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About the Director Recommended places for a quick lunch in Healesville It is no exaggeration to say that Akira Kurosawa was one of the most important and inuential lm directors of all time. Born in 1910, he started making movies in 1935, and became famous with the release of Rashomon in 1951, winning the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. Kurosawa continued to develop his style and made a close connection to the actor Toshiro Mifune who Healesville Mini Film Festival took lead roles in several of his best lms in the 1950s and 1960s. This was a successful and synergistic combination, and the lms today are as alive and entertaining as when they were rst released to great acclaim. During his life time he made 30 full length feature lms in 57 years, and was the rst Japanese lm maker to burst onto the world cinema scene. He was granted an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1990. He died in Tokyo on September 6th 1998. This festival will be a rare opportunity to see three of his nest lms all including Toshiro Mifune, concluding with perhaps his most loved lm, Rashomon, which brought Kurosawa to the attention of western audiences. Speaker: Academic, Julian Warren, will introduce each lm and conduct a Q&A session at the end of the day. Session Times: Sunday 3rd March 2019 9.45am: Yojimbo (Japan, 1961, M, 110 mins) 11.45am: Lunch break A Tribute to Akira Kurosawa 1.10pm: Sanjuro (Japan, 1962, PG, 95 mins) 3.15pm: Rashomon (Japan, 1950, PG, 88 mins) 5.15pm: Close Yojimbo Ticket Sales: Sanjuro Tickets will be available on the morning, but to be sure of a seat it is strongly advised to book early by Rashomon the following means. With commentary by Julian Warren On line – www.culturetracks.info Over the counter at The Memo (Healesville) and The Memo also at The Arts Centre (Warburton). 235 Maroondah Hwy Ticket Prices: Healesville $36 for 3 lms or $14.50 per lm. In the case of a Red Alert fire warning on the day, the event will be www.yarrarangeslmsociety.org.au postponed to a later date. .

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