History is filled with talented directors, many of whom are active today (directors like Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, and many others). Unfortunately, as fantastic as these ...

Tatsuya Nakadai, who has died aged 92, was an actor who became one of postwar Japanese cinema’s most significant leading men; ...

Jeremy has more than 2100 published articles on Collider to his name, and has been writing for the site since February 2022. He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly ...

Akira Kurosawa was a cultural Commodore Perry. His 1950 Rashômon opened the West to Japanese movies. From there, he became one of the giants of ’50s art-house importing, mentionable only with Bergman ...

Akira Kurosawa could very well be the single most influential filmmaker of the 20th century. With the possible exception of Alfred Hitchcock, no filmmaker has been more frequently shouted out by ...

The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the poster for its upcoming 77th edition which pays tribute to Japanese master Akira Kurosawa and his late career feature Rhapsody in August. The image shows a ...

T atsuya Nakadai, beloved star of Japan’s golden age of cinema and a frequent collaborator of legendary filmmaker Akira ...

Akira Kurosawa's High and Low explores the moral dilemma of choosing another life over one's own, rather than the usual path of vengeance seen in crime stories. The film injects tension into mundane ...

Veteran actor and a legend in Japanese cinema, Tatsuya Nakadai, passed away at the age of 92 on November 8, 2025. The news ...

Originally published in The Los Angeles Times in 1991, here is a scintillating conversation between two late, great masters. Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who died in April of this year, ...

Starring in more than 100 films, his filmography features numerous outstanding collaborations with many of the most ...

Film directors Lee Sang-il and Chloe Zhao, enjoying box office and critical success in recent years, received the 2025 Kurosawa Akira Award on Nov. 3 during the 38th Tokyo International Film Festival.