A Japanese legend... Living dolls in a peach orchard... A deadly snow fairy... A haunted war survivor... Van Gogh painting crows... A terrifying nuclear disaster... Miserly ogres... And the village of the watermills... Eight visions of breathtaking beauty. Eight powerful moments revealing human nature. Read more
| Starring | Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baisho, Toshie Negishi, Mieko Harada |
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| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
| Genres | World Cinema |
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Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese will toast what would have been late moviemaker Akira Kurosawa's 99th birthday at a gala in his honour on Monday (23Mar09). The two directors have recorded emotional video messages which will be shown at the Cherry Blossom Gala in Los Angeles. The event will serve as the official launch of the Akira Kurosawa Film School at California's Anaheim University and various members of Kurosawa's family are expected to be at the tribute. The revered Japanese... Read more
Salamanca, Spain. The President of the US of A (William Hurt) is in town to sign a new international security accord. At his side: secret servicemen Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox) and Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid), back on active duty after taking a bullet for the Prez the year before. Among the crowd gathered to witness this historic event we find tourist Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker), a local cop (Eduardo Noriega), and a couple of suspiciously Middle Eastern-looking types (Said Taghmaoui, Ayelet... Read more
We caught up with director Shekhar Kapur to get the low-down on the sequel to his critically acclaimed 1998 film Elizabeth. After an almost 10 year gap, Kapur is reunited with Cate Blanchett, whose Oscar nominated performances in both pictures shine. Kapur gave us the inside track on the troubles of persuading Blanchett to reprise the role, Elizabeth's similarity to Princess Diana and why cinema is most definitely not dead. LOVEFiLM: Were you always going to go back to Elizabeth at a later... Read more