Honor Against Thieves Threatened by plundering cyborg bandits, an innocent village defies its inhuman enemies with the help of mortal men born to do battle and bound to die for honor: humanity’s champions, the seven samurai. This thrilling manga is based on the classic film by Akira Kurosawa. Includes special extras after the story!

Samurai 7 Volume 1

Suhou, Mizutaka

Kurosawa, Akira

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Del Rey

SEVEN AGAINST DESTRUCTION The seven samurai have arrived at an embattled village to save its inhabitants from a loathsome foe. But they must overcome many obstacles. The community is afraid of the samurai, the enemy wields awesome technological powers, and the warriors themselves are burdened with the emotional scars of war. This exciting manga is based on the classic film by Akira Kurosawa. Includes special extras after the story!

Samurai 7 Volume 2 (Samural 7)

Rashomon

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Random House~trade

The distinguished filmmaker chronicles his life from his birth in 1910 to the worldwide success in 1951 of his film "Rashomon" and provides a provocative account of the Japanese film industry

Something Like an Autobiography

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

KNOPF

Translated by Audie E. Bock. "A first rate book and a joy to read.... It's doubtful that a complete understanding of the director's artistry can be obtained without reading this book.... Also indispensable for budding directors are the addenda, in which Kurosawa lays out his beliefs on the primacy of a good script, on scriptwriting as an essential tool for directors, on directing actors, on camera placement, and on the value of steeping oneself in literature, from great novels to detective fiction." --Variety "For the lover of Kurosawa's movies...this is nothing short of must reading...a fitting companion piece to his many dynamic and absorbing screen entertainments." --Washington Post Book World

Something Like An Autobiography

Vintage

These three screenplays are based on Kurosawa's shooting scripts. Ikiru (1952) tells the painful and intimate story of a Japanese civil servant coming to terms with old age and death. In Seven Samurai (1954) the inhabitants of a small Janpanese village employ a roaming band of samurai to defend them. In Throne of Blood (1957), based on Macbeth, a samurai is encouraged by his wife to kill his lord. This edition also includes a critical introduction to each screenplay.

The Seven Samurai: And Other Screenplays (Classic Screenplay Series)

Faber&Faber

Would you be willing to do what is right, regardless of the consequences? To see good triumph over evil and use your strength and heroism to protect the lives of others? Maybe you have what it takes to be a Samurai. Enjoyed the film? Want to know more? Go behind the scenes with the ultimate film guides and get the bigger picture. Discover how Akira Kurosawa's movie career began with a competition win and developed into one of the most highly respected Japanese directors. Understand how the sheer range of cinematography helped endorse the status of the film into an all time classic. Consider the importance of the film at the time of it's release and the changes it instigated within film making. Understand the influence the film and director had on other movie makers and what relationship Seven Samurai has with the classic Western, The Magnificant Seven What is the final image of the film and what is its symbolic significance? How did Toshiro Mifune and Kurosawa meet and what influence did each have on the others work? If you want to understand the bigger picture, get into the ultimate film guides.

The seven samurai; (Modern film scripts)

SIMON AND SCHUSTER

Rashomon: Akira Kurosawa, Director (Rutgers Films in Print)

Rashomon: Akira Kurosawa, Director (Rutgers Films in Print series)

Donald Richie

Rutgers University Press

Rashomon: A film

Reprinted for Grove Press by University Microfilms International

Ran - Original Screenplay & Storyboards of the Academy Award-Winning Film

Shambhala

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