The Warrior's Camera - The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa Revised & Expanded Edition

Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv Viewing Kurosawa 3(29) The Dialectics of Style 32(35) Willpower Can Cure All Human Ailments 67(47) Experiments and Adaptations 114(41) Form and the Modern World 155(45) History and the Period Film 200(50) Years of Transition 250(42) The Final Period 292(48) The Legacy 340(19) Notes 359(38) Films Directed 397(2) Akira Kurosawa Bibliography 399(12) Index 411