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Series 29:8) Akira Kurosawa, RED BEARD (1965, 185 Min) October 14, 2014 (Series 29:8) Akira Kurosawa, RED BEARD (1965, 185 min) Directed by Akira Kurosawa Written by Masato Ide, Hideo Oguni, Ryûzô Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa, and Shûgorô Yamamoto (novel “Akahige shinryô tan”) Produced by Ryûzô Kikushima and Tomoyuki Tanaka Music by Masaru Satô Cinematography by Asakazu Nakai and Takao Saitô Toshirô Mifune ... Dr. Kyojô Niide Yûzô Kayama ... Dr. Noboru Yasumoto Tsutomu Yamazaki ... Sahachi Reiko Dan ... Osugi Miyuki Kuwano ... Onaka Kyôko Kagawa ... Madwoman Tatsuyoshi Ehara ... Genzô Tsugawa Terumi Niki ... Otoyo Akemi Negishi ... Okuni, the mistress Lower Depths, 1957 Throne of Blood, 1949 Nora inu, and 1949 Akira Kurosawa (director) (b. March 23, 1910 in Tokyo, Haru no tawamure. Japan—d. September 6, 1998 (age 88) in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan) wrote 71 films and television shows. He also directed 32 Shûgorô Yamamoto (writer—"Akahige shinryô tan") (b. films, which are 1993 Madadayo, 1991 Rhapsody in August, Satomu Shimizu, June 22, 1903 in Yamanashi, Japan—d. June 1990 Dreams, 1985 Ran, 1980 Kagemusha, 1975 Dersu Uzala, 14, 1967 (age 63) in Yokohama, Japan) has 25 writing credits, 1970 Dodes'ka-den, 1965 Red Beard, 1963 High and Low, 1962 which are 2010 Momi no ki wa nokotta (TV Movie, novel), 2007 Sanjuro, 1961 Yojimbo, 1960 The Bad Sleep Well, 1958 The Tsubaki Sanjûrô (original novel), 2003 Hatsu tsubomi (TV Hidden Fortress, 1957 The Lower Depths, 1957 Throne of Blood, Movie, story), 2002 The Sea Is Watching (novels Nanno hana ka 1955 I Live in Fear: Record of a Living Being, 1954 Seven kaoru and Tsuyu no hinu ma), 2002 “Sabu” (TV Movie, novel), Samurai, 1952 Ikiru, 1951 Hakuchi, 1950 Rashomon, 1950 2001 Kah-chan (story), 2000 Dora-heita (novel Machi bugyô Shûbun, 1949 Nora inu, 1949 Shizukanaru kettô, 1948 Yoidore nikki), 1999 After the Rain (short story), 1993 Sono kido o tootte tenshi, 1947 One Wonderful Sunday, 1946 No Regrets for Our (story "Passing Through the Wooden Gate"), 1976 “Fûfu tabi Youth, 1946 Asu o tsukuru hitobito, 1945 Tora no o wo fumu nikki saraba ronin” (TV Series, novel), 1971 Inochi bô ni furô otokotachi, 1945 Zoku Sugata Sanshirô, 1944 Ichiban (novel Fukagawa Anrakutei), 1970 Dodes'ka-den (novel Kisetsu utsukushiku, 1943 Sanshiro Sugata, and 1941 Uma. He edited 17 no nai machi), 1968 Kill! (novel Torideyama no jûshichi nichi), films—1993 Madadayo, 1991 Rhapsody in August, 1985 Ran, 1967 Namida gawa (novel), 1966 “Shurushuru” (TV Movie, 1963 500,000, 1961 Yojimbo, 1960 The Bad Sleep Well, 1958 novel), 1965 Hiya-meshi to Osan to Chan (short stories), 1965 The Hidden Fortress, 1957 The Lower Depths, 1955 Asunaro Red Beard (novel Akahige shinryô tan), 1965 The Scarlet monogatari, 1954 Seven Samurai, 1951 Hakuchi, 1950 Camellia (novel Goben no tsubaki), 1964 Samurai from Nowhere Rashomon, 1947 Ginrei no hate, 1946 No Regrets for Our (story), 1962 Ao beka monogatari (novel), 1962 Carpenter and Youth, 1945 Zoku Sugata Sanshirô, 1943 Sanshiro Sugata, and Children (novel), 1962 Sanjuro (novel Nichinichi heian), 1946 1941 Uma—and produced 11: 1980 Kagemusha, 1970 Dodes'ka- Shûdôin no hanayome (story "Hana sakanu Lila"), 1937 Yoshida den, 1965 Sanshiro Sugata, 1963 High and Low, 1961 Yojimbo, Palace (story), and 1929 Haru wa mata oka e (story). 