The Seven Samurai : And Other Screenplays (Classic Screenplay Series)

The Seven Samurai : And Other Screenplays (Classic Screenplay Series)

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Book Description
These three screenplays are based on Kurosawa's shooting scripts.

Ikiru (1952) tells the painful and intimate story of a Japanese civil servant coming to terms with old age and death. In Seven Samurai (1954) the inhabitants of a small Janpanese village employ a roaming band of samurai to defend them. In Throne of Blood (1957), based on Macbeth, a samurai is encouraged by his wife to kill his lord.

This edition also includes a critical introduction to each screenplay.

The Seven Samurai : And Other Screenplays (Classic Screenplay Series),Akira Kurosawa,Donald Richie,Faber & Faber,057116224X,Cinema/Film: Book,Film & Video - Screenwriting,Japan,Motion picture plays,Motion picture producers and directors,Motion pictures,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Screenplays,Performing Arts / Film / Screenwriting

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