Ak: Akira Kurosawa

Chris Marker follows the arduous location shooting of ‘Ran’, profiling Kurosawa and his collaborators, examining the director’s techniques, and placing the film in context with his previous work.

Credits: Producer, Serge Silberman ; director, Chris Marker ; photography, Franz-Yves Marescot ; music, Toru Takemitsu.

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Credits

director

Chris Marke

producer

Serge Silberman

Duration

01:15:00:00

Production places

France

Production dates

1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

X000077

Languages

English

French

Japanese

Subject category

Foreign language films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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France, 1985

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