In a long dialogue, Nagisa Oshima interviews Akira Kurosawa, leading him to share his thoughts about filmmaking, his life and works, and numerous anecdotes relating to his films and his various film activities.

In a long dialogue, Nagisa Oshima interviews Akira Kurosawa, leading him to share his thoughts about filmmaking, his life and works, and numerous anecdotes relating to his films and his various film activities.

1951年好莱坞，一切带有左翼观点的电影都深受“麦卡锡事件”影响，被列入所谓的黑名单中，众多无辜的电影人被迫害。刚入行的电影编剧彼得·阿普尔顿（金·凯瑞 饰）本是好莱坞一位才华横溢的青年剧作家，可生不逢时的他因为一次在大学时的无心之举也被政府列入黑名单之中。然而他的噩梦并没有结束，失业失恋的彼得在一次车祸中失去了所有的记忆。当彼得被好心人救起，带到一座名叫朗森的小镇时，小镇居民都把他误认成九年前在二战中牺牲的鲁克...

Chris Marker's elliptical, oblique documentary on the making of Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" is an uneasy blend of hagiography (usual Cahiers du Cinema stuff) and Marker's trademark meditations on the mediating role of technology in memory and the human experience, plus probably aging, and etc., etc., etc. These Gallicisms seem out-of-place; but the philosophies are easily discarded. What makes the film a pleasure are the glimpses we see of Kurosawa's work processes, in addition to all the detail and work that goes into the making of a true epic.

Chris Marker's elliptical, oblique documentary on the making of Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" is an uneasy blend of hagiography (usual Cahiers du Cinema stuff) and Marker's trademark meditations on the mediating role of technology in memory and the human experience, plus probably aging, and etc., etc., etc. These Gallicisms seem out-of-place; but the philosophies are easily discarded. What makes the film a pleasure are the glimpses we see of Kurosawa's work processes, in addition to all the detail and work that goes into the making of a true epic.

Introduction 　　A documentary with a new approach to Kurosawa through the testimonies of 11 world-famous filmmakers. A demonstration of the universal achievement he left in the history of world movie. 　　pagetop 　　Director Catherine Cadou 　　French-English-Japanese interpreter and translator. Specialized in the interpretation of japanese filmmakers since her first work assignment with Akira Kurosawa during the Cannes Film Festival 1980. Catherine Cadou is also the author of the French subtitles for more than 200 Japanese feature movies. In 2005, she directed a self-financed documentary about the life at Kiba, in Tokyo: Kiba Tokyo Micropole. 　　Staff Director : Catherine Cadou 　　Editor : Cédric Defert 　　Producer : Michiko Yoshitake 　　Cast 　　Bernardo Bertolucci 　　Julie Taymor 　　Théo Angelopoulos 　　Alejandro Gonzàles Iñárritu 　　Abbas Kiarostami 　　Shinya Tsukamoto 　　Hayao Miyazaki 　　John Woo 　　Martin Scorsese 　　Clint Eastwood 　　Bong Joon-Ho

Introduction 　　A documentary with a new approach to Kurosawa through the testimonies of 11 world-famous filmmakers. A demonstration of the universal achievement he left in the history of world movie. 　　pagetop 　　Director Catherine Cadou 　　French-English-Japanese interpreter and translator. Specialized in the interpretation of japanese filmmakers since her first work assignment with Akira Kurosawa during the Cannes Film Festival 1980. Catherine Cadou is also the author of the French subtitles for more than 200 Japanese feature movies. In 2005, she directed a self-financed documentary about the life at Kiba, in Tokyo: Kiba Tokyo Micropole. 　　Staff Director : Catherine Cadou 　　Editor : Cédric Defert 　　Producer : Michiko Yoshitake 　　Cast 　　Bernardo Bertolucci 　　Julie Taymor 　　Théo Angelopoulos 　　Alejandro Gonzàles Iñárritu 　　Abbas Kiarostami 　　Shinya Tsukamoto 　　Hayao Miyazaki 　　John Woo 　　Martin Scorsese 　　Clint Eastwood 　　Bong Joon-Ho