1960 The Bad Sleep Well, 1958 The Hidden Fortress, 1957 The Kurosawa—RED BEARD—2 Asakazu Nakai (cinematographer) (b. August 29, 1901 in Attack Squadron!, 1962 47 Samurai, 1962 Sanjuro, 1961 Kobe, Japan—d. February 28, 1988 (age 86)) was the Yojimbo, 1961 Daredevil in the Castle, 1960 The Bad Sleep Well, cinematographer for 94 films, among them 1985 Ran, 1976 Love 1960 The Gambling Samurai, 1960 The Last Gunfight, 1958 The and Separation in Sri Lanka, 1975 Dersu Uzala, 1971 Hidden Fortress, 1958 Theater of Life, 1958 The Rickshaw Man, Saredowareraga bibi yori wakarenôta, 1970 Take Care, Red 1957 The Lower Depths, 1957 Throne of Blood, 1956 A Wife's Riding Hood, 1970 Bravo, Young Guy, 1968 The Night of the Heart, 1956 Bushido, 1955 I Live in Fear: Record of a Living Seagull, 1968 Kubi, 1966 The Daphne, 1965 Red Beard, 1963 Being, 1955 Duel at Ichijoji Temple, 1954 Seven Samurai, 1953 High and Low, 1962 My Daughter and I, 1961 The End of Sunflower Girl, 1953 Hoyo, 1950 Datsugoku, 1950 Rashomon, Summer, 1961 Girl of Dark, 1960 The Blue Beast, 1959 I Want and 1947 Shin baka jidadi: Zenpen. to Be a Shellfish, 1958 Rat Kid on Journey, 1957 Ujô, 1957 Throne of Blood, 1955 I Live in Fear: Record of a Living Being, Yûzô Kayama ... Dr. Noboru Yasumoto (b. April 11, 1937 in 1954 Seven Samurai, 1953 Mr. Pu, 1953 Husband and Wife, Kanagawa, Japan) appeared in 73 films and TV shows, including 1952 Ikiru, 1951 The Dancer, 1951 Clothes of Deception, 1947 2009 “Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari kôen mae hashutsujo” One Wonderful Sunday, 1947 Four Love Stories, 1946 No (TV Series), 1999 Messengers, 1995 Thunderbolt, 1970 The Regrets for Our Youth, 1945 Three Women of the North, 1944 Creature Called Man, 1970 Bravo, Young Guy, 1969 Bullet Battle Troop, 1943 The Song Lantern, 1942 Map for Mother, Wound, 1967 Go! Go! Wakadaishô, 1967 Two in the Shadow, 1942 Shiroi hekiga, 1939 The Imaginary Ghetto, 1938 Nippon no 1967 Japan's Longest Day, 1967 Judo Champion, 1967 Let's Go, tamashii, 1933 Harutsugedori, 1933 Shôwa jinsei an'nai, 1933 Young Guy!, 1966 The Sword of Doom, 1965 Campus A-Go-Go, Kiri no yo no hodô, and 1933 Qingdao kara kita onna. 1965 Sanshiro Sugata, 1965 Red Beard, 1964 Yearning, 1963 Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong, 1963 Attack Squadron!, 1962 Takao Saitô (cinematographer) (b. March 5, 1920 in Kyoto, Born in Sin, 1962 47 Samurai, 1962 Pride of the Campus, 1962 Japan) has 29 cinematography credits, including 1993 Rainbow Sanjuro, 1961 Different Sons, 1961 Blood on the Sea, 1961 Sir Bridge, 1991 Rhapsody in August, 1990 Dreams, 1985 Ran, 1980 Galahad in Campus, 1961 Big Shots Die at Dawn, 1961 The Kagemusha, 1970 Dodes'ka-den, 1969 Red Lion, 1969 Bullet Man from the East, 1961 Happiness of Us Alone, 1961 Lovers of Wound, 1967 The Killing Bottle, 1965 Red Beard, 1963 The Lost Ginza, 1961 Blueprint of Murder, and 1960 Otoko tai otoko. World of Sinbad, 1963 500,000, 1963 High and Low, 1963 Attack Squadron!, 1962 Nippon musekinin jidai, and 1962 from World Film Directors Vol. I. Ed. John Wakeman. H.W. Sanjuro. Wilson Co. NY 1987. Entry by David Williams. Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director and screenwriter, Toshirô Mifune ... Dr. Kyojô Niide (b. Sanchuan Minlang, was born in the Omori district of Tokyo. His father, Yutaka April 1, 1920 in Tsingtao, China (now Qingdao, Shandong, Kurosawa, a native of Akita Prefecture and of samurai descent, China)—d. December 24, 1997 (age 77) in Mitaka city, Tokyo, was an army officer who became a teacher and administrator of Japan) appeared in physical education. A graduate of the Toyama Imperial Military 182 films and Academy, he earned a moderate income at the Ebara Middle television shows, School, famous for its spartan program. The director’s mother, among them 1995 whom he has described as a self-sacrificing realist—‘a typical Fukai kawa, 1994 woman of the Meiji era’—came from an Osaka merchant family. Picture Bride, 1992 Akira was the last of the couple’s children, following four sisters Shadow of the Wolf, and three brothers. The oldest sister had already left home and 1991 Journey of married by the time Kurosawa was born, and the oldest brother Honor, 1991 left while he was still a child. The second brother had died before Strawberry Road, Kurosawa was born, so that Akira grew up with three sisters and 1987 Princess from the one elder brother who was later to be a great influence in his the Moon, 1987 life. The youngest of the sisters, to whom Kurosawa was closest, Sicilian Connection, died at the age of sixteen while he was in the fourth grade. 1983 Jinsei gekijo, Kurosawa characterizes himself in childhood as at first 1982 The Challenge, backward at school and physically weak, to the disappointment 1981 The Bushido of his father. In spite of that weakness, he soon came to share his Blade, 1981 Inchon, father’s enthusiasm for physical challenge, developing a lifelong 1980 “Shogun” (TV interest in sports, especially baseball, and an attitude of “single- Movie), 1979 1941, minded devotion to a discipline.” As a child of ten he practiced 1979 Winter Kills, kendo, traditional Japanese swordsmanship, and “assumed all the 1978 Love and Faith, affectations of a boy fencer.” His father’s influence extended in 1978 The Shogun's another significant direction. In a time when films were Samurai, 1976 Midway, 1975 Paper Tiger, 1971 Red Sun, 1970 considered frivolous entertainment, Yutaka Kurosawa insisted on Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo, 1969 Red Lion, 1968 Hell in the Pacific, their educational value, and took his whole family regularly to 1968 The Sands of Kurobe, 1967 Japan's Longest Day, 1967 the movies as well as to traditional storytellers in the music-halls Samurai Rebellion, 1966 Grand Prix, 1966 The Sword of Doom, around Kagurazaka. ... 1965 Sanshiro Sugata, 1965 Red Beard, 1965 Samurai Assassin, The great Kanto earthquake of 1923 occurred during 1963 The Lost World of Sinbad, 1963 High and Low, 1963 Kurosawa’s second year at the Keika Middle School. His brother Kurosawa—RED BEARD—3 took him on “an expedition to conquer fear,” forcing him to look when the company was only two years old, a vigorous, open- at scenes of horrifying destruction. ...He expressed the wish to minded organization that encouraged experiment and trained its become a painter. Despite the family’s declining fortunes, his assistant directors by giving them every job in the production father did not object, but insisted that he go to art school..
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