I’m making an exception to the chronological format of this diary to cover Kurosawa’s first and third films as a director. I briefly discussed his first film, Sanshiro Sugata, in my first diary entry. I didn’t discuss the second because until last night, I had never seen it. I saw both movies last night at … Continue reading Kurosawa Diary, Part 19: Sanshiro Sugata Parts I & II

Akira Kurosawa only made two sequels in his career, and only one after he reached his artistic maturity. Sanjuro didn’t start out as a sequel to Yojimbo, but as the earlier movie became box office dynamite, Kurosawa inserted the nameless main character from the first one into the center of his current screenplay. (Well, not … Continue reading Kurosawa Diary, Part 18: Sanjuro