Akira Kurosawa season, NFT, London, UK 2002

[Jasper Sharp]

More Japanese cinematic related events for Londoners early next year, in a 
mammoth Akira Kurosawa retrospective at the National Film Theatre on the 
South Bank.
Part one of the season is taking place through the whole of January, though 
I don't have any information on Part 2 in the NFT boklet(presumably the 
whole of February).
The first part seems to cover all of the director's films up until 1957's 
THRONE OF BLOOD, which will receive an extended run throughout the first 
half of January, with lesser known works such as SCANDAL / SHUBUN, ONE 
WONDERFUL SUNDAY / SUBARASHIKI NICHIYOBI and THEY WHO STEP ON THE TIGERS 
TAIL / TORA NO O O FUMU OKOTOTACHI nestling alongside RASHOMON and IKIRU.
Should prove to be rather a fast for Londoners, though I can't help wishing 
that the British Film Institute were a little less conservative when it 
comes to Japanese cinema.
Check out the webpage www.bfi.org.uk/nft

Jasper Sharp
Midnight Eye
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