EXCLUSIVE: Cloud, written and directed by Japanese veteran director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, will open in U.S. theaters on July 18. Released by Sideshow and Janus Films, the film will open in New York on ...

Spoiler alert: While “Kurosawa Explains” spends a smallish portion of its 100-minute run time dramatizing some Wiki-depth biography of one of the most revered filmmakers in cinema history ...

Rialto Pictures has unveiled a new trailer for the 40th anniversary re-release of the Japanese medieval epic called Ran, one of the final films made by Japanese master Akira Kurosawa. Ran ...

There are very few directors that can build tension with just the scroll of a mouse or the click of a button, one of which is Kiyoshi Kurosawa. From the Japanese director known best for ...

Specifically, it borrows heavily from the works of Akira Kurosawa—the director who practically invented the modern image of the samurai on screen. From its cinematography to its storytelling ...

Akira Kurosawa is considered one of the most influential filmmakers of all time and now two of his best films, Yojimbo and Sanjuro, are finally available in a 4K Blu-ray Criterion Collection set.

Earlier this year, when he was guest of honor at the Asian Film Awards, Kurosawa Kiyoshi was in determined mood as he spoke about his craft, his influences and a need to keep reinventing himself.

By Soomee Park Veteran Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa says he took on his latest psychological thriller Cloud with an attempt to make an atypical action film where ordinary people are led to ...

By Jordan Mintzer Although he’s primarily known as a director of thrillers and horror movies, Japanese auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa has never made regular genre flicks. There’s always a twist ...

Japan has picked Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s Cloud as the country’s submission for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Oscars. The film will premiere out of competition at the Venice Film ...

The Japanese film director Kurosawa Kiyoshi won international acclaim when his previous film, Wife of a Spy, won the Silver Lion for Best Director at the 2020 Venice International Film Festival.