The co-star Denzel Washington called one of the greats: “She’s gone farther than most”
One of very few to win an EGOT
Akira Kurosawa
“That’s as good as it gets”: the only movie John Turturro called “perfect”
A controversial war drama
The ‘Rashomon’ effect, explained by Akira Kurosawa: “I think you will grasp the point”
Human infallibilities.
How Akira Kurosawa discovered Toshiro Mifune: “He’s something of a roughneck”
He almost never made it
The Akira Kurosawa movie Ayo Edebiri has watched 50 times: “A truly masterful film”
A classic of Japanese cinema.
How Spike Lee put his own spin on an Akira Kurosawa classic: “The extremes come naturally”
Inspired by the master.
Steven Seagal’s favourite Akira Kurosawa movie: “He has the morals that I do”
An unsurprising fondness.
