Takashi Shimura

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on “Ikiru” (1952).

In 1853, Gentetsu Nishiyama tells his students that the French prophet Nostaradamus foretells great change for Japan, some of his students ...

When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, ...