 108 23.K urosa"wtah,le a sotft hsea murai." 115 24.T heK urosawa hero(.T aKkaamSsbhheiiim urianS) e ven Samurai. 119 25.T heb and(iTto shMiirfou naen)dt hwea rri(oMra sayMuokrii ): charac"tgeorisan sgt rianty h teh icokfet th ehiera rts." Rashomon. 129 26.R ashomonf'osr eismta gewraysm eanbty K urosatwoea m body thdea rlka byrionftt hhhe u manh eart. 131 27.T oshiro MainfdMu ansea yuMkoir ais t hReo gozhainndM ysh- kinch aracitneT rhesI diot. 140 28.W ashi(zTuo shMiirfou nmee)e thsi esn di na f usilolfaa dre- rowsT.h ronoef B lood. 145 29.T hep aintesrtlyoylf eT hronoefB looBdl.e achsekdyf ,o ga,n d desolpaltaei cnrse aatc eo smfirca mfeo trh itsa loefh uman ambitiaonndv iolence. 148 30. Spatfiraalg mentaantdti hosent reosfls i nefaorr imn T heL ower Depths. 153 31.A nxietoifte hsne ucleaagreN :a kaji(mTsaoh irMoi funceo)n - templattheaes p ocalyipnRs eec orodfa LiviBnge ing. 161 32.N akajicmaan neostc atphese o cisapla coefh ifsa miRleyc.o rd ofa LivinBge ing. 169 33.C ompulsioofan t so rtuKruerdo sahwear (oT oshMiirfou nTeh)e. BadS leeWpe ll. 177 I L LU S RT A TI O NS X·I 34.D isturbaonftc hemeso derunr baenn vironmTehneBt a.d S leep Well. 186 35.W hilteh peo liacnedh iwsi fleo ookn G,o nd(oT oshMiirfou ne) prepatrhelesu ggatgheaw ti lcla rhriyfs o rtutnote h kei dnap­ perT.h em ultiaprleeoa fsc omposivtiisouna alnii zmep acted socisapla cHei.g ha ndL ow. 191 36.T okur(oT atsNuaykaa dtaria)c tkhske i dnapapset rhp eo lice mobilfioztreh heu ntH.ig ha ndL ow. 194 37.S pacaess ocimaelt aphaow ri:n doowfg laasnsd w irsee parat­ intgh emG,o ndcoo nfrotnhtkesi dnapwpheorh ast ormented himH.i gha ndL ow. 197 38.K ambe(iT akaSshhiim urfal)a.n kbeyGd o rob(eYio shIinoa ba) andK atsush(iKroKo i murdae)c,l atrheatsth fea rmearnsds a- muramiu sstt rugtgolgee tahsoe nre S.e veSna murai. 211 39.T hew eigohftt he dead parnodm itoshfcee o mmuniitnSy e ven Samurai. 213 40.K ikuch(iTyoos hMiirfou naen)dK yllz(oS eMiijyia gucihni ) thfei nal baav totrltoeefr,x a in, msutde,ae nldd, e atShe.v en Samurai. 219 41.T hev ioleonfct ehs ei xteenth-ccievnwitalur irsny a f aitrayl e conteTxhteH. i ddeFno rtress. 221 42.S anju(rToa shMiirfou neen)j otyhsce a rnafgreo hmi wsa tch­ towepre rcihnY 6jimbD6i.r ecMtaosra hiSrhoi nocdrai ticized Kurosafwoatr h iism agery. 224 43.E viuln leashaset dh,ve i oleonfct ehge a ngstaenrdts h emierr - chanbta ckecrosn sumtehste o wnY.6 jimb6. 229 44.P reparfiontrgh seh owdowSna,n juarr6m hsi msewlifta hd ead man'ssw orYd6.j imb6. 232 45.S anjuvraon quishhiefsso aen da lteegro( Tatsuya Nakadai). Thissc eniesa k eym omenitn t hvei sualizoafvt iioolne innc e the samurai film: mSoamnejnutrso 'bshe afsscow urostero ,d deeptlhya hti fso ec'hse sertu pitnsa g eysoefbr l ooSda.n jur6.2 34 46.Y asumo(tYoll zKoa yamlae)a rtnhsse e croeftl si faen dd eath froNmi id(eT oshMiirfou nien)t ,h seu premmaes ter-prueplial- tionsohfiK pu rosawcai'nse mRae.dB eard. 237 47.N iidaen dY asumoctaor trhybe a ttecrheidl d, Gttoto hyeo , safeotfty h cel inHiucm.a ns uffeirnicnrge aisnae d sa rkening worlRde.d B eard. 241 48.A sN iidaen dY asumottroty o s avCeh obtoh,e cyo nfrtohnmety s- teroyfd eatahn dt hlei miotfms e dickanlo wledRgeedB. e ard. 246

Description:
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 internationally acclaimed as a giant of world cinema. Rashomon helped ignite Western interest in the Japanese cinema, and Seven Samur
See more

The list of books you might like

Upgrade Premium
Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.
DMCA & Copyright: Dear all, most of the website is community built, users are uploading hundred of books everyday, which makes really hard for us to identify copyrighted material, please contact us if you want any material removed.
Copyright @ PDFdrive.to, 2022 | We love our users