An old interview of Akira Kurosawa on YouTube brought back flashes of Dersu Uzala, a film I watched as a student. The Japanese master’s 1975 classic is his only ...

In his memoir, Something like an Autobiography (1982), after complaining about the degenerating standards of Japanese cinema, which had come to mimic television, the cult Japanese film-maker, Akira ...

In 1971, the frustrated Akira Kurosawa made an unsuccessful attempt to cut his veins. His life was restored by the opportunity offered by Mosfilm: to make the first Soviet-Japanese collaborative film ...

Kurosawa's Oscar-winning tale of friendship between a Russian explorer and his elderly guide (Maxim Munzuk). Yuri Solomin. Filmed in Eastern Siberia. Captain Vladimir Arseniev (Solomine), leading a ...

Heat got you down, buddy? Yep, it's hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk. Air conditioner on the fritz? Here's the cure: Get yourself over to the AFI Silver Theatre and check into the nearly 21/2 ...

Streaming platforms for Dersu Uzala. Russian Dreams of Kurosawa haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online.

Film Forum is briefly reviving its recently completed Kurosawa retrospective with this gorgeous 1975 epic about the friendship between a Russian explorer and a Siberian hunter. A film for a big screen ...