Cowie shows how film director Akira Kurosawa took the samurai genre to its apogee in such films as Yojimbo and Seven Samurai, his predilection for the historical film and the importance of the traditional in his work. He also looks at Kurosawa's adaptations of Shakespeare and his examination of our everyday lives.
- ISBN10 0847833194
- ISBN13 9780847833191
- Publish Date 9 March 2010
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Rizzoli International Publications
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English