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Kurosawa's Rashomon : A Vanished City, a Lost Brother, and the Voice Inside His Iconic Films by Anderer, Paul;Kurosawa, Akira is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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**A groundbreaking investigation into the early life of the iconic Akira Kurosawa in connection to his most famous film―taking us deeper into Kurosawa and his world.** Although he is a filmmaker of international renown, Kurosawa and the story of his formative years remain as enigmatic as his own Rashomon. Paul Anderer looks back at Kurosawa before he became famous, taking us into the turbulent world that made him. We encounter Tokyo, Kurosawa’s birthplace, which would be destroyed twice before his eyes; explore early twentieth-century Japan amid sweeping cross-cultural changes; and confront profound family tragedy alongside the horror of war. From these multiple angles we see how Kurosawa’s life and work speak to the epic narrative of modern Japan’s rise and fall. With fresh insights and vivid prose, Anderer engages the Great Earthquake of 1923, the dynamic energy that surged through Tokyo in its wake, and its impact on Kurosawa as a youth. When the city is destroyed again, in the fire-bombings of 1945, Anderer reveals how Kurosawa grappled with the trauma of war and its aftermath, and forged his artistic vision. Finally, he resurrects the specter and the voice of a gifted and trou

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Author

Anderer, Paul;Kurosawa, Akira

Publisher

Pegasus Books

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781681772776

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Performing Arts, History

Rating

3.5 / 5 (14 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14