Eclipse from the Criterion Collection

Postwar Kurosawa

Edition no. 7

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Release Date: Tuesday, 15 January 2008
Country of Release: USA
MSRP: $69.05

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Toho Co.

Directed by: Akira Kurosawa

Featuring: Setsuko Hara, Isao Numasaki, Toshiro Mifune, Susumu Fujita, Chieko Nakakita, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Masayuki Mori, Minoru Chiaki, Denjiro Okochi, Atsushi Watanabe, Takashi Shimura, Masao Shimizu, Haruko Sugimura, Zeko Nakamura, Yoko Katsuragi, Yoshiko Kuga, Eiko Miyoshi, Ichiro Sugai, Noriko Sengoku, Kyoko Aoyama, Aritake Kono, Sakae Ozawa, Chieko Higashiyama, Haruko Togo, Shinichi Himori, Eijiro Yanagi, Yutaka Sata, Kamatari Fujiwara

Akira Kurosawa came into his own as a filmmaker directly following World War II, delving into the state of his devastated nation with a series of pensive, topical dramas. Amid Japan’s economic collapse and U.S. occupation, Kurosawa managed to find humor and redemption existing alongside despair and anxiety. In these five early films, which range from political epic to Capraesque whimsy to courtroom potboiler, Kurosawa revealed the artistic range and social acuity that would mark his career and make him the most popular Japanese director in the world.

Year: 1946 | 1947 | 1950 | 1951 | 1955
Time: 110 | 109 | 105 | 166 | 103 min.