Looking at the output of famed Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa throughout the 1960s is bittersweet, because he was extremely prolific for the first half of the decade or so, releasing one great film ...

One of the most influential character archetypes in film history is adapting to contemporary social mores and finding new life on Japan’s screens big and small. By Gavin Blair By the time the samurai ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. But despite its age, the vitality and fleet-footed movement of Kurosawa’s epic is still breathtaking. To ...

Akira Kurosawa is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. His six decades of masterpieces have been an inspiration to other filmmakers the world over for generations. Yet, Kurosawa remakes have ...

Few movies are as important to the history of color filmmaking as Gate of Hell. Released in 1953, it was one of Japan's earliest films to be shot in color, and director Teinosuke Kinugasa took full ...

Canada is easing trade tensions with the United States, announcing Friday it will lift most of its retaliatory tariffs on American goods. Read full article: Detroit police want help finding missing 13 ...