The Humanistic Cinema of Akira Kurosawa

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About this video essay:
Analysis exploring the humanistic themes and filmmaking philosophy found in the beautiful compositions of movement from master of cinema Akira Kurosawa.

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Sources:
Every Frame A Painting – Akira Kurosawa – Composing Movement: Akira Kurosawa - Composing Movement
The Cinema Cartography – Seven Samurai – Drama Through Action: Seven Samurai - Drama Through Action
Akira Kurosawa – Something Like An Autobiography: https://amzn.to/3bIbgw1
Roger Ebert on Kurosawa: https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews...

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Media included:
Drunken Angel; Stray Dog; Rashomon; Hakuchi; Ikiru; Seven Samurai; I Live in Fear; The Lower Depths; Throne of Blood; The Hidden Fortress; The Bad Sleep Well; Yojimbo; Sanjuro; High and Low; Red Beard; Dodesukaden; Dersu Uzala; Kagemusha; Ran; Dreams; Rhapsody in Agust; Madadayo; The Searchers; Silence; The Magnificent Seven; Star Wars IV: A New Hope; Ghost of Tsushima

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Music:
Cathedral – Summer
Cathedral – Spring
Slow Meadow – Fake Magic Is Real
Dustin Lau – Portrait
Slow Meadow – Those Who Rush Across the Sea
Slow Meadow – We Can Only Love Through Suffering
Slow Meadow – Screensaver Prelude
Slow Meadow – A Small Balloon And A Great Mountain

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