When the iconic Spaghetti Western was initially released, Leone denied allegations that it was a remake of Akira Kurosawa's samurai classic Yojimbo. Eventually, it was a lie that Leone could no ...

Renowned for the use of martial arts in his action films, Steven Seagal's love for this Akira Kurosawa film doesn't come as a surprise.

Akira Kurosawa's film has become almost better known ... thanks to Seven Samurai, plays a bodyguard (yojimbo) in warlord-ridden Japan who hires out his services to both sides in a feuding town.

As Julia Izumi jokes early on in Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (With Live and Active Cultures), there can be something a little awkward about a playwright appearing in their own au ...

The spaghetti Western, itself a reboot of Akira Kurosawa's ‘Yojimbo,’ will be remade by Euro Gang Entertainment. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief The classic film, directed by Leone in 196 ...

Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明 ... such as Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai (1954), Throne of Blood (1957), Yojimbo (1961) and High and Low (1963). After the 1960s he became much less prolific; even ...

Their previous films include “Mo’ Better Blues,” “Malcolm X" and “He Got Game." Kurosawa's “High and Low,” released in 1963 and starring Toshiro Mifune, was adapted from the Ed ...