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Akira Kurosawa drawings

Por kirai el 19 de August de 2007 en Cinema

Akira Kurosawa is one of the best directors in history. What I didn’t know is that when he was young he wanted to become a painter, but he ended up being a film director. He didn’t stop dedicating time to his passion, he draw every scene of his films by hand; he made colored/artistic storyboards. For example, in order to start filming the movie Ran he was 10 years drawing!

I went to an exposition where I could see some of the art he made for the films Ran and Dreams.

Some pictures from Akirakurosawa.info so you can grasp the essence of Kurosawa’s unique style.

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If you’ve never seen a Kurosawa film you can start watching Rashomon for free using Google Video

Comments

  1. sheerblade's gravatar
    sheerblade
    20 August, 2007

    Only thing I guess I could say that remotely captures how good these drawings and paintings are is “Wow” I’d love to see his Yojimbo and Sanjuro storyboards.

  2. Gilbert Pennington's gravatar
    Gilbert Pennington
    12 November, 2008

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