Comparing Akira Kurosawa's Early and Late Films
Comparing Akira Kurosawa’s Early and Late Films There are striking differences between Kurosawa’s earlier and later films, including in the different ways people have responded to these two groups of films. Contrasting Akira Kurosawa’s earlier period with his late period has generated some fascinating debate. The Early Period (sometimes called the Creative Period) extends from his brilliant 1943 debut Sanshiro Sugata and Dodes’Ka-den and concludes with his final film, Madadayo, in 1993. Critical opinion differs intensely about each of these periods, though in very different ways. N...
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