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Arena: Kurosawa

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Concluding the profile of Japanese film-maker
Akira Kurosawa. International acclaim followed masterpieces like the influential Seven Samurai, but success at home was elusive. Unable to find funding for his epic films in Japan, Kurosawa attempted suicide in 1971. To make his late films Kagemusha, Ran and Dreams he accepted help from foreign admirers like George Lucas , Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg. Narrated by Sam Shepard with readings from Kurosawa's autobiography by Paul Scofield. Director Adam Low ; Editor David Kitson

Contributors

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Akira Kurosawa.
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George Lucas
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Francis Ford Coppola
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Steven Spielberg.
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Sam Shepard
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Paul Scofield.
Director:
Adam Low
Editor:
David Kitson
Source: Radio Times

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