Kurosawa: The Last Emperor

documentary

Professional but superficial doc on the great Japanese director. He brought Japanese cinema to the world's attention with Rashomon in 1950 and created many masterpieces thereafter.

This doc was short on his thinking. How was he able to blend western and eastern thought so seamlessly in his films? How was he seen in Japan at the various stages of his career? Whose work did he admire? He is portrayed here as a martinet on the set but that was the universal ethic in Japan for a director.

The sweep through his major works here was adequate but this could have, should have been much better.

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