Akira Kurosawa - Composing Movement

"Can movement tell a story? Sure, if you’re as gifted as Akira Kurosawa. More than any other filmmaker, he had an innate understanding of movement and how to capture it onscreen. Join me today in studying the master, possibly the greatest composer of motion in film history." Includes a great scene-to-scene comparison to The Avengers to show how effective the use of motion can be.
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lucky760says...

Wonderful. *doublepromote

I wonder if anyone can help me find an old Japanese film I saw just once and really liked. It was black & white and had a samurai with a baby he was trying to save. In the end [spoiler alert!] he came up against an enemy samurai he had to fight. He is killed by that enemy, but he promised to take over the task of getting the baby to safety. It was really poignant.

It's been over a decade now and I've wanted to know what it was forever. If you have any ideas what it might be or how I might figure it out, please let me know.

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lucky760said:

Wonderful. *doublepromote

I wonder if anyone can help me find an old Japanese film I saw just once and really liked. It was black & white and had a samurai with a baby he was trying to save. In the end [spoiler alert!] he came up against an enemy samurai he had to fight. He is killed by that enemy, but he promised to take over the task of getting the baby to safety. It was really poignant.

It's been over a decade now and I've wanted to know what it was forever. If you have any ideas what it might be or how I might figure it out, please let me know.

billpayersays...

It's got to be Lone Wolf and Cub or one of it's sequels.
Maybe Shogun Assassin ?

lucky760said:

I wish that's what it was. That series is the only similar thing I've ever been able to find through the years, but not it.

Thanks for trying.

lucky760says...

In any of those is the guy who's caring for the baby the whole film get killed at the end of the movie?

I don't think he was ever pushing the baby around in a pram in the movie I saw.

Not Shogun Assassin because my movie was black & white.

billpayersaid:

It's got to be Lone Wolf and Cub or one of it's sequels.
Maybe Shogun Assassin ?

StukaFoxsays...

There is a language to film. There is a language to music. There is a language to painting. There is a language to photography. They are hard to learn, but their rewards are excellence. Even if you can only pick up a few phrases, those will open doors you never knew existed.

This video is a perfect example of that.

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Tags for this video have been changed from 'filmmaking, film, movement, classic, cinematography, kurosawa, scene' to 'filmmaking, cinematography, kurosawa, scene, Every Frame a Painting' - edited by eric3579

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