why do some people say kurosawa films are quintessentially japanese while others critique him for pandering to western audiences ... someone tell me what my opinion should be
anon I don't know what's more retarded: you giving a shit what others think/say or you not being able to grasp that concept of different people having different and sometimes mutually exclusive opinionswho fucking cares
he was very much influenced by the west and it shows in his films
This is my favorite Kurosawa film
>>218503527FPBP
>>218503381Kurosawa was influenced by John Ford, who is the quintessential American director.
>>218503584What’s the one that is super tame until the last scene and then it’s a fucking geyser of blood? I like that one.Kenji Misumi mogs kurasaws tho
>>218503381>others critique him for pandering to western audiencesoh so people say this bullshit in other non-US countries too?
>>218503381Compare him to his contemporaries like Ozu, Mizoguchi or Shindo.Their cinema feels stilted because it draws clear inspiration from Noh theater.Meanwhile Kurosawa movies feel much more dynamic, he clearly draws from Westerns in his depiction of samurai as heroes.
>>218503381pandering to the west is quintissentially japanese
