Akira Kurosawa is one of the best directors in history. What I didn’t know is that when he was young he wanted to become a painter, but he ended up being a film director. He didn’t stop dedicating time to his passion, he draw every scene of his films by hand; he made colored/artistic storyboards. For example, in order to start filming the movie Ran he was 10 years drawing!
I went to an exposition where I could see some of the art he made for the films Ran and Dreams.
Some pictures from Akirakurosawa.info so you can grasp the essence of Kurosawa’s unique style.
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Only thing I guess I could say that remotely captures how good these drawings and paintings are is “Wow” I’d love to see his Yojimbo and Sanjuro storyboards.
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