Asakazu Nakai Articles
RAN Review Pt.3 – Essentially Cinematic Work of Art
Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Ryu in Akira Kurosawa's Ran RAN Review: Part II In Ran, Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saito, and Masaharu Ueda's cinematography shows that there's much more to great cinematography than just good scenery. One needs only look at films like Sean Penn’s Into the Wild or Walter Salles’ The Motorcycle Diaries to see that beautiful mountainscapes do not equal great art. Ran's cinematographers, by [...]
SEVEN SAMURAI Review Pt.3 – Granddaddy of All Great Action Films
Toshiro Mifune in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai SEVEN SAMURAI Review Part 2 Almost as good an acting job as Shimura's is that of Isao Kimura as Katsushiro. Watch the scene where he confronts the great swordsman Kyuzo — in yet another bravura performance that shows less is more — after Kyuzo has single-handedly killed two bandits and returned with a needed gun. Katsushiro says little, [...]