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Tokyo: Toho Company, 1957. Draft script for the 1957 film. All titles and text in Japanese. Based on the 1902 play by Maxim Gorky, and filmed several times prior, most notably by Jean Renoir in 1936. In Kurosawa's version, the story is moved from Gorky's Volga (Russia) setting to the Edo period in Japan. Off-white perfect-bound titled wrappers, with a protective plastic cover adhered to the spine. Approximately 53 leaves, with last page of text numbered c-29. Mimeograph duplication, printed on rectos and versos. Pages lightly age toned else Near Fine, wrapper and protective cover Very Good plus. Criterion Collection 239.
Yojimbo (Original screenplay for the 1961 film) by Akira Kurosawa (director); Ryuzo Kikushima (screenwriter); Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura (starring) - 1960
by Akira Kurosawa (director); Ryuzo Kikushima (screenwriter); Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura (starring)
Yojimbo (Original screenplay for the 1961 film)
by Akira Kurosawa (director); Ryuzo Kikushima (screenwriter); Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura (starring)
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Tokyo: Kurosawa Production Company, 1960. Shooting script for the legendary 1961 Japanese film. Working copy belonging to Omura Senkichi, who played a small role as a traveling servant in the film, with his name on the front wrapper and his annotations throughout.
Though not credited as such, based thematically on Dashiell Hammett's 1929 novel, "Red Harvest," and subsequently the basis for many other films, including "A Fistful of Dollars" (Sergio Leone, 1964), "Django" (Sergio Corbucci, 1966), and "Last Man Standing" (Walter Hill, 1996). Director Kurosawa has been quoted as saying that many plot elements from another Hammett novel, "The Glass Key," make up the film.
All titles and text in Japanese.
White perfect bound wrappers with purple and black titles. 164 pages, printed on recto and verso, right to left in the Japanese style, with last page numbered "d-33." Mechanical duplication. Light foxing and age toning to both pages and wrapper, else Very Good condition.
BFI 505. Criterion Collection 52. Ebert III. Grant Japan.
Though not credited as such, based thematically on Dashiell Hammett's 1929 novel, "Red Harvest," and subsequently the basis for many other films, including "A Fistful of Dollars" (Sergio Leone, 1964), "Django" (Sergio Corbucci, 1966), and "Last Man Standing" (Walter Hill, 1996). Director Kurosawa has been quoted as saying that many plot elements from another Hammett novel, "The Glass Key," make up the film.
All titles and text in Japanese.
White perfect bound wrappers with purple and black titles. 164 pages, printed on recto and verso, right to left in the Japanese style, with last page numbered "d-33." Mechanical duplication. Light foxing and age toning to both pages and wrapper, else Very Good condition.
BFI 505. Criterion Collection 52. Ebert III. Grant Japan.
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- Publisher Kurosawa Production Company
- Place of Publication Tokyo
- Date Published 1960
- Keywords Film Scripts | Western | Japanese Cinema | Directors | 1960s Cinema | World Cinema
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The Lower Depths (Original screenplay for the 1957 film)
by Akira Kurosawa (director); Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura (starring); Maxim Gorky (play); Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto (screenwriters)
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The Hidden Fortress (Original screenplay for the 1958 film)
by Akira Kurosawa (director); Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura (starring); Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, (screenwriters)
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Tokyo: Toho Company, 1958. Draft script for the seminal 1958 film. Text and titles in Japanese. Director Akira Kurosawa's first widescreen feature, hugely successful and named by film critic David Ehrenstein as "one of the greatest action-adventure films ever made." George Lucas has long since acknowledged "The Hidden Fortress" as a major influence on "Star Wars," and indeed the plot is essentially the same. White titled perfect-bound wrappers. Approximately 77 leaves, with last page of text numbered e-24. Mimeograph duplication, printed on recto and verso. Light tidemark on top page and wrapper edges, else about Near Fine in Near Fine wrappers. BFI 867. Criterion Collection 116.
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Stray Dog (Original screenplay for the 1949 film)
by Akira Kurosawa (director, screenwriter); Ryuzo Kikushima (screenwriter); Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura (starring)
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Tokyo: Film Art Association, 1949. First Draft script for the 1949 Japanese film noir. Manuscript ink and pencil annotations on two leaves. Text in Japanese. Generally considered to be the greatest film noir made in Japan, and hugely influential on American film noir of the 1950s and 1960s. White titled wrappers. 96 leaves, with last page of text numbered 96. Mechanical duplication. Toning due to aging throughout, wrapper split at spine with mild foxing, otherwise Good condition. BFI 534. Criterion Collection 233. Grant Japan. Selby Japan. Spicer Japan Classic Noir.
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