Kurosawa, In Order #22 – High and Low
HIGH AND LOW (1963) Salvatore Albert Lombino, aka Evan Hunter, inspired by Jack Webb, wrote around fifty 87th Precinct police procedural novels under the pen
July 13, 2013
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Kurosawa, In Order #21 – Sanjuro
SANJURO (1962) Kurosawa had wanted to make a film based on Shuguro Yamamoto’s story “Peaceful Days” before he made Yojimbo. With the massive success of
June 10, 2013
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Kurosawa, In Order #20 – Yojimbo
YOJIMBO (1961) Kurosawa had wanted to do a film like Yojimbo for a long time. A story not of good vs. evil, but of evil
February 11, 2013
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Kurosawa, In Order #19 – The Bad Sleep Well
THE BAD SLEEP WELL (1960) Kurosawa had reached a point where he had been given the opportunity to form his own production company. This development
January 10, 2013
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Kurosawa, In Order #18 – The Hidden Fortress
THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (1958) Kurosawa had signed a three picture deal with Toho Studios and Throne of Blood and The Lower Depths were box office
December 3, 2012
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Kurosawa, In Order #17 – The Lower Depths
THE LOWER DEPTHS (1957) Maxim Gorky wrote The Lower Depths in 1902, focusing on a group of Russia’s impoverished making do in a flophouse. With
November 6, 2012
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