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Akira Kurosawa
The "Emperor of Samurai Film" making comeback
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'^Tellih柳to go back and do it again,,， Akira KurO" ゅwa9thもemper0r of I samurai cinema, isねaclc at work 一and as ialwayS, demanding that the Job bedonehis
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Kiiiowiiin Japan's film in' dustry'as thembst exactiれg 0fdiまto]r:S9 Kurosawa is ti:yiiig to a comもback after years of eclips^ and a de-
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:Wheii finishe( ear](y next i^ear， it willbe KurosaVva，s ぉrst Japan made film in10 外野a I id hisftrstsainurai picture — the g^nre hゃdid sひittuclt    p<opularize ， in
For Ktirosawa, it's k eh-醉cふataぉe 69 to regain the repMtation he eariied with spell earlier (classics as "Ra-shomon，"： a1951Academy Award wimier， and "Seven Samurai."AIrさiady the film is in financialtrouble, but help has arrived in the form of backing from HoUy-wo6d，s 20th Century Fox Studio and A加eilean directors George Liic站("Star Wars") and FrancおFord Copゃola ('*The Godf"her"),
Japanese news i^eports place the American vestment atmillion to To ho Motion Pictures' original $5.5 million inyestment. Ku-i"^a\V^なrefuses to say hem inuc^h it is, but (ireditslitic-as and Coppola for saving hin[1. "Without their word, Fox would not have backed the ifilm，，， he said.
Kurosawa was inWview， ed liもtween takes (the scene ,witli tt(e soldiers and horse-menw站shot10 more times th彈t day) as he sat on the riverba"k inヌanaきawa， tvest of T*G!kyo, wearing a yellow T-shirt with the"Ca-Hfornia，, and "TVater Pow-et*， 6n thもbade. Near by was his elab orately CO list nic ted l§th century military en丄
，haye my ownれ6oting scliedulも，，he sayさin resp' onse toaqtiestion about his reputalion for Qvers扣ndi叫 on picutres. "Once I thought Icould shoot a sce狄on Mo lint Fuji in a week. It toot a hundred days."
"He is the strictest of all Japanese directors/, said Jujiro Yamada, chief makeup artJst on the set. "His pictures contain nolies. He wi" abandon a scene, re* construct Ulater, and continue rehearsing untilhe is completely satisfied."
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brought him the ad掛iration of Suchforeignn c6lleag卿 as Lucas andCop]Marれ has加t made him liiiivers-ally popular in Japan，s film
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InJirty, theoiily:'iiamゃ,, i)まessiQnal;ac旨;in "Kaige Musha>,， ，hiiitaro K枉ぉu， Avallced out in a reportedly bitter dぉafitrieeiitゃitt德h !^lurosaw， 0v枕act;inぉ—h卿 ,ue' 、
Inl娜,KiiroSiwiifouhi wfth hislもadiiig man of 20 yea昨,T朋hiro ]Wifii|ie> when the③1^ゃctoi"woiild
reぉy depriving him 6f otheず jbbs duringtlie^ year iturp* sawa spentまo6iing; "Red Beard."
1nthel950s， Japanese film studios^ churne4 out 500 pictures and audiences in Japan topi>ed a billion. ぉythもlatelぉOs,' audiences were down tひabout; 0 itお venth of tlis it fig,， and movie-makers, bud多i&ts had sまnk io:aslow a"多3崎辦 for afu11-1ength feature
Most studios by that time wanted Uttle to do with the fr ee-spending Kiirosai;Vも an din1971，after one of his pictureslost money for the first time, a discouraged Kurosawa sia shed his neck and wrぉts with a razor 21 times,iiarrowly missing major bloodvessels.
1111976， Km"osawa won his second Oscar for"Dersu Uzala," a film madeinSibe-ria and financedぉy the Soviets. Critics said the aw-aird wks not sひittuchきthe picture as in recognition <pf Kurosawa's contributions to film technique.
Inan interview published in Tol?yo recently, Lticas said the inspiration for tlie two comicalroI)6ts in "Stai* Waぉ"camefro)tn>vatdiiiig: two peasant Soldiers in Kia-rQsa\^^s Three1?ad Men In a Fortri?ss,，, alesser knoiVn samurai filnf.
The debt of ]Frolly\yx)od，s "The Mag1iばicent3ゃven" io "Severi Samurai"おwidely acknowleぉe4d，如4many Itali an 二 made spaghetti westerns 6wきmuch in the way of plot and theme to "Yoji-mbo"ぐTlie Bodyguれd，，）, a story about a masterless samurai who bringslaw and order to a frontier town.
Kurosawa is not one to talk at length about plots and themes. Asked about the message of *^age Mu-sha，" he replied: Messages are things you write on placards. I make movies."
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