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- Notes
- ↑ Oguni and AK based this script on an unproduced screenplay they had written near the end of World War II.
- ↑ Remake of the 1950 film of the same name.
- ↑ Remake of the 1949 film of the same name.
- ↑ Remake of Kurosawa's own films, Sanshiro Sugata and Sanshiro Sugata Part II.
- ↑ AK was hired as director of the Japanese sequences of this film, but left the project; his name was taken off the credits at his request, but the screenplay he co-wrote was still used.
- ↑ AK was originally slated to direct this project in 1966-67 but dropped out; neither Oguni nor Kikushima were credited in the final film.
- ↑ Originally conceived as a project for AK to direct; filmed after his death by Koizumi.
- ↑ These three directors and AK wrote this script, allegedly for all four to direct together, around the time of Dodesukaden (1970), but due to the box-office failure of that film, the project was canceled; it was finally directed by the last surviving member of the club, Ichikawa.
- ↑ Originally conceived as a project for AK to direct; filmed after his death by Kumai.
- ↑ Mifune, directing his first film, was not confident of this suspense thriller's reception, so he hired Kurosawa to travel to the location and re-edit the footage. The latter agreed to do this more as a favor to his favorite actor than because of any belief in the project. The picture was a modest box-office success, but a critical disaster, and Mifune never directed another film.
- References
- ↑ Jason Gray (2008-03-03). "Unfinished Kurosawa Film to be Unveiled in 2010" . Retrieved 2010-08-24.
- 1 2 "Other Movies with Kurosawa's Involvement — Akira Kurosawa Information" . Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ↑ Galbraith , pp. 651–751
- ↑ Akira Kurosawa on IMDb
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- ↑ Galbraith , p. 646
- ↑ Galbraith , p. 30
- ↑ Galbraith , pp. 364–370, 703
- ↑ Nogami , pp. 246–247
- ↑ Kurosawa 1982 , p. 144
- ↑ Galbraith , p. 63
- ↑ Seven Samurai , DVD featurette: My Life in Cinema (Waga Eiga Jinsei): Interview of Akira Kurosawa by Nagisa Oshima)
- 1 2 Galbraith , p. 98
- ↑ Drunken Angel , DVD featurette "It Is Wonderful to Create"
- ↑ Galbraith , pp. 486–487
- ↑ Kurosawa 1982 , pp. 172–173
- ↑ Galbraith , p. 109
- ↑ Kurosawa 1982 , p. vi
- ↑ Galbraith , p. 561
- ↑ Kurosawa 1999 , Chapter 3, found at: http://ww.criterionforum.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=7192 ; translation: Noriyo Hoozawa-Arkenau
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