In 1985, one of cinema's most legendary directors released a sweeping epic that would resonate around the world. Ran, ...

History is filled with talented directors, many of whom are active today (directors like Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, and many others). Unfortunately, as fantastic as these ...

The plot of director Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 classic, “Seven Samurai,” can be summed up in one sentence: Mercenaries are hired to protect a farming village from marauding bandits. Yet within that simple ...

Anja Djuricic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1992. Her first interest in film started very early, as she learned to speak English by watching Disney animated movies (and many, many reruns). Anja ...

List Writer at Collider. Long reaching obsession with Star Wars, comics, and anime, along with a general love of movies. Has also made some in the past. Known best for his samurai pictures and his ...

They don’t make them like Akira Kurosawa’s magisterial “Ran” anymore, but the truth is, they didn’t really make them like this regal epic back then either. Now screening in a new 4K digital ...

Akira Kurosawa remains one of the best filmmakers ever, with several masterpieces to his name. However, despite being one of the best directors in history, Kurosawa only earned one Oscar nomination, ...

Ghost of Tsushima pays homage to the samurai films of Akira Kurosawa. The enduring appeal of Kurosawa’s samurai films speaks to their unique position in the cultural canon. They are at once archetypal ...

Akira Kurosawa was a seismic force, the kind of artist who makes other artists question their craft. Spielberg, Scorsese, Lucas, Tarantino—you name it, they all bow, one way or another, to the man who ...