Tag: Akira Kurosawa
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Red Beard: A master clinician in nineteenth century Japan
Howard Fischer Uppsala, Sweden A Meeting of Japan, China, and the West, late 18th – early 19th century. Shiba Kōkan. Minneapolis Institute of Art. “One of the essential qualities of the clinician is interest in humanity, for the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient.” —Francis W. Peabody,…
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Unfinished business: end of life care and regrets in the films of Akira Kurosawa
X.M. Griffiths Tuckahoe, NY, USA Director Akira Kurosawa (center) with actors Takashi and Miki Odagiri on the set of Ikiru (1952). Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. Death and mortality were recurrent themes in Akira Kurosawa’s works but the director examined the issues most acutely in the films Ikiru (1952) and…