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Akira Kurosawa (19101998) was a Japanese filmmaker, widely considered one of the most important and influential in the history of cinema. He directed thirty films, including Drunken Angel (1948), Rashomon (1950), Seven Samurai (1954), The Hidden Fortress (1958), and Kagemusha (1980). Anne McKnight is associate professor of Japanese and comparative literature at the University of California, Riverside. She is author of Nakagami, Japan: Buraku and the Writing of Ethnicity, also published by the University of Minnesota Press.
""Unobtrusively creative, Long Take is a tour de force synthesizing much of the best scholarship on Akira Kurosawa into an illuminating reconsideration of the director as both artist and critic. This is a must-read for anyone interested in Kurosawa, cinema, or Japanese cultural production of the twentieth century.""--Kerim Yasar, author of Electrified Voices: How the Telephone, Phonograph, and Radio Shaped Modern Japan, 1868-1945 ""In today's world, the films of Akira Kurosawa are more relevant and significant than ever. Long Take, accompanied by Anne McKnight's insightful essay, serves as an excellent introduction to the filmmaker, and for those already familiar with his work, the book offers fresh perspectives and valuable insights that deepen appreciation for Kurosawa's films.""--Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto, author of Kurosawa: Film Studies and Japanese Cinema ""Translator McKnight does an excellent job clarifying the particulars of the Japanese film industry and cultural norms.""--Kirkus Reviews
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