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Season 1 Episode 548: Kurosawa: Part Two

Concluding the profile of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. International acclaim followed masterpieces like the influential 'Seven Samurai', but success at home was elusive. Unable to find funding for his epic films in Japan, Kurosawa attempted suicide in 1971. To make his late films 'Kagemusha', 'Ran' and 'Dreams' he accepted help from foreign admirers like George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

5

Episodes:

696

Cast:

Quality:

HD

Duration:

90 min

First Air:

1975

Rating:

7.2