Kurosawa’s acclaimed “Seven Samurai” recently celebrated its 70th anniversary with a 4K restoration and theatrical re-release ...

One reason movie lovers the world over hold the filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in ... actor—was cemented by two Kurosawa films from ...

Akira Kurosawa has been one of the most innovative and engaging storytellers in film history. In “Yojimbo” (1961), the master director weaves a gripping tale of redemption in a disgraced village.

The wonder of Akira Kurosawa’s 50-year career is ... is an unauthorized revamp of “Yojimbo” (1961), Kurosawa’s sprightly tale of a wandering samurai. Kurosawa’s cosmopolitan worldview ...

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 ...

Bandidas (20th Century Fox, $27.98): Luc Besson's straight-to-supermarket tumble with the good (Sam Shepard), the bad (Dwight Yoakam), and the busty (Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek). One lucky SOB ...

For nearly a half-century, Akira Kurosawa reigned supreme as the emperor ... the trotting dog with a severed hand in its mouth in Yojimbo, or the deadly arrows that turn Mifune into a human ...